CHAPTER 3: THE TRAP CLOSES
Three days later, Bruno finally found her.
He appeared outside Mariana's house carrying flowers.
Expensive flowers.
The kind he had never bought during their marriage.
"Valeria, please."
She remained behind the gate.
"What do you want?"
His eyes immediately searched her face.
Not with love.
With calculation.
That confirmed everything.
"I made mistakes."
"No."
His smile faded.
"You made choices."
Bruno stepped closer.
"We can fix this."
Valeria pulled out a copy of the inheritance documents.
The moment he saw them, his mask cracked.
There it was.
Greed.
Raw and obvious.
Not grief.
Not regret.
Greed.
"You found them," he whispered.
"So that's why you're here."
Bruno tried to recover.
"That's not fair."
"Isn't it?"
She opened her phone.
A recording began to play.
His voice filled the air.
"If she ever leaves me, make sure she signs everything first."
Bruno's face turned white.
Months earlier, Mariana had secretly recorded a conversation between Bruno and one of his friends.
The evidence was undeniable.
Every lie.
Every manipulation.
Every plan.
The next week, Valeria filed for divorce.
The recording became part of the case.
Bruno's reputation collapsed almost overnight.
His business partners backed away.
Friends stopped answering his calls.
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Even Doña Beatriz finally saw the truth she had spent years refusing to acknowledge.
For the first time in his life, Bruno stood alone.
