Chapter 14

Claudia

Nora

“I don’t have to tell you that my business partners are very dangerous people. And that anything that comes out of your mouth can put you at risk. So you are warned, go, you have half an hour to be ready.” In complete silence, I continued on my way, until I left that place. I felt, at that moment, that I could breathe again. I was going upstairs and came face to face with my husband’s mistress. She was leaving the room that she and my husband share.

I felt like the veins in my eyes jumped. The hatred I felt towards this pair was poisoning my heart more than it already was. But I had to swallow it and feign indifference. She jumps with fright when she sees me. I was sure she wasn’t expecting me around. The unpleasant woman was dressed in almost nothing. Seeing her body and imagining them together made my stomach turn. But when I saw her standing there, my mind began to work. The only thing I could lose now was my life. So I smiled at her tenderly,