If you came here from Facebook looking to find out how Maria and Eduardo Santander’s story ends, you’re in the right place. What you’re about to read will chill you to the bone and completely change your perspective on what really happened that night.

Prepare yourself because the truth is much more disturbing than you imagined.

The Moment of Truth

Eduardo stopped inches from Maria. His eyes locked onto hers with an intensity that made her tremble.

His hand slowly moved towards his face.

Maria closed her eyes, expecting the worst. But instead of the blow she feared, she felt something completely unexpected.

A gentle caress on her cheek.

“Maria,” Eduardo whispered, his voice breaking. “Forgive me.”

She opened her eyes, confused. Tears streamed down the cheeks of the city’s most feared billionaire.

“I don’t understand,” Maria murmured, without letting her guard down.

“Your baby,” he said, looking at her belly. “Is mine.”

Maria’s world wobbled. Her legs gave way and she had to grab onto the desk to keep from falling.

“That’s impossible,” he whispered.

“Do you remember the company Christmas party? It was eight months ago.”

Maria felt like she couldn’t breathe. That night she had drunk more than she should have after arguing with her husband on the phone.

She had felt dizzy. She couldn’t remember how she had gotten home.

“I… I thought it was my husband,” she stammered.

“He was traveling,” Eduardo said. “I checked.”

The room began to spin. Maria placed her hands on her belly, feeling her baby’s kicks.

“Why are you telling me this now?” she asked, her voice trembling.

Eduardo walked to his office window. The city stretched out below them like a blanket of lights.

“Because it will be made public tomorrow,” she murmured. “Someone saw us. Someone knows.”

Maria felt a pang of panic. Her marriage, her reputation, her entire life was about to be destroyed.

“Who?” he asked.

Eduardo turned slowly. His face had hardened again.

“My wife.”

The name Elena Santander echoed in Maria’s mind like a funeral bell. The most powerful and vengeful woman in high society.

“She knows you’re here tonight,” Eduardo continued. “That’s why I wanted to talk to you before…”

A noise in the hallway interrupted them.

Footsteps. High heels striking the marble with determination.

Eduardo paled. “It’s her.”

Maria felt the baby moving restlessly in her womb, as if it could sense the approaching danger.

The footsteps stopped right in front of the door.

The silence that followed was more terrifying than any scream.