Chapter 8 - The Broken Engagement
Within forty-eight hours of the lawsuit being filed, news of the financial fraud and the wedding reception incident spread like wildfire through Austin society.
Valeria’s wealthy fiancé, whose family owned a major commercial firm in the city, came over to the house late that afternoon with his parents.
Without saying a word, he placed Valeria’s engagement ring on the coffee table.
"My family cannot be associated with people who forge legal documents and steal from their own children," he stated coldly, ignoring Valeria’s desperate pleas and tears. "The engagement is off."
"No! Please! It was my mother's idea!" Valeria shrieked, grabbing his sleeve. "I didn't know about the insurance money!"
"You knew you were taking Mariana's honeymoon tickets, Valeria," her ex-fiancé replied, pulling his sleeve away in complete disgust. "You built your whole life on stepping on your sister. Now you're paying the price."
As her fiancé walked out the door forever, Valeria collapsed onto the floor, weeping uncontrollably as her dreams of a wealthy, effortless life vanished in an instant.
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Teresa sat in her armchair, completely broken, realizing that her decades of favoritism and deceit had brought total ruin to her precious younger daughter.
👉 Read Part 9 to see Mariana and Alejandro enjoy their real honeymoon.
