a pleasant warmth in her hand, along with caresses on

tled and pulled her hand away when she saw a tall stranger standing next to her, with an i

d, his coal-black eyes analyzing Sa

he bed, pulling the

fied by the realization that he planned to kiss her, even with her weak and feeble body, in

hair, his dry tone revealing his displeasure with

t even know you," she retorted, alarmed by the

at her intensely as if tr

an intense urge to cry. Desperate to have a stranger in her room, panicke

ed in terror, pointing to the man bes

nd closing her mouth, but she said nothing and didn't do as asked.

called, feeling brea

ra looked terrified at the man standing observing he

th the man's resistance to do as she asked, Tatiana practically pushed him

man? He trie

tle while," Tatiana promised before le

o what was asked of her. She was in a hospital, and exce

and teddy bears in the room, a s

se get those

llected them all and

Laura's signature and get-well wishes were accompanied by the name Júlio. The only guy she knew with that name was a schoolmate of theirs, whom

anxiety that was making her hands tre

nature, and the message was strange, about h

nizing the name that Tatiana used with the stranger, she wondered who he could be. A doctor? A fr

se, puzzled not to see cards signed by her s

es and teddy bears, then conf

ask about her condition, the accident, and search for her mother. She had to maintain her composure until Tatiana ca

*

s office, Rodrigo Montenegro had a

he dropped his work and drove to the hospital as quickly as allowed by law. He was

rm reception. But what he saw on her face wasn't anger or resentment,

le habit of turning everything into a Greek tra

n the furious voice of his

the biggest mis

r her constant instability. His wife's obsessive love suffocated him,

ter the room, which she used as the director of Santan

he asked, positioning hims

, Tatiana didn't like the way he approached her, like a police officer interrogating a criminal. I