Chapter 408

• Lily was stunned by the revelation. Aida had a son, and this was the reason she was cooperating with these ruthless people against her own will. She wasn’t helping them out of loyalty—she was being forced. The realization made everything clear, including why Pedro insisted on marrying her despite knowing she was against him. He must have already known about her predicament. That’s why he was so confident when he claimed Aida wasn’t what she seemed.
• Now that Lily understood the situation, her anger toward these people intensified. Pedro had once explained how they operated, and now she saw it firsthand. They had used Aida’s child to control her, just as they had used Pedro’s mother to manipulate his father. She thought back to the painful truth she had uncovered—the one that had torn her family apart. But even after learning about the incident that separated her from her parents, she couldn’t bring herself to hate Pedro or his father. They had been victims, just like she was. Pedro had apologized countless times, and she had forgiven him because she knew it wasn’t their fault. She understood their pain, their helplessness.
• If she had been in their shoes, maybe she would have made the same choices. While she harbored no resentment toward Pedro or his father, her fury was directed at the true mastermind—the one who orchestrated everything from the shadows. The thought of that faceless manipulator filled her with rage. And now, after seeing Aida’s plight, she wanted nothing more than for Pedro and Ethan to arrive and put an end to these heartless criminals.