Rosa shook her head violently, silently pleading with her eyes.
Daniel knew Lila was lying.
But he didn’t argue.
He brushed past her, scooped Ethan into his arms, and left the room without another word.
His hands were shaking so badly he could barely hold his son.
Who was this woman?
And what had she been planning to do?
The Truth Comes Out
That night, when Lila finally fell asleep, Daniel went to the kitchen where Rosa was scrubbing dishes with trembling hands.
“Tell me,” Daniel whispered. “What happened today?”
Rosa broke.
“Sir… she’s been different for weeks. Angry. Irritated. She yells at Ethan when you’re not home. Today he cried and she—she snapped. I thought she was going to hurt him.”
Daniel felt sick.
Earlier that day, Lila had publicly insulted him at his company’s opening ceremony—a humiliation he still didn’t understand.
Now this.
Something deeper was wrong.
Daniel Investigates
Daniel hired a private investigator.
Within two days, the truth hit him like a punch:
Lila was in deep debt.
She had been funneling money from their joint account.
And she’d been secretly meeting a man with a criminal record.
But the most horrifying discovery?