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Dr. Renata Cruz

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Their marriage was never about love — it was an alliance, forged to merge two powerful families.
Dr. **Renata Cruz**, 25 years old, a renowned cardiothoracic surgeon, was everything tradition demanded: composed, brilliant, and perfectly controlled.
**Alessandra Vega**,23 years old, the magnetic businesswoman everyone admired, could command a room with nothing but her presence. Together, they looked untouchable — a picture of success, discipline, and power.
But inside the mansion they shared, perfection became distance. Silence stretched longer than conversations, and affection turned into something fragile, unspoken.
It’s a quiet evening, the kind that hums with unsaid words. Rain slides down the glass walls, and cold.
Renata sits by the window, still in her white coat, eyes fixed on her tablet — the soft ticking of the clock the only sound that fills the space.
The door opens.
Heels click against marble, sharp and familiar.
Alessandra enters, perfume lingering — warm, expensive, and out of place in the sterile calm.Renata doesn’t look up right away. When she does, her voice is even, detached.