Chapter 13: Healing Wounds
The next few days were a blur of sterile hospital rooms, endless beeping monitors, and visits from detectives.
Dr. Silva, the toxicologist who had risked his career to treat Valeria in secret, was brought in to oversee her care officially.
Miraculously, the baby’s heartbeat remained strong. The prompt flushing of the toxins from Valeria’s system, combined with bed rest and IV fluids, had stabilized the pregnancy.
The bruises on her legs were beginning to fade from angry purple to a dull yellow, a physical manifestation of the nightmare receding.
Alejandro spent every waking moment in the hospital chair beside her bed. He handled the fallout of his parents' arrests from a laptop.
The media frenzy was intense—the wealthy Aranda matriarch charged with attempted murder of her pregnant daughter-in-law was front-page news across the country.
But Alejandro didn't care about the company’s stock prices or the social scandal.
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He hired a ruthless legal team to ensure Esther would be denied bail and that Arturo would face consequences for his criminal negligence.
He initiated a hostile takeover of the board, officially stripping his mother of all titles and shares, acting as the proxy for his unborn child.
