RIGHT AFTER OUR DIVORCE WAS FINALIZED, MY EX PROPOSED TO HIS MISTRESS WITH A 3-MILLION-PESO RING — BUT THE NEXT MORNING, HIS FAMILY FELL APART WHEN I WALKED IN WITH WHAT THEY NEVER EXPECTED

At first, he treated me like royalty.
Attentive. Devoted. Flawless.

Until I placed the Colonial-style Coyoacán house under my name—
the same house he always insisted:

“Just put it under your name for paperwork, but it’s ours, mi amor.”

Until his parents grew comfortable with me paying for their medical expenses,
their home renovations,
their extravagant year-end parties.

Until Ricardo said the sentence that finally shattered my illusion:

“You only have your name on the deed, but the house belongs to my family. You should understand.”

I smiled softly.

Because once, I was a woman who believed in good intentions.

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