Episode 1

In the luxury car, Bernarda changes hurriedly, she takes out her designer clothes from the exclusive line and puts on a simple shirt, with an office worker-style pencil skirt, she changes her custom-made shoes for square-heeled pumps, takes off her fine jewelry and puts on her wedding ring.

For a year now, she has been married to Alexander, a hardworking 30-year-old man, he has two nieces whom he cares for as if they were his daughters, Alexander's older sister died of a fulminant terminal illness at the age of 30, and a negligent and womanizing husband left the girls helpless: the precious and shy Belle, 6 years old, and the mischievous and tempestuous Samira, 3 years old at that time.

Alexander, considered a single father, taking care of his nieces at the age of 25, had not thought about getting married until a year ago. However, being a well-known mechanic in the area, he was always coming and going from his small workshop that had cost him a lot to put together piece by piece. In addition, he had managed to study electromechanics thanks to his older sister, which helped him to support the girls later.

One day, in a storm, he saw a car stranded on the road. The storm was so strong that he could barely make it out. Inside he could see a woman crying silently, she was young and very beautiful, but she looked desolate.

Alexander approached to rescue her, that area flooded easily and she would be in big trouble, he stopped and touched the driver's side window making her wake up, she seemed lost in her thoughts, as soon as they looked at each other, they both felt a little uncomfortable in different ways.

Alexander blushed a little at the sight of Bernarda's beauty and she was a little scared to see him in the middle of nowhere. Alexander is a rough man, with broad shoulders, several tattoos on his arms and very handsome, manly in every sense of the word. However, the poor man who was looking at her from the other side of the door, was the softest and sweetest being that could be on the planet; in any case, Bernarda was a danger to him.

Alexander explained that he could help her, tow her to a higher place where she could take a taxi or leave her car in the workshop.

Bernarda, who at that moment felt like she was dying of pain, just nodded to what he said, if they murdered her at that moment, she would agree.

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Bernarda was 24 years old when she met Alex. Two years ago, she had married her great love, engaged since she was 18, dating since she was 15 with Arnold Davis, a rich young man who was at the top of business, Bernarda Monterrosa, is a daughter of a millionaire family, more than millionaire, in love she married only to find out later about a great betrayal.

Her love had a childhood friend who always bothered Bernarda, because on her wedding night, she found out that she had been cheated on countless times, so much so, that her newlywed husband, escaped on the wedding night to have his little romp with the childhood friend.

In love and with her self-esteem broken, Bernarda tried to win her husband's heart and make him leave his lover. No one believed her when she told them that Sisi was her husband's lover and blamed her for being jealous and insecure about Arnold's friend. So a year passed, and the straw that broke the camel's back, was that Bernarda became pregnant, something unforgivable for Arnold, who was furious. Sisi was in a sea of tears, she always wanted to give him his first child and for her to be the one to give him that joy.

One night, Bernarda was dragged out in the early morning and forced to have an abortion.

Bernarda that dawn died in life, her soul had been transformed into a black hole that harbored hatred and revenge, the pain had consumed her. She was just an entity that barely ate and slept only hours. Both families were angry with her, they reprimanded her for that dramatic attitude, they never believed that she was pregnant and even less what Arnold had done.

Almost a year had passed, and Bernarda could not stand Arnold's presence, she hated him, she did not want him to touch her anymore and he did not want to be near her either. Maybe it was Bernarda's cadaverous appearance or the remorse, but he could not force her to fulfill her responsibilities as a wife.

All this was, until an uncle of Bernarda died, without knowing how, she was notified for the reading of the will. The man, who was single and without children, had named her as his universal heir, however. The only condition he set was that she had to travel the northern perimeter avenue, for a year, in a simple and very old car, and the main thing, she should not be married to Arnold Davis.

This was what she had to fulfill to inherit his company, his shares in large companies in the country and also have 47% of the shares of the Davis company.

Bernarda, who was skin and bones, suddenly felt a wave of vitality and warmth in her heart. That uncle who hardly participated in her life, who was always away from the family, had lent her a hand in such a difficult emotional and mental moment for her.

She left the place determined, hired a detective and asked for proof of her husband's affair with Sisi.

After having all the evidence in her power, she went to that bastard's office and made things clear, divorce, or she would disseminate that material everywhere. Her beloved Sisi would be nothing more than a lover in everyone's eyes and he, a wretch, would talk about her abortion and she is sure that people will believe her.

Arnold was furious, ignorant of what was happening with his wife's deceased uncle, he decided to accept. Anyway, he was tired of seeing her as a ghost all the time, he had already fulfilled the family commitment, so he could marry Sisi and be happy.

However, as the frivolous and egomaniacal man he was, he told her that he would sign, but she would not take anything, not a penny.

Bernarda agreed, but reminded him that the shares of the Davis company were hers, it was a gift that Arnold's father made to her before the marriage as an engagement gift, so she would not give that up, the man could not object, since that was true, but he would only give her that and nothing else.

Bernarda looked at him as one would look at a piece of shit, she hated him with all her being, so she accepted leaving Arnold disoriented.

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