CHAPTER 3 — THE NAME THAT DESTROYED EVERYTHING
CHAPTER 3 — THE NAME THAT DESTROYED EVERYTHING
Isabela’s expression changed instantly.
“Don’t say his name,” she warned.
But it was too late.
The mother exhaled shakily.
“Rafael Monteiro.”
The billionaire heir. The man whose name opened doors across Europe.
And Isabela’s own brother.
Gabriel stepped back like the ground had collapsed beneath him.
“That’s… my father?”
Isabela’s voice turned sharp.
“You were supposed to disappear from his life. That was the agreement.”
The mother coughed weakly.
“I ran because he tried to take the baby. He said the child would never belong to me… only to the Monteiro dynasty.”
Gabriel’s hands shook.
“So I was hidden… like I didn’t exist?”
The mother reached for him.
“I hid you to save you.”
But before she could touch him—
The hotel doors slammed open.
Security.
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And behind them… a man in a dark tailored coat.
Rafael Monteiro had arrived.
