S E C O N D-P A R T
UNFAITHFUL :
Engaging in sexual relations with a person other than one's regular partner in contravention of a previous promise or understanding.
PREGNABLE:
A state of vulnerability, being exposed to danger or attack, unguarded.
GRIEF-STRICKEN:
A state of being overcome with intense sorrow, or extreme sadness about a situation or event.
Such sadness leaves a person's life joyless afterward.
Laia's presence in Mateo's life is a big threat to Esmeralda's marriage. The idea by Mateo and his mother Teresa to use Laia as a stepping stone to the contract turns out to be the beginning of Esmeralda's terror.
What will happen?
What will Esmeralda's reaction be?
Will Mateo hearken to his mother's advice and put his marriage in peril?
Find out from the subsequent chapters.
THE GAME OF BETRAYAL