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00:00:00Sé que es tu primera vez. Seré suave.

00:00:03Estuve enamorada de Liam por años. Después de anoche, por fin me convertí en su chica.

00:00:11Sofía, ¿te gusta nuestra tercera base?

00:00:14Liam, todavía estamos en la escuela.

00:00:17Ahora quiero un honrón. Esta noche, en mi casa.

00:00:25Liam, ¿al fin te acostaste con esa net?

00:00:28Yo quiero a la reina del baile, Abba. Sofía solo fue práctica.

00:00:33¿O sea que Sofía es un suplente?

00:00:34¿A quién le importa? Ella lo disfrutó. Además, no dejaré que tenga un bebé.

00:00:38¿Soy solo una herramienta para él?

00:00:42¿Cómo estuvo ella?

00:00:46Bastante ingenua, la verdad.

00:01:09Mañana te compraré la pastilla. No quiero que nadie te lastime. Nunca.

00:01:13¿Por qué? Tarde o temprano tendremos un bebé.

00:01:16Un embarazo es malo para tu cuerpo. ¿Cómo podría soportar verte sufrir?

00:01:19Esperemos hasta que me case contigo y luego hablamos del bebé.

00:01:25Puras mentiras.

00:01:27Dios, Abba. ¿Oíste que Liam se acostó con Sofía ayer sin protección?

00:01:32Dios, no podemos dejar que se embarace de él. Podrían terminar casándose.

00:01:35Eso no pasará.

00:01:37La hará tomar la pastilla del día después.

00:01:39Si esa perdedora patética llega a embarazarse y casarse, sería una desgracia para ella.

00:01:50Cariño, no puedo llevarte a casa. Hay una fiesta esta noche.

00:01:53No olvides comprar la pastilla tú sola, ¿sí? Sé una buena chica.

00:01:56Deja de llorar. Eres patética.

00:02:01Está bien, está bien.

00:02:12Desde el día que se mudó al lado.

00:02:14Este visitario no está nada mal, ¿verdad? Es un lugar bastante acogido.

00:02:21Siempre me ha gustado.

00:02:24Nunca cambió.

00:02:35¿Dónde estás? ¿Por qué no viniste esta noche?

00:02:37No me siento bien.

00:02:39Esa perra de Abba está aquí.

00:02:40No se separa de Liam. Es asquerosa.

00:02:43¡No, pero mucho!

00:02:45¡Sí!

00:02:46¡Vamos!

00:02:47¡Vamos!

00:02:56¡Eso! ¡Hasta el fondo! ¡Fondo! ¡Fondo! ¡Fondo! ¡Fondo!

00:03:02¡Eso es, amigo!

00:03:03¡Eres mi culpa! ¡Eres mi culpa! ¡Tú eres mi culpa, amigo!

00:03:06¡Bien hecho!

00:03:09¡Inviten morritas! ¡Inviten morras!

00:03:12¡En tanto reto!

00:03:13¡¿Quién se anima, eh? ¡¿Quién se anima?!

00:03:18Elijo...

00:03:19Lagartija.

00:03:20Chico arriba, chica abajo.

00:03:24¡Hágalo realidad!

00:03:27¡Qué bueno que Sofía no vino hoy, pero estaría armando un escándalo!

00:03:31¿A quién le importa Sofía? Vamos, no seas aguafiestas.

00:03:34¡Quítatelo! ¡Quítatelo! ¡Quítatelo! ¡Quítatelo! ¡Quítatelo! ¡Quítatelo! ¡Quítatelo!

00:03:40¡Quítatelo! ¡Quítatelo! ¡Quítatelo! ¡Quítatelo!

00:03:43yo la re

00:03:44quien te

00:03:48Ehiiiiiiiii

00:03:49Na...Ese muchacho se puso caliente

00:03:53Uno... vê 3

00:03:58Eso mi rey que te toque todito

00:04:01Siiii

00:04:02SIiii

00:04:03VaVIN

00:04:05VAMO

00:04:06VAMO

00:04:07Ya os iva

00:04:08StayGo

00:04:09StayGo

00:04:09st ever

00:04:11Sosten!

00:04:12Sosten!

00:04:21Sosten!

00:04:23¿Viste eso?

00:04:24Estuvo 3 min arriba de Ava. Realmente disfruto ese beso.

00:04:28Estoy obsesionada con esa perra! No me culpes por ser mala.

00:04:31Si no te lo hubiera mostrado, nunca habrías renunciado.

00:04:34Lo sé. No te culpo. Me culpo a mi misma por ser estúpida.

00:04:38Pensé que si me quedaba a su lado ese lugar sería mío.

00:04:40How can I treat you like this?

00:04:42If you know the years that you've been crazy for him

00:04:44No, I'll give you another chance

00:04:47I've decided

00:04:48I'm going with you

00:04:49Are you serious?

00:04:51Did you tell me that you wanted to be with Liam?

00:04:55Me lo promised

00:04:56We would be able to go with him

00:04:57We would be able to go with him

00:04:58That place turned into something

00:05:00So I would be able to go with him

00:05:02But now, I don't think so

00:05:14Está hecho, Emma

00:05:15Cancelé mi solicitud

00:05:17Iré al sur contigo

00:05:18Oh, por Dios

00:05:21Muy feliz por ti, Sofía

00:05:24Cariño, te lo dije

00:05:25Deberías ir a la universidad

00:05:26Te conozco muy bien

00:05:27Liam no lo vale

00:05:31Recuérdalo

00:05:31¿Cuántas veces te hizo lo mismo?

00:05:35Liam, vas a ir a Boeing o SpaceX más adelante, ¿cierto?

00:05:40Jail, ingeniería aeroespacial

00:05:42Eso es todo

00:05:43¿Y yo qué?

00:05:44La verdad quiero postular a NYU para arte

00:05:46¿Arte?

00:05:48No

00:05:49Estudiarás finanzas en Jail

00:05:51Así podrás manejar mis finanzas

00:05:52Como sea, te quedas conmigo

00:05:55No pienses en huir

00:06:04Sofía

00:06:05Tu reciente análisis de industria es muy perspicaz

00:06:08Sigue a Liam a Jail

00:06:09Serás la mano derecha perfecta a su lado

00:06:16Liam

00:06:19De ahora en adelante

00:06:22Estamos en caminos diferentes

00:06:23¿Se acabó?

00:06:29Sé que es tu primera vez

00:06:31Seré suave

00:06:32Estuve enamorada de Liam por años

00:06:34Después de anoche

00:06:35Por fin me convertí en su chica

00:06:37¿Por qué?

00:06:41Sofía, ¿te gusta nuestra tercera fase?

00:06:43Liam, todavía estamos en la escuela

00:06:47Ahora quiero un honrón

00:06:49Esta noche, en mi casa

00:06:55Liam

00:06:55¿Al fin te acostaste con esa net?

00:06:58Yo quiero a la reina del baile, Ava

00:07:00Sofía solo fue práctica

00:07:02¿O sea que Sofía es un suplente?

00:07:04¿A quién le importa?

00:07:05Ella lo disfrutó

00:07:06Además, no dejaré que tenga un bebé

00:07:08¿Soy solo una herramienta para él?

00:07:12¿Cómo estuvo ella?

00:07:16Bastante ingenua, la verdad

00:07:38Mañana te compraré la pastilla

00:07:40No quiero que nadie te lastime

00:07:42Nunca

00:07:43¿Por qué?

00:07:44Tarde o temprano tendremos un bebé

00:07:45Un embarazo es malo para tu cuerpo

00:07:47¿Cómo podría soportar verte sufrir?

00:07:49Esperemos hasta que me case contigo

00:07:50Y luego hablamos del bebé

00:07:55Puras mentiras

00:07:57Dios, Ava

00:07:58¿Oíste que Liam se acostó con Sofía ayer sin protección?

00:08:01Dios, no podemos dejar que se embarace de él

00:08:03Podrían terminar casándose

00:08:05Eso no pasará

00:08:06Lara tomar la pastilla del día después

00:08:08Si esa perdedora patética llega a embarazarse y casarse

00:08:11Sería una desgracia para ella

00:08:20Cariño, no puedo llevarte a casa

00:08:21Hay una fiesta esta noche

00:08:23No olvides comprar la pastilla tú sola, ¿sí?

00:08:25Sé una buena chica

00:08:26Deja de llorar

00:08:28Eres patética

00:08:30Está bien, está bien

00:08:42Desde el día que se mudó al lado

00:08:44Este vecindario no está nada mal, ¿verdad?

00:08:46Es un lugar bastante acopido

00:08:50Siempre me ha gustado

00:08:54Nunca cambió

00:09:05¿Dónde estás?

00:09:06¿Por qué no viniste esta noche?

00:09:07No me siento bien

00:09:08Esa perra de Ava está aquí

00:09:10No se separa de Liam

00:09:12¡Es asquerosa!

00:09:13¡Pero vamos!

00:09:14¡Sí!

00:09:15¡Sí!

00:09:16¡Vamos!

00:09:17¡Vamos!

00:09:19¡Vamos!

00:09:25¡Eso!

00:09:26¡Hasta el fondo!

00:09:27¡Fondo!

00:09:28¡Fondo!

00:09:29¡Fondo!

00:09:31¡Eso es, amigo!

00:09:33¡Si eres mi compa, ¿quieres mi compa?

00:09:35¡Tú eres mi compa, amigo!

00:09:36¡Bien hecho!

00:09:37¡Woo!

00:09:38¡Invite!

00:09:39¡Invite morritas!

00:09:40¡Invite morras!

00:09:41¡Vendando un reto!

00:09:42¡¿Quién se anima, eh?!

00:09:44¡¿Quién se anima?!

00:09:47¡El hijo!

00:09:48¡La gartija!

00:09:50¡Chico arriba, chica abajo!

00:09:54¡Hágalo realidad!

00:09:57¡Qué bueno que Sofía no vino hoy!

00:09:59¡O estaría armando un escándalo!

00:10:01¿A quién le importa Sofía?

00:10:02¡Vamos!

00:10:03¡No seas aguafiestas!

00:10:04¡Quítatelo!

00:10:06¡Quítatelo!

00:10:07¡Quítatelo!

00:10:08¡Quítatelo!

00:10:09¡Quítatelo!

00:10:10¡Quítatelo!

00:10:11¡Quítatelo!

00:10:11¡No!

00:10:13¡Ese muchacho es grande!

00:10:13¡Yo lo haré!

00:10:14¡Liam!

00:10:15¡Quítatelo!

00:10:16¡Liam!

00:10:17¡Este!

00:10:18¡Vento!

00:10:19¡No!

00:10:19¡Este muchacho se puso caliente!

00:10:21¡Woo!

00:10:22¡Uno!

00:10:23¡Dos!

00:10:25¡Tres!

00:10:26¡Woo!

00:10:27¡Eso, mi rey!

00:10:28¡Que te toque todito!

00:10:30¡Sí!

00:10:31¡Sí!

00:10:33¡Vamos!

00:10:34¡Woo!

00:10:35¡Vamos!

00:10:36¡Vamos!

00:10:37¡La última!

00:10:38¡Suspera!

00:10:39¡Suspera!

00:10:40¡Suspera!

00:10:41¡Suspera!

00:10:43¡Suspera!

00:10:43¡Lo hizo!

00:10:44¡Sí!

00:10:44¡Vamos!

00:10:46¡Woo!

00:10:46¡Vamos!

00:10:48¡Vamos!

00:10:49¡Vamos!

00:10:50¡Vamos!

00:10:51¡Vamos!

00:10:52¡Vamos!

00:10:53¡Vamos!

00:10:53¿Viste eso?

00:10:54Estuvo tres minutos arriba de Ava.

00:10:56Realmente disfruto ese beso.

00:10:57Está obsesionado con esa perra.

00:10:59No me culpes por ser mala.

00:11:01Si no te lo hubiera mostrado, nunca habrías renunciado.

00:11:03Lo sé.

00:11:04No te culpo.

00:11:05Me culpo a mí misma por ser estúpida.

00:11:07Pensé que si me quedaba a su lado, ese lugar sería mío.

00:11:10¿Cómo puede tratarte así?

00:11:12¡Si sabes los años que has estado loca por él!

00:11:14No me daré otra oportunidad.

00:11:16Lo he decidido.

00:11:18Me voy contigo.

00:11:19¿En serio?

00:11:20¿No era Yale tus sueños?

00:11:22¿No dijiste que querías estar con Liam?

00:11:25Me lo prometió.

00:11:26Que iríamos a Yale juntos.

00:11:28Iríamos juntos.

00:11:28Por él, ese lugar se convirtió en algo por lo que moriría por llegar.

00:11:32Pero ahora, ya no pienso así.

00:11:44Está hecho, Emma.

00:11:46Cancelé mi solicitud.

00:11:47Iré al sur contigo.

00:11:49¡Oh, por Dios!

00:11:51Muy feliz por ti, Sofía.

00:11:54Cariño, te lo dije.

00:11:55Deberías ir a la universidad.

00:11:56Te conozco muy bien.

00:11:57Liam no lo vale.

00:12:00Recuérdalo.

00:12:01¿Cuántas veces te hizo lo mismo?

00:12:05Liam, vas a ir a Boeing o SpaceX más adelante, ¿cierto?

00:12:10Yale.

00:12:11Ingeniería aeroespacial.

00:12:12Eso es todo.

00:12:13¿Y yo qué?

00:12:14La verdad quiero postular a NYU para arte.

00:12:16¿Arte?

00:12:18No.

00:12:19Estudiarás finanzas en Yale.

00:12:21Así podrás manejar mis finanzas.

00:12:22Como sea, te quedas conmigo.

00:12:25No pienses en huir.

00:12:34Sofía, tu reciente análisis de industria es muy perspicaz.

00:12:38Sigue a Liam, a Jill.

00:12:39Serás la mano derecha perfecta a su lado.

00:12:46Liam.

00:12:49De ahora en adelante, estamos en caminos diferentes.

00:12:54Se acabó.

00:12:57¡Sí, está la!

00:12:58¡Sí, está la!

00:12:59¡Sí, está la!

00:13:00¡Sí, sigue, sigue!

00:13:00¿Viste eso?

00:13:02Estuvo tres minutos arriba de Ava.

00:13:04Realmente disfrutó ese beso.

00:13:06Está obsesionado con esa perra.

00:13:07No me culpes por ser mala.

00:13:09Si no te lo hubiera mostrado, nunca habrías renunciado.

00:13:11Lo sé.

00:13:12No te culpo.

00:13:13Me culpo a mí misma por ser estúpida.

00:13:15Pensé que si me quedaba a su lado, ese lugar sería mío.

00:13:18¿Cómo puede tratarte así?

00:13:19¡Si sabes los años que has estado loca por él!

00:13:22No me daré otra oportunidad.

00:13:24Lo he decidido.

00:13:26Me voy contigo.

00:13:27¿En serio?

00:13:28¿No era Jail tus sueños?

00:13:30¿No dijiste que querías estar con Liam?

00:13:33Me lo prometió.

00:13:34Que iríamos a Jail juntos.

00:13:35Iríamos juntos.

00:13:36Por él ese lugar se convirtió en algo por lo que moriría por llegar.

00:13:40Pero ahora, ya no pienso así.

00:13:52Está hecho, Emma.

00:13:53Cancelé mi solicitud.

00:13:55Iré al sur contigo.

00:13:56¡Oh, por Dios!

00:13:59Muy feliz por ti, Sofía.

00:14:02Cariño, te lo dije.

00:14:03Deberías ir a la universidad.

00:14:04Te conozco muy bien.

00:14:05Liam no lo vale.

00:14:08Recuérdalo.

00:14:09¿Cuántas veces te hizo lo mismo?

00:14:13Liam, vas a ir a Boeing o SpaceX más adelante, ¿cierto?

00:14:17Jail, ingeniería aeroespacial.

00:14:20Eso es todo.

00:14:21¿Y yo qué?

00:14:22La verdad quiero postular a NYU para arte.

00:14:24¿Arte?

00:14:25No.

00:14:27Estudiarás finanzas en Jail.

00:14:28Así podrás manejar mis finanzas.

00:14:30Como sea, te quedas conmigo.

00:14:33No pienses en huir.

00:14:42Sofía, tu reciente análisis de industria es muy perspicaz.

00:14:45Sigue a Liam a Jail.

00:14:47Serás la mano derecha perfecta a su lado.

00:15:17Liam.

00:15:19Because I was at my lowest.

00:15:20If you and your shifter are this incompatible, maybe you should let him go.

00:15:22And just like that, it clicked.

00:15:24I turned and went to the shifter registry.

00:15:25I want to exchange my shifter.

00:15:27Hidden at the edge of the screen flickered.

00:15:29A handsome man with gray eyes appeared in the hologram.

00:15:32He was bred for war, but no one wants him.

00:15:34So they're selling him to the arena today.

00:15:36Okay.

00:15:37Then I'll take him.

00:15:37After my fox shifter scratched me again, I headed to the ER alone.

00:15:40How did the cut get this deep?

00:15:42Did your shifter ever go through obedience training?

00:15:44He did.

00:15:45He was top of his class.

00:15:46My phone buzzed in my pocket.

00:15:47It's just a scratch.

00:15:48Do you really need to see a doctor?

00:15:50I'm starving.

00:15:51Get back here and cook.

00:15:52You're terrible at taking care of me.

00:15:54So that was how he really felt?

00:15:55I turned and went to the shifter registry.

00:15:57I want to exchange my shifter.

00:15:58You've been registered with your shifter for a year.

00:16:00You can seal the lifetime bond soon.

00:16:02Are you sure you want an exchange?

00:16:03A bitter smile touched my lips.

00:16:05I used to count down the days to our lifetime bond.

00:16:07I happily planned our bonding ceremony with Lucian.

00:16:09But Lucian just sneered at me.

00:16:11A low-turn ordinary human like you?

00:16:13Do you really think you deserve me?

00:16:15Crying won't help.

00:16:16I will never seal a lifetime bond with you.

00:16:18I was just an ordinary human.

00:16:20No matter how hard I worked, I could never afford the lifestyle Lucian craved.

00:16:23Honestly, getting a pure-blood fox shifter like Lucian was a total fluke.

00:16:27He doesn't like me.

00:16:28And even hate me.

00:16:29The staff looked surprised.

00:16:30Trained shifters are supposed to love their owners with absolute loyalty.

00:16:34After proper training, this just isn't supposed to happen.

00:16:37Maybe there was an issue with our training.

00:16:39Don't blame yourself.

00:16:40Come with me.

00:16:41The staff looked guilty.

00:16:42I'd spent $10,000 on Lucian.

00:16:44Now, I could pick a replacement from the same price range.

00:16:46She swiped her wrist across the wall.

00:16:48Holograms lit up in front of me.

00:16:49A fox shifter.

00:16:50A leopard shifter.

00:16:51None as stunning as Lucian, but still gorgeous.

00:16:53I hesitated.

00:16:54Honestly, I wanted a canine shifter.

00:16:56A golden retriever type.

00:16:57I'd heard canine shifters are the most loyal and protective.

00:17:00Even though I was just a low-born human, maybe he'd actually like me.

00:17:03Do you have any others?

00:17:05Not right now.

00:17:05But the next batch arrives in two months.

00:17:08As compensation, we can let you pick first.

00:17:10I nodded.

00:17:11She walked me to the door.

00:17:12Then a profile card hidden at the edge of the screen flickered.

00:17:15A handsome man with gray eyes appeared in the hologram.

00:17:18Dragon scales crawling up half his arm.

00:17:20Wild.

00:17:20The staff member sighed.

00:17:22He's the most obedient shifter we have.

00:17:23Our boss wanted to test a new program for dangerous bloodlines.

00:17:25Darius isn't an ordinary dragon.

00:17:27He was bred for war, but no one wants him.

00:17:30They're scared he'll hurt humans.

00:17:31The bosses don't want to lose money, so they're selling him to the arena today.

00:17:35I've heard shifters sent there get torn apart.

00:17:37Sometimes their bodies don't even come back whole.

00:17:38If he goes there, he's dead.

00:17:40It sounded painful.

00:17:41Brutal.

00:17:41No one wanted him.

00:17:42Same.

00:17:43I hesitated.

00:17:44Is he really that obedient?

00:17:45Absolutely.

00:17:48Okay.

00:17:48Then I'll take him.

00:17:50I pressed my thumb onto the glowing contract panel.

00:17:53The staff said the transfer would be done in two days,

00:17:55and Darius would be delivered to my place.

00:17:57I tucked the new contract carefully into my bag.

00:17:59On my way home, I saw Lucian and Sloane from a distance.

00:18:01Sloane lived in the noble quarter.

00:18:03Highborn, smart, elegant.

00:18:05Everything I wasn't.

00:18:06Ever since she met Lucian,

00:18:07she'd been showing up with expensive shifter supplements.

00:18:09The two had gotten close.

00:18:10I slowed my pace.

00:18:12Alara, off to work again?

00:18:14Sloane spotted me and smiled a little too sweetly.

00:18:16I know you and Lucy are about to sign a lifetime contract,

00:18:19but you really should put more effort into your look.

00:18:21Just look at what you're wearing.

00:18:23If people saw you two on the street,

00:18:25would anyone believe your partners?

00:18:27I glanced down at my plain t-shirt and jeans,

00:18:29then at her pretty dress.

00:18:31I think I'm fine.

00:18:32Lucian's voice was low.

00:18:33She doesn't look good dressed up either.

00:18:36At least people just think she doesn't know how to dress.

00:18:39Not that she's ugly.

00:18:40You can't say that to a girl, Lucian.

00:18:42Lucian's face twisted with scorn.

00:18:45Some boring, low-class human like her

00:18:47could never understand the tastes of high bloodlines like us.

00:18:51Getting stuck with her is the worst thing that's ever happened to me.

00:18:53Lucian never used to be like this.

00:18:55Even when I couldn't afford premium supplements.

00:18:57Even when the clothes I bought rubbed his skin raw.

00:18:59Lucian always swore he was lucky to meet me.

00:19:01Things changed when we ran into his old rival on the street.

00:19:04My bag dropped.

00:19:04Lucian knelt down to help me pick up my stuff.

00:19:06The red fox got out of his car

00:19:08and stepped on Lucian's hand on purpose.

00:19:09He scoffed.

00:19:20Lucian locked himself in his room all night.

00:19:21I sat by his door until morning.

00:19:23I told him shifters were all equal.

00:19:25I told him not to care that the registry marked him as defective.

00:19:28We had a good life, didn't we?

00:19:29Lucian threw the door open.

00:19:30His eyes were red and swollen.

00:19:32You've never had status.

00:19:34No wonder you're okay living like this!

00:19:37Later, he met Sloane.

00:19:38Sloane was loaded.

00:19:39She could give Lucian everything I couldn't.

00:19:41They got close day by day.

00:19:42Whenever they talked, Sloane would naturally lean against him.

00:19:45I brought it up carefully once.

00:19:46You're my shifter.

00:19:47Can you keep some distance from Sloane?

00:19:49Lucian looked down at me.

00:19:50Alayda, if I wasn't marked as defective,

00:19:52how would you ever have gotten the chance to adopt me?

00:19:54You just got me cheap because I was at my lowest.

00:19:56Stop acting like you own me.

00:19:57But back then, Lucian was the one crying,

00:19:59begging me to save him.

00:20:01In this era, shifters were bred to be mates

00:20:03and reproduce for humans.

00:20:05Lucian was an elite, pure-blood fox shifter.

00:20:07Before his infertility diagnosis,

00:20:08he was expected to fetch an astronomical price at auction.

00:20:11But nobody wanted an infertile shifter.

00:20:13The registry planned to send him to the red light district

00:20:15to recoup their losses.

00:20:16That was the same day I went to buy my own shifter.

00:20:19Lucian broke through the guards.

00:20:20He fell to his knees in front of me,

00:20:22tears streaming down his face.

00:20:23Please, save me.

00:20:25I'll be good to you.

00:20:26I'll be your family.

00:20:28I don't want to be sent away.

00:20:29I grew up in foster care.

00:20:31I knew exactly what it felt like to have nobody.

00:20:33I drained my savings and even took out a loan just to buy him.

00:20:36I never brought it up again.

00:20:37I wanted to protect his pride.

00:20:38I never thought he'd twist this life-saving bond

00:20:40into me taking advantage of him.

00:20:42During that fight,

00:20:43my hand accidentally brushed against Lucian.

00:20:45Instinctively, he shoved me hard.

00:20:46My arm hit the table.

00:20:47The cut was so deep,

00:20:48I could almost see the bone.

00:20:49If you hadn't touched me,

00:20:50you wouldn't be hurt.

00:20:51You did this to yourself,

00:20:52so handle this alone.

00:20:54I'm going shopping with Sloan today.

00:20:56Even if I came with you,

00:20:57it wouldn't make the pain any less.

00:20:59Stop acting like everything's my fault.

00:21:00The nurse sighed.

00:21:01This is going to scar.

00:21:02It'll hurt every time it rains.

00:21:04If you and your shifter are this incompatible,

00:21:06maybe you should let him go.

00:21:07And just like that,

00:21:07it clicked.

00:21:08I could let go.

00:21:09We didn't have to be trapped forever.

00:21:10Back in the present,

00:21:11right as Lucian was about to close his door,

00:21:13I stopped him.

00:21:13Lucian,

00:21:15do you really feel tortured being with me?

00:21:17Yes.

00:21:18A lowborn girl like you finally got me.

00:21:19Why would you ever let go?

00:21:20You'll cling to me until the day I die.

00:21:22His face twisted with disgust.

00:21:23I just smiled, bitterly.

00:21:25I got you a present.

00:21:26You'll find out in a few days.

00:21:27Something like hope flickered across Lucian's face.

00:21:29Then the disdain came right back.

00:21:31Don't tell me it's more cheap supplements

00:21:32that even low-tier shifters won't drink.

00:21:34I'll just have to flush them down the toilet again.

00:21:36No.

00:21:36It's what you want most.

00:21:38Good.

00:21:39Then Lucian shut the door.

00:21:42Sloan showed up early the next morning.

00:21:44Lucian and I are going shopping.

00:21:45He's got the same taste as me.

00:21:46We just click when we go out.

00:21:48Alara,

00:21:49you aren't mad, aren't you?

00:21:50Usually,

00:21:50I would have swallowed my anger

00:21:52and stopped Lucian from going.

00:21:53If he wouldn't go out with me,

00:21:54why should he go with someone else?

00:21:55But today,

00:21:56I kept my voice soft.

00:21:57I don't mind.

00:21:58Lucian froze,

00:21:59looking at me strangely.

00:22:00Alara,

00:22:01you're not mad?

00:22:02Lucian froze,

00:22:03looking at me strangely.

00:22:04The seasonal sale at the mall started today.

00:22:06I had to hurry and get stuff for Darius.

00:22:07I saw them standing so close together,

00:22:09but it didn't sting anymore.

00:22:10I put on my shoes and left the house fast.

00:22:12The mall was packed with low-born humans

00:22:14and ordinary shifters.

00:22:15They looked poor,

00:22:16but they also looked happy.

00:22:17Close.

00:22:17Maybe that's all I ever wanted.

00:22:18A sweet,

00:22:19simple bonded partner.

00:22:20If Lucian had never begged me to save him,

00:22:22I might have had that life by now.

00:22:23By the time I got home,

00:22:24it was dark.

00:22:25Surprisingly,

00:22:26Lucian was there.

00:22:27Usually,

00:22:27he stayed out with Sloan until late.

00:22:28He sat on the couch with his arms crossed,

00:22:30his face full of anger.

00:22:31Where the hell did you go?

00:22:32You didn't even make dinner.

00:22:33I'm already stuck living a broke life with you.

00:22:35At least let me eat.

00:22:36You're the worst caretaker ever.

00:22:42After my fox shifter scratched me again,

00:22:44I headed to the ER alone.

00:22:45I grew up in foster care.

00:22:46I knew exactly what it felt like to have nobody.

00:22:48Lucian broke through the guards.

00:22:50He fell to his knees in front of me.

00:22:51Please, save me.

00:22:52I drained my savings

00:22:53and even took out a loan just to buy him.

00:22:55You just got me cheap

00:22:56because I was at my lowest.

00:22:57If you and your shifter are this incompatible,

00:22:59maybe you should let him go.

00:23:00And just like that,

00:23:01it clicked.

00:23:01I turned and went to the shifter registry.

00:23:03I want to exchange my shifter.

00:23:05Hidden at the edge of the screen flickered.

00:23:06A handsome man with gray eyes

00:23:08appeared in the hologram.

00:23:09He was bred for war,

00:23:10but no one wants him.

00:23:12So they're selling him to the arena today.

00:23:13Okay, then I'll take him.

00:23:15After my fox shifter scratched me again,

00:23:16I headed to the ER alone.

00:23:18How did the cut get this deep?

00:23:19Did your shifter ever go through obedience training?

00:23:22He did.

00:23:22He was top of his class.

00:23:23My phone buzzed in my pocket.

00:23:25It's just a scratch.

00:23:26Do you really need to see a doctor?

00:23:27I'm starving.

00:23:28Get back here and cook.

00:23:30You're terrible at taking care of me.

00:23:31So that was how he really felt?

00:23:33I turned and went to the shifter registry.

00:23:34I want to exchange my shifter.

00:23:36You've been registered with your shifter for a year.

00:23:38You can seal the lifetime bond soon.

00:23:39Are you sure you want an exchange?

00:23:41A bitter smile touched my lips.

00:23:42I used to count down the days to our lifetime bond.

00:23:45I happily planned our bonding ceremony with Lucian,

00:23:47but Lucian just sneered at me.

00:23:48A low-turn ordinary human like you?

00:23:50Do you really think you deserve me?

00:23:52Crying won't help.

00:23:54I will never seal a lifetime bond with you.

00:23:56I was just an ordinary human.

00:23:57No matter how hard I worked,

00:23:59I could never afford the lifestyle Lucian craved.

00:24:01Honestly, getting a pureblood fox shifter like Lucian was a total fluke.

00:24:04He doesn't like me, and even hate me.

00:24:06The staff looked surprised.

00:24:08Trained shifters are supposed to love their owners with absolute loyalty.

00:24:12After proper training, this just isn't supposed to happen.

00:24:15Maybe there was an issue with our training.

00:24:17Don't blame yourself.

00:24:18Come with me.

00:24:18The staff looked guilty.

00:24:20I'd spent $10,000 on Lucian.

00:24:21Now, I could pick a replacement from the same price range.

00:24:24She swiped her wrist across the wall.

00:24:26Holograms lit up in front of me.

00:24:27A fox shifter, a leopard shifter.

00:24:29None as stunning as Lucian, but still gorgeous.

00:24:30I hesitated.

00:24:32Honestly, I wanted a canine shifter.

00:24:34A golden retriever type.

00:24:35I'd heard canine shifters are the most loyal and protective.

00:24:38Even though I was just a lowborn human, maybe he'd actually like me.

00:24:41Do you have any others?

00:24:42Not right now.

00:24:43But the next batch arrives in two months.

00:24:45As compensation, we can let you pick first.

00:24:47I nodded.

00:24:48She walked me to the door.

00:24:49Then a profile card hidden at the edge of the screen flickered.

00:24:52A handsome man with gray eyes appeared in the hologram.

00:24:55Dragon scales crawling up half his arm.

00:24:57Wild.

00:24:58The staff member sighed.

00:24:59He's the most obedient shifter we have.

00:25:01Our boss wanted to test a new program for dangerous bloodlines.

00:25:03Darius isn't an ordinary dragon.

00:25:05He was bred for war, but no one wants him.

00:25:07They're scared he'll hurt humans.

00:25:09The bosses don't want to lose money, so they're selling him to the arena today.

00:25:12I've heard shifters sent there get torn apart.

00:25:15Sometimes their bodies don't even come back whole.

00:25:16If he goes there, he's dead.

00:25:17It sounded painful.

00:25:19Brutal.

00:25:19No one wanted him.

00:25:20Same.

00:25:20I hesitated.

00:25:21Is he really that obedient?

00:25:23Absolutely.

00:25:25Okay.

00:25:26Then I'll take him.

00:25:28I pressed my thumb onto the glowing contract panel.

00:25:30The staff said the transfer would be done in two days, and Darius would be delivered to

00:25:34my place.

00:25:34I tucked the new contract carefully into my bag.

00:25:36On my way home, I saw Lucien and Sloane from a distance.

00:25:39Sloane lived in the noble quarter.

00:25:41Highborn, smart, elegant.

00:25:42Everything I wasn't.

00:25:43Ever since she met Lucien, she'd been showing up with expensive shifter supplements.

00:25:47The two had gotten close.

00:25:48I slowed my pace.

00:25:50Alara, off to work again?

00:25:51Sloane spotted me and smiled a little too sweetly.

00:25:54I know you and Lucien are about to sign a lifetime contract, but you really should put more effort

00:25:58into your look.

00:25:59Just look at what you're wearing.

00:26:01If people saw you two on the street, would anyone believe your partners?

00:26:05I glanced down at my plain t-shirt and jeans, then at her pretty dress.

00:26:08I think I'm fine.

00:26:10Lucien's voice was low.

00:26:11She doesn't look good dressed up either.

00:26:14At least people just think she doesn't know how to dress.

00:26:16Not that she's ugly.

00:26:18You can't say that to a girl, Lucien.

00:26:20Lucien's face twisted with scorn.

00:26:22Some boring, low-class human like her could never understand the tastes of high bloodlines

00:26:27like us.

00:26:28Getting stuck with her is the worst thing that's ever happened to me.

00:26:31Lucien never used to be like this.

00:26:33Even when I couldn't afford premium supplements.

00:26:35Even when the clothes I bought rubbed his skin raw.

00:26:37Lucien always swore he was lucky to meet me.

00:26:39Things changed when we ran into his old rival on the street.

00:26:41My bag dropped.

00:26:42Lucien knelt down to help me pick up my stuff.

00:26:44The red fox got out of his car and stepped on Lucien's hand on purpose.

00:26:47He scoffed.

00:26:48Well, look who it is.

00:26:49Mr. Popular Lucien.

00:26:50Lucien, how did you end up with such a pathetic owner?

00:26:53Makes sense, though.

00:26:55An unwanted shifter belongs with an ordinary nobody.

00:26:57Lucien locked himself in his room all night.

00:26:59I sat by his door until morning.

00:27:01I told him shifters were all equal.

00:27:02I told him not to care that the registry marked him as defective.

00:27:05We had a good life, didn't we?

00:27:06Lucien threw the door open.

00:27:08His eyes were red and swollen.

00:27:09You've never had status.

00:27:12No wonder you're okay living like this!

00:27:15Later, he met Sloane.

00:27:16Sloane was loaded.

00:27:17She could give Lucien everything I couldn't.

00:27:18They got close day by day.

00:27:20Whenever they talked, Sloane would naturally lean against him.

00:27:22I brought it up carefully once.

00:27:24You're my shifter.

00:27:25Can you keep some distance from Sloane?

00:27:26Lucien looked down at me.

00:27:27Alayda, if I wasn't marked as defective, how would you ever have gotten the chance to adopt me?

00:27:32You just got me cheap because I was at my lowest.

00:27:34Stop acting like you own me.

00:27:35But back then, Lucien was the one crying, begging me to save him.

00:27:39In this era, shifters were bred to be mates and reproduce for humans.

00:27:42Lucien was an elite, pure-blood fox shifter.

00:27:44Before his infertility diagnosis, he was expected to fetch an astronomical price at auction.

00:27:49But nobody wanted an infertile shifter.

00:27:51The registry planned to send him to the Red Light District to recoup their losses.

00:27:54That was the same day I went to buy my own shifter.

00:27:56Lucien broke through the guards.

00:27:57He fell to his knees in front of me, tears streaming down his face.

00:28:01Please, save me.

00:28:02I'll be good to you.

00:28:04I'll be your family.

00:28:05I don't want to be sent away.

00:28:07I grew up in foster care.

00:28:08I knew exactly what it felt like to have nobody.

00:28:10I drained my savings and even took out a loan just to buy him.

00:28:13I never brought it up again.

00:28:15I wanted to protect his pride.

00:28:16I never thought he'd twist this life-saving bond into me taking advantage of him.

00:28:19During that fight, my hand accidentally brushed against Lucien.

00:28:22Instinctively, he shoved me hard.

00:28:24My arm hit the table.

00:28:25The cut was so deep, I could almost see the bone.

00:28:27If you hadn't touched me, you wouldn't be hurt.

00:28:29You did this to yourself, so handle this alone.

00:28:32I'm going shopping with Sloan today.

00:28:34Even if I came with you, it wouldn't make the pain any less.

00:28:36Stop acting like everything's my fault.

00:28:38The nurse sighed.

00:28:39This is going to scar.

00:28:40It'll hurt every time it rains.

00:28:41If you and your shifter are this incompatible,

00:28:43maybe you should let him go.

00:28:44And just like that, it clicked.

00:28:46I could let go.

00:28:46We didn't have to be trapped forever.

00:28:48Back in the present, right as Lucien was about to close his door,

00:28:50I stopped him.

00:28:51Lucien, do you really feel tortured being with me?

00:28:54Yes.

00:28:55A lowborn girl like you finally got me.

00:28:57Why would you ever let go?

00:28:58You'll cling to me until the day I die.

00:28:59His face twisted with disgust.

00:29:01I just smiled, bitterly.

00:29:02I got you a present.

00:29:03You'll find out in a few days.

00:29:05Something like hope flickered across Lucien's face.

00:29:07Then the disdain came right back.

00:29:08Don't tell me it's more cheap supplements

00:29:10that even low-tier shifters won't drink.

00:29:11I'll just have to flush them down the toilet again.

00:29:13No.

00:29:14It's what you want most.

00:29:16Good.

00:29:17Then Lucien shut the door.

00:29:20Sloan showed up early the next morning.

00:29:22Lucien and I are going shopping.

00:29:23He's got the same taste as me.

00:29:24We just click when we go out.

00:29:25Alara, you aren't mad, aren't you?

00:29:27Usually, I would have swallowed my anger

00:29:29and stopped Lucien from going.

00:29:31If he wouldn't go out with me,

00:29:32why should he go with someone else?

00:29:33But today, I kept my voice soft.

00:29:35I don't mind.

00:29:36Lucien froze, looking at me strangely.

00:29:38Alara, you're not mad?

00:29:39Lucien froze, looking at me strangely.

00:29:41The seasonal sale at the mall started today.

00:29:43I had to hurry and get stuff for Darius.

00:29:45I saw them standing so close together,

00:29:47but it didn't sting anymore.

00:29:48I put on my shoes and left the house fast.

00:29:50The mall was packed with low-born humans

00:29:51and ordinary shifters.

00:29:52They looked poor,

00:29:53but they also looked happy.

00:29:54Close.

00:29:55Maybe that's all I ever wanted.

00:29:56A sweet, simple, bonded partner.

00:29:58If Lucien had never begged me to save him,

00:30:00I might have had that life by now.

00:30:01By the time I got home, it was dark.

00:30:03Surprisingly, Lucien was there.

00:30:04Usually, he stayed out with Sloan until late.

00:30:06He sat on the couch with his arms crossed,

00:30:08his face full of anger.

00:30:09Where the hell did you go?

00:30:10You didn't even make dinner!

00:30:11I'm already stuck living a broke life with you.

00:30:13At least let me eat.

00:30:14You're the worst caretaker ever.

00:30:17La noche que firmé el divorcio,

00:30:19vagué sola por Nueva York.

00:30:21Llovía en Manhattan.

00:30:23El viento helado cortaba los rascacielos.

00:30:26Me helaba los huesos.

00:30:27Mis cuentas ya estaban congeladas.

00:30:29Me quitaron el acceso a mi departamento.

00:30:31Y en mi celular quedaban menos de $40.

00:30:34Arrastrando mi maneta,

00:30:35me senté afuera de una tienda 24 horas,

00:30:38revisando ofertas de empleo en mi celular.

00:30:40Casi todas pedían experiencia estable

00:30:43o domicilio fijo.

00:30:45Y yo no tenía nada de eso.

00:30:47Cuando iba a rendirme,

00:30:49apareció una nueva oferta en pantalla.

00:30:52Se busca niñera interna.

00:30:54Las palabras, incluye alojamiento,

00:30:56me llamaron la atención.

00:30:58Jamás imaginé que esa familia fuera la Montenegro.

00:31:01En ese momento,

00:31:03estaba afuera de una finca privada

00:31:05al norte de Larga Isla,

00:31:06junto a un viejo mayordomo serio.

00:31:10Señora Cárdenas,

00:31:11debo aclararle algo antes de que entre.

00:31:14El señor Montenegro busca tutora para el niño,

00:31:17no una pareja para él.

00:31:19Varias mujeres lo malentendieron.

00:31:22Espero que usted no.

00:31:23Bajé la cabeza y miré al suelo.

00:31:25La verdad,

00:31:26ese trabajo era perfecto para mí.

00:31:28Esa mañana firmé mi divorcio.

00:31:30Volver a casarme era lo último que pensaba.

00:31:33Pero si tenía dónde quedarme,

00:31:35no tendría que dormir en la calle.

00:31:37Para mí,

00:31:38era un salvavidas.

00:31:40Asentí de inmediato.

00:31:41Entiendo.

00:31:42No tendré ideas indebidas.

00:31:44El mayordomo pareció algo satisfecho,

00:31:46y me guió por un largo pasillo.

00:31:48El aire olía a cedro suave.

00:31:50Una presión propia del territorio

00:31:52de un alfa poderoso.

00:31:53Luego entramos al comedor.

00:31:55Al fondo de la enorme mesa,

00:31:58un padre y su hijo

00:31:59se retaban en silencio.

00:32:01El hombre alto sostenía

00:32:03un plato infantil.

00:32:04Se le notaba

00:32:05un leve cansancio.

00:32:07Frente a él,

00:32:08el niño estaba sentado

00:32:09con los labios apretados,

00:32:11negándose a cooperar.

00:32:12El silencio era inquietante.

00:32:14Tras un largo rato,

00:32:15él suspiró.

00:32:17Parecía más difícil

00:32:18que negociar una fusión

00:32:20en Wall Street.

00:32:21Se pellizcó la nariz

00:32:22y habló en voz baja.

00:32:23Noé.

00:32:25Solo un bocado, ¿sí?

00:32:26El niño volteó la cara

00:32:28con terquedad.

00:32:29Señor,

00:32:29llegó la nueva aspirante.

00:32:31El hombre al fin

00:32:32levantó la mirada.

00:32:33Vestía pantalón negro

00:32:34y camisa blanca.

00:32:35Llevaba dos botones sueltos.

00:32:38Dejaban ver

00:32:39su clavícula marcada.

00:32:40Tenía las mangas

00:32:41dobladas al antebrazo.

00:32:43Mostraban piel pálida

00:32:44y músculo firme.

00:32:46Reconocía al instante

00:32:47a Alejandro Montenegro.

00:32:50Uno de los alfas

00:32:51más temidos de Norteamérica.

00:32:52Sus ojos gris azulados

00:32:54eran fríos como hielo.

00:32:55Una mirada suya

00:32:56bastaba para que todos

00:32:57retrocedieran.

00:32:58Pero yo no tuve miedo.

00:33:01Su mirada me recorrió

00:33:02y se detuvo un instante.

00:33:04Las feromonas inquietas

00:33:06del alfa

00:33:06se calmaron de golpe.

00:33:08Algo brilló en sus ojos.

00:33:10Nombre.

00:33:11Evelina Cárdenas.

00:33:12Respondí en voz baja.

00:33:13Él la sintió casi sin notarse.

00:33:15Luego me dio el plato.

00:33:16Inténtalo tú.

00:33:18Luego se reclinó en su silla

00:33:20con los brazos cruzados

00:33:21mirándome en silencio.

00:33:22Esa debía ser mi entrevista

00:33:23y yo necesitaba ese empleo.

00:33:25Como mínimo,

00:33:26no quería dormir hoy en el metro.

00:33:29Sostuve el plato con cuidado.

00:33:31Forcé una sonrisa suave

00:33:32y caminé hacia el niño.

00:33:33Antes de acercarme,

00:33:35él se metió de golpe

00:33:36bajo la mesa.

00:33:37Solo sus ojos furiosos

00:33:38me miraban.

00:33:39No la quiero.

00:33:41Tire que se vaya.

00:33:42Es igual a las demás.

00:33:43Así que ya habían pasado

00:33:44muchas madrastras

00:33:45antes que yo.

00:33:46Eso me dio más ganas

00:33:47de lograrlo.

00:33:49Miré alrededor del comedor.

00:33:50Había juguetes de héroes

00:33:52por todas partes.

00:33:53Se me ocurrió una idea.

00:33:54Tomé una figura de acción

00:33:56y me agaché junto a la mesa,

00:33:57sonriendo.

00:33:58Calma.

00:33:58No es para ti.

00:33:59Es para superhombre.

00:34:01Fingí darle de comer al muñeco.

00:34:03Los superhéroes también comen.

00:34:05Si no comen,

00:34:06¿cómo salvará Nueva York?

00:34:08¿Quieres brócoli?

00:34:09Claro, brócoli.

00:34:11Te hace fuerte contra los malos.

00:34:13Bajo la mesa,

00:34:14el niño dudaba.

00:34:15Pero seguía callado por Terco.

00:34:18Seguí ignorándolo a propósito.

00:34:19Hasta que se le puso roja la nariz

00:34:21y casi rompía en llanto.

00:34:23Entonces fingí notarlo.

00:34:25¡Ay!

00:34:26¿Qué es esto?

00:34:27Hay un lobito escondido por aquí.

00:34:29Contuve la risa

00:34:30y alcé el muñeco.

00:34:32Superhombre.

00:34:33¿Compartes la cena con él?

00:34:34¿Con el lobito?

00:34:35Baje la voz con dramatismo.

00:34:36Por supuesto.

00:34:37Un lobito debe comer bien.

00:34:39Si quieres ser el alfa más fuerte.

00:34:41Eso lo venció.

00:34:42El niño sintió con fuerza.

00:34:44Alcé la cuchara

00:34:45y dio un gran bocado.

00:34:46Luego otro bocado

00:34:48y otro más.

00:34:49Tras varios bocados,

00:34:50me miró indignado.

00:34:52¿Por qué no me diste más brócoli?

00:34:54¿Tienes que me vuelva más fuerte

00:34:56que superhombre?

00:34:57No pude evitar reír.

00:34:59Pero al girarme,

00:35:00vi al señor Montenegro mirándome.

00:35:02Por primera vez,

00:35:04su expresión fría y dura

00:35:05se suavizó.

00:35:06Algo desconocido brilló

00:35:08en esos ojos gris azulados,

00:35:09como si al fin hallara algo

00:35:11que siempre buscó.

00:35:13Esa misma noche,

00:35:14me mudé a la mansión Montenegro.

00:35:15La finca entera tenía tres pisos.

00:35:17Noé y yo dormíamos en el segundo piso

00:35:19y Alejandro en el tercero.

00:35:21Antes de subir,

00:35:22el viejo mayordomo Horacio

00:35:23me detuvo.

00:35:24Con gesto serio,

00:35:25me advirtió.

00:35:26Señora Cárdenas,

00:35:27hay algo que debe recordar.

00:35:29Nunca suba al tercer piso

00:35:31sin permiso

00:35:32del señor Montenegro.

00:35:34Me quedé helada.

00:35:35Horacio siguió

00:35:36sin cambiar el gesto

00:35:37y continuó.

00:35:38Una mujer

00:35:39entró a escondidas

00:35:40al cuarto del señor de noche.

00:35:41Quería volverse señora

00:35:42de la casa Montenegro.

00:35:44Casi la arrojan

00:35:45por la ventana.

00:35:47El señor Montenegro

00:35:48detesta mucho

00:35:49que otros crucen sus límites.

00:35:51Asentí enseguida.

00:35:52Entiendo.

00:35:53Para ser honesta,

00:35:55no tengo cabeza para eso.

00:35:56Ahora mismo,

00:35:57solo quiero conservar

00:35:58este empleo.

00:35:59Además,

00:36:00un alfa como

00:36:01Alejandro Montenegro

00:36:02no es alguien

00:36:03con quien pueda meterme.

00:36:05Noé solo tiene cinco,

00:36:06pero es muy independiente.

00:36:09Duerme solo por la noche.

00:36:10Eso me alivia mucho.

00:36:14A la tarde siguiente,

00:36:15Alejandro volvió a casa

00:36:16y ahí estaba yo,

00:36:17agachada en el patio,

00:36:18dando de comer a Noé.

00:36:19Bueno,

00:36:19mejor dicho,

00:36:20Noé estaba con Correa,

00:36:21sentado junto al malamute

00:36:22de la familia.

00:36:23En el césped

00:36:24competían comiendo.

00:36:25El perro mordía.

00:36:26Noé mordía.

00:36:27Era raro y tierno.

00:36:28Y también muy intenso.

00:36:30Alejandro acababa

00:36:31de bajar del auto

00:36:32cuando se quedó inmóvil.

00:36:33Miró la escena

00:36:34y se le ensombreció

00:36:36la cara al instante.

00:36:37Evelina,

00:36:38¿qué crees que es mi hijo?

00:36:41¡Au!

00:36:43¡Papá,

00:36:44estamos jugando!

00:36:45¡Mira!

00:36:46¡Hoy comí más que rayo!

00:36:48Alejandro frunció

00:36:49más el ceño.

00:36:50Luego giró despacio

00:36:51hacia el mayordomo.

00:36:53Señor,

00:36:53aunque el método

00:36:54de la señora Cárdenas

00:36:55es algo inusual,

00:36:57el resultado es claro.

00:36:58Antes lo seguíamos

00:36:59por toda la casa

00:37:00y no quería comer.

00:37:02Pero esta tarde

00:37:03ya terminó

00:37:03los platos de pasta.

00:37:05Hasta insiste

00:37:05en ganarle a Rayo.

00:37:08El hombre miró

00:37:09a su hijo en silencio

00:37:10devorar brócoli,

00:37:11bistec y puré.

00:37:13Tras un largo rato

00:37:14su gesto

00:37:14se volvió más complejo.

00:37:15Tras otro silencio

00:37:16por fin suspiró resignado

00:37:18como aceptando su destino.

00:37:20Al menos

00:37:21Noé y Rayo

00:37:22deben comer

00:37:23en platos separados.

00:37:25No se preocupe, señor.

00:37:27Rayo es un perro

00:37:28muy limpio.

00:37:29Ni siquiera tocó

00:37:29la cuchara de Noé.

00:37:31A Alejandro

00:37:31le palpitó la sien.

00:37:32Parecía a punto

00:37:33de decir algo.

00:37:34Pero entonces

00:37:35cerró fuerte los ojos.

00:37:37Se dio la vuelta

00:37:37y entró a la casa.

00:37:39El sol caía despacio.

00:37:41Noé llevaba la correa

00:37:42y corría por el césped

00:37:43aullando como lobo.

00:37:44Rayo también corría

00:37:45lleno de emoción.

00:37:47Yo no paraba de reír.

00:37:48No sabía que

00:37:49tras el ventanal

00:37:49del segundo piso

00:37:51Alejandro estaba quieto

00:37:52mirándonos.

00:37:54La señora Cárdenas

00:37:55es casi mágica.

00:37:56Antes el niño

00:37:57no comía,

00:37:57no hablaba

00:37:58ni salía afuera.

00:38:00Pero solo lleva aquí

00:38:01un día

00:38:01y todo cambió.

00:38:04Señor,

00:38:04creo que esta vez

00:38:05por fin hallamos

00:38:06a la indicada.

00:38:07Para cuando llevé

00:38:08a Noé adentro,

00:38:09Alejandro ya estaba

00:38:10sentado en la sala

00:38:10del primer piso.

00:38:11Con las piernas cruzadas

00:38:12veía noticias financieras.

00:38:14Su aura seguía intimidando.

00:38:15Nadie se atrevía

00:38:16a mirarlo de frente.

00:38:17Apenas le quité la correa

00:38:18a Noé

00:38:18cuando Alejandro

00:38:19dijo de pronto

00:38:19Evelina,

00:38:20hablemos.

00:38:21Evelina,

00:38:22hablemos.

00:38:23Sí, señor Montenegro.

00:38:25Dejé a Noé

00:38:25con la criada.

00:38:26Luego me senté

00:38:27bien derecha

00:38:28frente a él

00:38:28en el sofá.

00:38:29Alejandro alzó

00:38:30la mirada.

00:38:30Se le dan bien

00:38:31los niños.

00:38:31¿Ya ha hecho esto?

00:38:33Cuidé al hijo

00:38:34de la hermana de mi ex

00:38:35durante dos años.

00:38:37En ese entonces,

00:38:38la familia de Raúl

00:38:39creía que yo ganaba poco

00:38:40así que me pidieron

00:38:41renunciar.

00:38:41Pero cuando lo hice,

00:38:42pensaron que era

00:38:43una inútil

00:38:44por quedarme en casa.

00:38:45Así que despidieron

00:38:47a la niñera

00:38:47y me pusieron

00:38:48a cuidar a sus hijos.

00:38:50Alejandro escuchó

00:38:51sin hablar.

00:38:51Sus ojos gris-azules

00:38:52eran hondos

00:38:53y legibles.

00:38:53Tras un momento

00:38:54preguntó de pronto

00:38:55Según su expediente

00:38:56se acaba de divorciar.

00:38:58¿Motivo?

00:38:59Somos de mundos distintos.

00:39:00Hubo un silencio.

00:39:02Alejandro me miró.

00:39:03Su mirada pesaba

00:39:04más de lo normal.

00:39:05Seguro ya vio

00:39:05la oferta de ayer.

00:39:07No es un caso especial.

00:39:08No se siente seguro.

00:39:10No quiere salir

00:39:10ni conocer extraños

00:39:12y se resiste mucho

00:39:13a ir a la escuela

00:39:13y yo tengo poco tiempo

00:39:14para él.

00:39:15Así que...

00:39:18Necesito a alguien

00:39:18que se quede con él

00:39:19a largo plazo.

00:39:20Una verdadera figura materna.

00:39:22Si está dispuesta

00:39:23a quedarse,

00:39:24firmaremos un acuerdo

00:39:24prenupcial.

00:39:25Los bienes quedarán

00:39:26totalmente separados.

00:39:27No correrá ningún riesgo.

00:39:29Todas serán iguales.

00:39:31Aunque mi primer matrimonio

00:39:33empezó por amor,

00:39:34la brecha social

00:39:35era enorme.

00:39:37La familia de Raúl

00:39:38exigió un prenupcial.

00:39:40Así,

00:39:40al divorciarme

00:39:41casi no recibí nada.

00:39:42Y una familia

00:39:43como los Montenegro,

00:39:44una dinastía adinerada

00:39:45en la cima social

00:39:46de Nueva York,

00:39:47cuidaría aún más

00:39:48el matrimonio.

00:39:49Tras dudar un momento,

00:39:51por fin hablé.

00:39:52En realidad,

00:39:53solo necesito un lugar.

00:39:55No hace falta

00:39:55casarnos legalmente.

00:39:56Alejandro me miró.

00:39:58El matrimonio

00:39:59es por Noé.

00:40:00Necesito darle

00:40:00una familia estable.

00:40:02Y casarnos

00:40:03le da protección legal.

00:40:04Sonaba como

00:40:05si hablara de un contrato.

00:40:07Y de algún modo,

00:40:08eso me tranquilizó

00:40:09un poco.

00:40:11Entonces,

00:40:12como diga.

00:40:12Tras casarnos,

00:40:13te depositaré

00:40:1420 mil dólares

00:40:14al mes

00:40:14para tus gastos.

00:40:16Eso era lo que

00:40:17más me importaba.

00:40:18Ya había aprendido

00:40:19lo que pasa

00:40:19cuando otro

00:40:20controla todo el dinero.

00:40:23Dudé

00:40:23y pregunté

00:40:24en voz baja.

00:40:25Si algún día

00:40:25nos divorciamos.

00:40:27¿Podré conservar

00:40:28ese dinero?

00:40:29La pregunta

00:40:30pareció sorprenderlo.

00:40:31Me observó

00:40:32dos segundos

00:40:33antes de responder.

00:40:34Claro.

00:40:35Ya será tuyo.

00:40:36Solo entonces

00:40:37me relaje.

00:40:38Qué bueno.

00:40:40Y por ahora,

00:40:41no pienso establecer

00:40:42un vínculo real

00:40:43de pareja.

00:40:44Seguirás quedándote

00:40:45en el segundo piso.

00:40:46Está bien.

00:40:47Yo tampoco lo busco.

00:40:48Y así,

00:40:49tres días después

00:40:50de divorciarme,

00:40:51me casé.

00:40:52Como la primera vez,

00:40:53no hubo boda,

00:40:54ni votos.

00:40:55En la cena,

00:40:56Horacio,

00:40:57raro en él,

00:40:57pidió a la cocina

00:40:58preparar varios platos extra.

00:41:00Luego Alejandro

00:41:01deslizó una caja negra

00:41:02hacia mí.

00:41:03Dentro había

00:41:03un anillo de diamante.

00:41:04Un diamante enorme.

00:41:06De verdad no hace falta.

00:41:07Es por Noé.

00:41:08Lo entendí de inmediato.

00:41:10Niños necesitan creer

00:41:11que tienen familia,

00:41:12así que terminé

00:41:13aceptándolo.

00:41:14Gracias.

00:41:15Esa noche,

00:41:16acababa de bañarme

00:41:17y meterme en la cama.

00:41:18Cuando la puerta

00:41:19se abrió despacio,

00:41:20Noé estaba afuera

00:41:21con un lobito,

00:41:23con cara de conflicto.

00:41:25¿Qué pasa?

00:41:26El niño bajó la cabeza,

00:41:27retorcía,

00:41:28torpe,

00:41:28el borde de su pijama.

00:41:29¿Me lees un cuento?

00:41:31Me quedé inmóvil un segundo.

00:41:33Noé apretó los labios nervioso.

00:41:34Puedo pedirle a papá

00:41:36que te suba el sueldo,

00:41:37pero puedes negarte

00:41:38si no quieres.

00:41:39Levanté un poco la manta

00:41:41y lo llamé.

00:41:42Ven.

00:41:43A niño se le iluminaron

00:41:44los ojos.

00:41:45Subió de inmediato

00:41:46con su lobito.

00:41:47Lo abrazaba

00:41:48con mucha fuerza.

00:41:49Esa noche,

00:41:50Noé durmió en mis brazos

00:41:52mientras oía el cuento.

00:41:54A la mañana siguiente,

00:41:56Alejandro se sorprendió

00:41:57al saberlo.

00:41:58Otra vez vi en sus ojos

00:41:59esa leve aprobación.

00:42:01Evelina,

00:42:01gracias por tu esfuerzo.

00:42:02Desde el próximo mes,

00:42:04pediré a Finanzas

00:42:04que suba el depósito

00:42:05a tu cuenta personal.

00:42:06Lo miré impactada.

00:42:09Eso es demasiado.

00:42:10En mi otro matrimonio,

00:42:12hice mucho más.

00:42:13Mucho más que ahora,

00:42:14pero al divorciarme,

00:42:15no podía pagar

00:42:16ni un hotel.

00:42:17De día cuidaba

00:42:18al hijo de la hermana

00:42:18de Raúl.

00:42:19De noche cocinaba

00:42:20para Raúl.

00:42:21Después de medianoche,

00:42:22limpiaba todo el departamento.

00:42:24Aún así,

00:42:25al divorciarme,

00:42:26actuaron como si yo

00:42:27hubiera vivido

00:42:28tres años de lujo

00:42:29con la familia Esteves.

00:42:30Ahora suena absurdo.

00:42:33Señor Montenegro,

00:42:34no hace falta.

00:42:35De verdad quiero a Noé.

00:42:36Es un niño muy dulce.

00:42:38Solo fue un cuento.

00:42:39Antes de terminar,

00:42:40una manita cálida

00:42:41tomó la mía de repente.

00:42:43Noé me tomó

00:42:43la mano con fuerza.

00:42:45El niño mantenía

00:42:46su gesto serio.

00:42:47Pero sus ojos brillaban.

00:42:49Las mujeres antes de ti

00:42:50solo querían acercarse a mí.

00:42:52Nadie cuidó de Noé de verdad.

00:42:54Por eso mereces ese dinero.

00:42:56Ya no pude negarme.

00:42:57Solo le agradecí.

00:42:58Desde ese momento,

00:43:00Noé se apegó

00:43:00por completo a mí.

00:43:02Alejandro siempre estaba ocupado.

00:43:04Y casi todos los días

00:43:05en la enorme mansión

00:43:06estábamos solo los dos.

00:43:08Hasta que un día

00:43:08tuve que volver al hospital

00:43:10para otra revisión

00:43:11y por más medicinas.

00:43:12Horacio ya me había advertido.

00:43:14Noé no podía alesarse

00:43:15mucho de la mansión.

00:43:16Los sitios desconocidos

00:43:17podían provocarle

00:43:18crisis severas.

00:43:20Así que me agaché

00:43:21frente a él

00:43:21y negocié con paciencia.

00:43:23Volveré muy pronto.

00:43:24¿Puedes esperarme en casa?

00:43:26Pero Noé me tomó fuerte

00:43:27la mano.

00:43:28No dijo ni una palabra.

00:43:29Solo me miró

00:43:30en silencio.

00:43:31Sus ojos hermosos

00:43:32estaban inquietos.

00:43:35El señorito

00:43:36teme que usted se vaya.

00:43:37Teme que desaparezca

00:43:38como las demás.

00:43:40Algo en mi pecho

00:43:41se ablandó al instante.

00:43:42No me voy.

00:43:43Solo iré al doctor.

00:43:45Volveré pronto

00:43:46y estaré contigo.

00:43:48Antes de terminar

00:43:49Noé ya se había subido

00:43:51al asiento trasero.

00:43:52Señorito

00:43:53también irá al hospital.

00:43:54Noé asintió en silencio.

00:43:55A Horacio

00:43:56se le llenaron los ojos

00:43:57como si hubiera visto

00:43:58un milagro.

00:44:00Dios bendiga

00:44:00a la familia Montenegro.

00:44:02La doctora dijo

00:44:02que mi depresión

00:44:03mejoró mucho

00:44:04en estas últimas semanas.

00:44:07Sinceramente

00:44:07el aroma a cedro

00:44:08de la mansión Montenegro

00:44:10me calmaba mucho.

00:44:12Antes de irme

00:44:13ajustó mis medicinas.

00:44:15Al salir de la consulta

00:44:17Noé iba a mi lado

00:44:18muy callado.

00:44:20Evelina

00:44:20¿Estás enferma?

00:44:22El pequeño

00:44:23estaba muy preocupado.

00:44:24Sí

00:44:24me enfermé

00:44:25por no cuidarme

00:44:26como debía.

00:44:27Come bien desde ahora

00:44:28¿sí Noé?

00:44:29Noé se alarmó enseguida.

00:44:31¿Te duele?

00:44:33Antes de responder

00:44:34Noé ya buscaba

00:44:35en sus bolsillos.

00:44:37Unos segundos después

00:44:38me puso con cuidado

00:44:40una barra de chocolate

00:44:41derretida en la mano.

00:44:42Si te duele

00:44:43come algo dulce.

00:44:45Papá dice

00:44:46que lo dulce

00:44:46te hace sentir mejor.

00:44:48Miré el chocolate

00:44:49en mi mano

00:44:50y de pronto

00:44:51las lágrimas

00:44:52me cayeron solas.

00:44:54En esos tres años

00:44:55con la familia Esteves

00:44:56cada vez que lloraba

00:44:57decían que era sensible

00:44:59y dramática.

00:45:00Eres agotadora

00:45:01Evelina.

00:45:02Y ahora este lobito

00:45:03que también

00:45:04se sentía inseguro

00:45:05me daba

00:45:06su chocolate favorito.

00:45:08Abracé fuerte

00:45:09a Noé.

00:45:10El niño se acurrucó

00:45:12obediente junto a mí

00:45:13y me palmeó

00:45:13torpe la espalda

00:45:14como un adulto

00:45:15consuela a un niño.

00:45:16Evelina

00:45:17desde ahora

00:45:18comeré bien.

00:45:19Cuando crezca

00:45:20te protegeré.

00:45:22Reí entre lágrimas

00:45:23y le acaricié

00:45:24el pelo suave.

00:45:26Pues crece muy rápido.

00:45:28¡Auu!

00:45:29¡Papá!

00:45:30¡Estamos jugando!

00:45:32¡Mira!

00:45:32¡Huy comí más

00:45:33que rayo!

00:45:35Alejandro

00:45:35frunció más el ceño.

00:45:37Luego giró

00:45:37despacio

00:45:38hacia el mayordomo.

00:45:39Señor,

00:45:40aunque el método

00:45:41de la señora Cárdenas

00:45:42es algo inusual,

00:45:43el resultado es claro.

00:45:45Antes lo seguíamos

00:45:46por toda la casa

00:45:47y no quería comer.

00:45:48Pero esta tarde

00:45:49ya terminó

00:45:50los platos de pasta.

00:45:51Hasta insiste

00:45:52en ganarle a rayo.

00:45:54El hombre

00:45:55miró a su hijo

00:45:56en silencio

00:45:57devorar brócoli,

00:45:58bistec y puré.

00:45:59Tras un largo rato

00:46:00su gesto

00:46:01se volvió más complejo.

00:46:02Tras otro silencio

00:46:03por fin suspiró resignado.

00:46:05¿Cómo aceptando

00:46:05su destino?

00:46:06Al menos

00:46:08Noé y Rayo

00:46:09deben comer

00:46:09en platos separados.

00:46:12No se preocupe, señor.

00:46:13Rayo es un perro

00:46:14muy limpio.

00:46:15Ni siquiera tocó

00:46:16la cuchara de Noé.

00:46:17A Alejandro

00:46:18le palpitó la cien.

00:46:19Parecía a punto

00:46:19de decir algo.

00:46:21Pero entonces

00:46:22cerró fuerte los ojos.

00:46:23Se dio la vuelta

00:46:24y entró a la casa.

00:46:26El sol caía despacio.

00:46:27Noé llevaba la correa

00:46:28y corría por el césped

00:46:30aullando como lobo.

00:46:31Rayo también corría

00:46:32lleno de emoción.

00:46:33Yo no paraba de reír.

00:46:34No sabía que

00:46:35tras el ventanal

00:46:36del segundo piso.

00:46:37Alejandro estaba quieto

00:46:39mirándonos.

00:46:40La señora Cárdenas

00:46:41es casi mágica.

00:46:42Antes el niño

00:46:43no comía

00:46:44no hablaba

00:46:44ni salía afuera.

00:46:46Pero solo lleva

00:46:47aquí un día

00:46:48y todo cambió.

00:46:50Señor,

00:46:51creo que esta vez

00:46:51por fin hallamos

00:46:52a la indicada.

00:46:53Para cuando llevé

00:46:54a Noé adentro

00:46:55Alejandro ya estaba

00:46:56sentado en la sala

00:46:57del primer piso.

00:46:58Con las piernas cruzadas

00:46:59veía noticias financieras.

00:47:00Su aura

00:47:01seguía intimidando.

00:47:02Nadie se atrevía

00:47:02a mirarlo de frente.

00:47:03Apenas le quité

00:47:04la correa a Noé

00:47:04cuando Alejandro

00:47:05dijo de pronto.

00:47:06Evelina,

00:47:06hablemos.

00:47:07Evelina,

00:47:08hablemos.

00:47:10Sí, señor Montenegro.

00:47:11Dejé a Noé

00:47:12con la criada.

00:47:13Luego me senté

00:47:13bien derecha

00:47:14frente a él

00:47:15en el sofá.

00:47:15Alejandro

00:47:16alzó la mirada.

00:47:17Se le dan bien

00:47:17los niños.

00:47:18¿Ya ha hecho esto?

00:47:20Cuidé al hijo

00:47:20de la hermana

00:47:21de mi ex

00:47:21durante dos años.

00:47:23En ese entonces

00:47:24la familia de Raúl

00:47:25creía que yo

00:47:26ganaba poco

00:47:26así que me pidieron

00:47:27renunciar.

00:47:28Pero cuando lo hice

00:47:29pensaron que era

00:47:29una inútil

00:47:30por quedarme en casa.

00:47:32Así que despidieron

00:47:33a la niñera

00:47:34y me pusieron

00:47:35a cuidar a sus hijos.

00:47:36Alejandro escuchó

00:47:37sin hablar.

00:47:37Sus ojos gris-azules

00:47:38eran hondos

00:47:39y legibles.

00:47:40Tras un momento

00:47:40preguntó de pronto

00:47:41Según su expediente

00:47:42se acaba de divorciar.

00:47:44¿Motivo?

00:47:45Somos de mundos distintos.

00:47:47Hubo un silencio.

00:47:48Alejandro me miró.

00:47:49Su mirada

00:47:50pesaba más

00:47:51de lo normal.

00:47:51Seguro ya vio

00:47:52la oferta de ayer.

00:47:53No es un caso especial.

00:47:55No se siente seguro.

00:47:56No quiere salir

00:47:57ni conocer extraños

00:47:58y se resiste mucho

00:47:59a ir a la escuela

00:48:00y yo tengo poco tiempo

00:48:01para él.

00:48:02Así que

00:48:04necesito a alguien

00:48:05que se quede con él

00:48:06a largo plazo.

00:48:07Una verdadera figura materna.

00:48:08Si está dispuesta

00:48:09a quedarse

00:48:10firmaremos un acuerdo

00:48:11prenupcial.

00:48:12Los bienes quedarán

00:48:13totalmente separados.

00:48:14No correrá ningún riesgo.

00:48:15Todas eran iguales.

00:48:17Aunque mi primer matrimonio

00:48:19empezó por amor

00:48:20la brecha social

00:48:21era enorme.

00:48:23La familia de Raúl

00:48:24exigió un prenupcial.

00:48:26Así

00:48:27al divorciarme

00:48:27casi no recibí nada

00:48:28y una familia

00:48:29como los Montenegro

00:48:30una dinastía adinerada

00:48:32en la cima social

00:48:33de Nueva York

00:48:33cuidaría aún más

00:48:34el matrimonio.

00:48:35Tras dudar un momento

00:48:37por fin hablé.

00:48:38En realidad

00:48:39solo necesito un lugar.

00:48:41No hace falta

00:48:42casarnos legalmente.

00:48:43Alejandro me miró.

00:48:45El matrimonio

00:48:45es por Noé.

00:48:46Necesito darle

00:48:47una familia estable

00:48:48y casarnos

00:48:49le da protección legal.

00:48:51Sonaba como

00:48:51si hablara

00:48:52de un contrato

00:48:53y de algún modo

00:48:54eso me tranquilizó

00:48:55un poco.

00:48:57Entonces

00:48:58como diga

00:48:59Tras casarnos

00:48:59te depositaré

00:49:0020 mil dólares

00:49:01al mes

00:49:01para tus gastos.

00:49:02Eso era lo que

00:49:03más me importaba.

00:49:04Ya había aprendido

00:49:05lo que pasa

00:49:06cuando otro

00:49:07controla

00:49:07todo el dinero.

00:49:09Dudé

00:49:09y pregunté

00:49:10en voz baja

00:49:11si algún día

00:49:12nos divorciamos.

00:49:13¿Podré

00:49:14conservar ese dinero?

00:49:15La pregunta

00:49:16pareció sorprenderlo.

00:49:18Me observó

00:49:18dos segundos

00:49:19antes de responder.

00:49:21Claro.

00:49:21Ya será tuyo.

00:49:23Solo entonces

00:49:24me relajé.

00:49:25Qué bueno.

00:49:26Y por ahora

00:49:27no pienso establecer

00:49:29un vínculo real

00:49:29de pareja.

00:49:30Seguirás quedándote

00:49:31en el segundo piso.

00:49:32Está bien.

00:49:33Yo tampoco

00:49:33lo busco.

00:49:34Y así

00:49:35tres días después

00:49:36de divorciarme

00:49:37me casé.

00:49:38Como la primera vez

00:49:40no hubo boda

00:49:41ni votos.

00:49:42En la cena

00:49:42Horacio

00:49:43raro en él

00:49:44pidió a la cocina

00:49:45preparar varios platos extra.

00:49:46Luego Alejandro

00:49:47deslizó una caja negra

00:49:48hacia mí.

00:49:49Dentro había

00:49:49un anillo de diamante.

00:49:51Un diamante enorme.

00:49:52De verdad

00:49:52no hace falta.

00:49:54Es por Noé.

00:49:54Lo entendí

00:49:55de inmediato.

00:49:56Niños necesitan

00:49:57creer que tienen familia.

00:49:59Así que terminé

00:49:59aceptándolo.

00:50:01Gracias.

00:50:01Esa noche

00:50:02acababa de bañarme

00:50:03y meterme en la cama

00:50:04cuando la puerta

00:50:05se abrió despacio.

00:50:07Noé estaba afuera

00:50:08con un lobito

00:50:09con cara de conflicto.

00:50:11¿Qué pasa?

00:50:12El niño bajó la cabeza.

00:50:13Retorcía

00:50:14torpe

00:50:14el borde de su pijama.

00:50:16¿Me lees un cuento?

00:50:17Me quedé inmóvil

00:50:18un segundo.

00:50:19Noé apretó

00:50:20los labios nervioso.

00:50:21Puedo pedirle

00:50:22a papá

00:50:22que te suba el sueldo

00:50:23pero puedes negarte

00:50:24si no quieres.

00:50:26Levanté un poco

00:50:27la manta

00:50:27y lo llamé.

00:50:28Ven.

00:50:29Al niño

00:50:30se le iluminaron

00:50:31los ojos.

00:50:32Subió de inmediato

00:50:33con su lobito.

00:50:34Lo abrazaba

00:50:34con mucha fuerza.

00:50:36Esa noche

00:50:37Noé durmió

00:50:37en mis brazos

00:50:38mientras oía el cuento.

00:50:41A la mañana siguiente

00:50:42Alejandro

00:50:42se sorprendió

00:50:43al saberlo.

00:50:44Otra vez

00:50:45vi en sus ojos

00:50:46esa leve aprobación.

00:50:47Evelina

00:50:47gracias por tu esfuerzo.

00:50:49Desde el próximo mes

00:50:50pediré a Finanzas

00:50:51que suba el depósito

00:50:52a tu cuenta personal.

00:50:53Lo miré impactada.

00:50:55Eso es demasiado.

00:50:57En mi otro matrimonio

00:50:58hice mucho más.

00:50:59Mucho más que ahora.

00:51:00Pero al divorciarme

00:51:01no podía pagar

00:51:02ni un hotel.

00:51:03De día cuidaba

00:51:04al hijo

00:51:04de la hermana de Raúl.

00:51:06De noche

00:51:06cocinaba para Raúl.

00:51:08Después de medianoche

00:51:09limpiaba

00:51:09todo el departamento.

00:51:11Aún así

00:51:11al divorciarme

00:51:12actuaron como si yo

00:51:13hubiera vivido

00:51:14tres años de lujo

00:51:15con la familia Esteves.

00:51:17Ahora suena absurdo.

00:51:19Señor Montenegro

00:51:20no hace falta.

00:51:21De verdad

00:51:22quiero a Noé.

00:51:23Es un niño muy dulce.

00:51:24Solo fue un cuento.

00:51:26Antes de terminar

00:51:27una manita cálida

00:51:28tomó la mía

00:51:28de repente.

00:51:29Noé me tomó

00:51:30la mano con fuerza.

00:51:31El niño

00:51:31mantenía su gesto serio.

00:51:33Pero sus ojos brillaban.

00:51:35Las mujeres

00:51:36antes de ti

00:51:37solo querían acercarse a mí.

00:51:38Nadie cuidó de Noé

00:51:39de verdad.

00:51:40Por eso mereces

00:51:41ese dinero.

00:51:42Ya no pude negarme.

00:51:43Solo le agradecí.

00:51:45Desde ese momento

00:51:46Noé se apegó

00:51:47por completo a mí.

00:51:48Alejandro siempre

00:51:49estaba ocupado.

00:51:50Y casi todos los días

00:51:52en la enorme mansión

00:51:53estábamos solo los dos.

00:51:54Hasta que un día

00:51:55tuve que volver

00:51:55al hospital

00:51:56para otra revisión

00:51:57y por más medicinas.

00:51:59Horacio ya me había

00:51:59advertido.

00:52:00Noé no podía

00:52:01alesarse mucho

00:52:02de la mansión.

00:52:02Los sitios desconocidos

00:52:04podían provocarle

00:52:04crisis severas.

00:52:06Así que me agaché

00:52:07frente a él

00:52:08y negocié con paciencia.

00:52:09Volveré muy pronto.

00:52:11Puedes esperarme

00:52:12en casa

00:52:12pero Noé

00:52:13me tomó fuerte

00:52:13la mano.

00:52:14No dijo ni una palabra.

00:52:16Solo me miró

00:52:16en silencio.

00:52:18Sus ojos hermosos

00:52:19estaban inquietos.

00:52:21El señorito

00:52:22teme que usted

00:52:23se vaya.

00:52:24Teme que desaparezca

00:52:25como las demás.

00:52:26Algo en mi pecho

00:52:27se ablandó al instante.

00:52:29No me voy.

00:52:30Solo iré al doctor.

00:52:32Volveré pronto

00:52:33y estaré contigo.

00:52:34Antes de terminar,

00:52:36Noé ya se había

00:52:37subido al asiento

00:52:38trasero.

00:52:38Señorito,

00:52:39¿también irá

00:52:39al hospital?

00:52:40Noé asintió

00:52:41en silencio.

00:52:42A Horacio

00:52:42se le llenaron

00:52:43los ojos

00:52:43como si hubiera

00:52:45visto un milagro.

00:52:46Dios bendiga

00:52:47a la familia Montenegro.

00:52:48La doctora dijo

00:52:49que mi depresión

00:52:50mejoró mucho

00:52:50en estas últimas semanas.

00:52:53Sinceramente,

00:52:54el aroma a cedro

00:52:55de la mansión

00:52:55Montenegro

00:52:56me calmaba mucho.

00:52:59Antes de irme,

00:53:00ajustó mis medicinas.

00:53:01Al salir de la consulta,

00:53:04Noé iba a mi lado

00:53:05muy callado.

00:53:06Evelina,

00:53:07¿estás enferma?

00:53:08El pequeño

00:53:09estaba muy preocupado.

00:53:11Sí,

00:53:11me enfermé

00:53:11por no cuidarme

00:53:12como debía.

00:53:14Come bien desde ahora,

00:53:15si Noé.

00:53:15Noé se alarmó

00:53:16enseguida.

00:53:17¿Te duele?

00:53:19Antes de responder,

00:53:21Noé ya buscaba

00:53:22en sus bolsillos.

00:53:23Unos segundos después,

00:53:25me puso con cuidado

00:53:26una barra de chocolate

00:53:27derretida en la mano.

00:53:28Si te duele,

00:53:30come algo dulce.

00:53:31Papá dice que lo dulce

00:53:33te hace sentir mejor.

00:53:34Miré el chocolate

00:53:35en mi mano

00:53:36y de pronto,

00:53:38las lágrimas

00:53:38me cayeron solas.

00:53:40En esos tres años

00:53:41con la familia Esteves,

00:53:43cada vez que lloraba,

00:53:44decían que era sensible

00:53:45y dramática.

00:53:46Eres agotadora,

00:53:47Evelina.

00:53:47Y ahora este lobito,

00:53:49que también se sentía

00:53:51inseguro,

00:53:52me daba su chocolate

00:53:53favorito.

00:53:54Abracé fuerte

00:53:55a Noé.

00:53:57El niño se acurrucó

00:53:58obediente junto a mí

00:53:59y me palmeó

00:54:00torpe la espalda

00:54:01como un adulto

00:54:02consuela a un niño.

00:54:03Evelina,

00:54:03desde ahora

00:54:04comeré bien.

00:54:06Cuando crezca

00:54:07te protegeré.

00:54:08Reí entre lágrimas

00:54:09y le acaricié

00:54:10el pelo suave.

00:54:12Pues crece muy rápido.

00:54:23Oh, look.

00:54:24Adrian didn't drown.

00:54:25That's progress.

00:54:26Tell me, Cain.

00:54:27Are you actually trying

00:54:28or is this your max?

00:54:30Back off, Leo.

00:54:32Why can't I stop

00:54:33staring at him?

00:54:37Oops.

00:54:40Don't embarrass

00:54:40the lane, Adrian.

00:54:42Take notes from Leo.

00:54:43This is what

00:54:44discipline looks like.

00:54:45This is what

00:54:46a future champion

00:54:46looks like.

00:54:48Practice is over.

00:54:49Go hit the showers.

00:54:50Dad, I'm gonna stay

00:54:51and put in some extra laps.

00:54:52The championship

00:54:52is tomorrow.

00:54:53Don't waste your time, Adrian.

00:54:54The championship

00:54:55isn't for you.

00:54:59Even my own father

00:55:00doesn't believe in me.

00:55:06Fine.

00:55:07If he won't believe in me,

00:55:09I'll make him watch

00:55:10me prove him wrong.

00:55:19Are you blushing?

00:55:22Intimidated to stand

00:55:23next to a champion?

00:55:24Or maybe you've got

00:55:25a crush on me, Adrian.

00:55:27What?

00:55:29God, he's way too close.

00:55:31I'm messing with you, Adrian.

00:55:32Relax.

00:55:33Jesus, you're red as a stop tart.

00:55:34Move.

00:55:35You know what's really funny?

00:55:37You're the coach's son,

00:55:38but you're the worst

00:55:38swimmer on the team.

00:55:39At least I have a dad.

00:55:40You don't even know

00:55:41who yours is.

00:55:42What did you just say, loser?

00:55:45You heard me.

00:55:48You got lucky.

00:55:51Hey, Mom?

00:55:56I shouldn't have brought up

00:55:57his dad.

00:55:58Maybe the reason he's

00:55:58such a jerk

00:55:59is because he never had one.

00:56:04Good morning, everyone,

00:56:05and welcome to the

00:56:05Belmont University Championships.

00:56:07We're live from

00:56:07a packed aquatic center.

00:56:09The field is set,

00:56:10the lanes are loaded,

00:56:10and every swimmer

00:56:11is locked in.

00:56:12You can feel the pressure

00:56:13in the air.

00:56:14And in the center lane,

00:56:15the man everyone came to see,

00:56:17three-time champion

00:56:18Leo Frost,

00:56:19back once again

00:56:19to defend his

00:56:20Belmont University title.

00:56:23Show him what a real

00:56:24champion looks like.

00:56:27For years,

00:56:28my dad has told me

00:56:29I'm a nobody.

00:56:30Today, I prove him wrong.

00:56:32Swimmers,

00:56:32take your mark.

00:56:35Leo Frost has the early edge,

00:56:37but Adrian Cain

00:56:38is right there with him.

00:56:39What the hell?

00:56:40Is that Cain?

00:56:4120 meters in,

00:56:42and Cain is still right there.

00:56:43This is turning

00:56:43into a real race.

00:56:4450 meters,

00:56:45flawless turn by Frost.

00:56:47Cain stays in it,

00:56:47but Frost is beginning

00:56:48to separate.

00:56:49Frost has the lead

00:56:50coming off the turn,

00:56:50but Adrian Cain

00:56:51is still fighting

00:56:51to stay with him

00:56:52here at the

00:56:52Belmont University Championships.

00:56:53Final meters now,

00:56:54still in front.

00:56:55Cain pushing hard,

00:56:55stroke for stroke,

00:56:56right to the wall.

00:56:57Leo Frost touches first.

00:56:58Adrian Cain comes in second.

00:56:59That is a huge swim.

00:57:00Leo Frost.

00:57:01Adrian Cain finishes second

00:57:02with an outstanding...

00:57:02Holy shit,

00:57:03did I actually do that?

00:57:04I've never placed.

00:57:05So proud of you,

00:57:06champion.

00:57:08Let's get first strike.

00:57:19Another university record

00:57:20broken by Leo Frost.

00:57:25Leo,

00:57:25you are the pride

00:57:26in the future

00:57:27of this sport.

00:57:28You're exactly

00:57:29the kind of son

00:57:29I always wanted.

00:57:30I really am nothing to him.

00:57:31Second place,

00:57:32first place,

00:57:32setting a record,

00:57:33it doesn't matter.

00:57:34I'm nothing.

00:57:34Coach Cain,

00:57:35do you have a comment

00:57:36on your son's performance?

00:57:38This is his first

00:57:39podium finish

00:57:40in three years.

00:57:41Second place

00:57:41isn't an achievement.

00:57:43It's just a reminder

00:57:44of how much work is left.

00:57:48How do you respond

00:57:49to that, Adrian?

00:57:50No comment.

00:57:56Lel him up,

00:57:57bro got cooked

00:57:57by his own dad.

00:57:58Second place

00:57:59and still nobody cares.

00:58:00That's actually brutal.

00:58:01Nah,

00:58:01loser of the year

00:58:02is crazy.

00:58:03I'm reposting this.

00:58:07Nah,

00:58:07loser of the year

00:58:08is crazy.

00:58:09I'm reposting this.

00:58:09Imagine your dad

00:58:10choosing Leo

00:58:10in front of the whole school.

00:58:11I'm so fucked.

00:58:21You were unbelievable

00:58:22yesterday.

00:58:24Seriously, Leo,

00:58:24everyone was talking

00:58:25about you after the meet.

00:58:26That final lap

00:58:27was insane.

00:58:34Oops,

00:58:35my bad, Cain.

00:58:35Please don't start crying.

00:58:36Daddy,

00:58:37I'm such a loser.

00:58:38Why don't you love me?

00:58:40Look at him.

00:58:41He's going to cry.

00:58:49Just don't cry.

00:58:52You little bitch!

00:58:54Let it go!

00:58:55Guys,

00:58:56nobody touches Cain

00:58:56but me,

00:58:57got it?

00:59:01I didn't ask

00:59:01for your help.

00:59:08Adrian,

00:59:09be home at five.

00:59:10Tonight is important.

00:59:12We're waiting for you.

00:59:13We?

00:59:14Who's we's?

00:59:33Adrian!

00:59:34You've embarrassed me

00:59:35twice this week.

00:59:36Not only can you not swim,

00:59:37but you fight like a girl?

00:59:39Do you even care

00:59:40that I'm bleeding

00:59:41or just that the internet

00:59:42saw it?

00:59:42I care that all you do

00:59:43is bring shame

00:59:44to this family.

00:59:45Look at you,

00:59:45standing in my house

00:59:46looking like a homeless person.

00:59:47Go change.

00:59:48Now!

00:59:53What are you doing here?

00:59:55Bullying me at practice

00:59:55and school isn't enough?

00:59:56You had to come to my house?

00:59:58Son,

00:59:59Leo is going to be

01:00:00living with us now.

01:00:01What?

01:00:02You think I'm filled

01:00:02about it?

01:00:03Leo, sweetie!

01:00:05Can you grab these, please?

01:00:09I'm Camilla,

01:00:11Leo's mother.

01:00:12It is so nice

01:00:12to finally meet you, Adrian.

01:00:14Adrian,

01:00:15Leo,

01:00:16Camilla and I

01:00:17have some news.

01:00:18We're getting married.

01:00:20I know this is sudden,

01:00:21but I am so excited

01:00:23for you two

01:00:23to finally be real brothers.

01:00:25Brothers?

01:00:26Brothers?

01:00:36What are you doing?

01:00:37Scoping out the territory.

01:00:38Your room is across the hall,

01:00:40Leo!

01:00:41I like this one better.

01:00:44I think I'll take it,

01:00:45little brother.

01:00:46Don't call me that.

01:00:48I will never be your brother.

01:00:55You think I want a weak-ass loser

01:00:56like you and my family?

01:00:59Go to hell.

01:01:01How could they just decide

01:01:02this without telling us?

01:01:03Did you just find out today, too?

01:01:05An hour ago.

01:01:07This is such bullshit!

01:01:11Hey!

01:01:12Don't touch my stuff!

01:01:22Boys!

01:01:32I see you two

01:01:33are already getting along.

01:01:34Good.

01:01:35I wouldn't say that.

01:01:36Leo,

01:01:37I spent 20 years

01:01:38trying to make a man out of him.

01:01:39Maybe you'll have better luck.

01:01:41Show your brother

01:01:42what it means to be a real man.

01:01:43Adrian,

01:01:44take notes from your brother.

01:01:49You're in my hands now, Adrian.

01:01:53Leo.

01:02:00Oh, no.

01:02:02I have to stop this.

01:02:04He's my stepbrother now.

01:02:06My parents bailed for the whole weekend.

01:02:07It's going to be the party of the year, man.

01:02:10I bought a new dress.

01:02:11You're going to love it.

01:02:12Especially when I take it off.

01:02:14Cool.

01:02:18Ooh, Kane!

01:02:19Come here.

01:02:20I don't have time for your bullshit today.

01:02:22Nah, man.

01:02:22No bullshit.

01:02:23We wanted to invite you to the party.

01:02:25You're on the team, right?

01:02:26Here.

01:02:27By the way,

01:02:28it's a costume party.

01:02:28If I were you,

01:02:29I'd put some effort in.

01:02:31I'm not letting you in without a costume.

01:02:32I'll think about it.

01:02:33Kill chicken out and not show.

01:02:34Like always.

01:02:36A costume party?

01:02:37You didn't mention that.

01:02:38Relax, bro.

01:02:39There are no costumes.

01:02:40I just want to set that loser up.

01:02:41If he cries again,

01:02:43I'm throwing it on TikTok.

01:02:54Listen, Adrian.

01:02:55Don't go to the party.

01:02:56And why not?

01:03:00Because you look pathetic.

01:03:01Is that your way of saying you care about me?

01:03:05In your dreams.

01:03:06Change your clothes

01:03:07before you embarrass the whole team again.

01:03:11You're not stopping me.

01:03:18Wait,

01:03:19is that Kane?

01:03:19Since when is he that hot?

01:03:28What the hell is this?

01:03:31Leo, look.

01:03:34One cocktail, please.

01:03:39You ruined my dress, Leo.

01:03:41That loser is not about to be

01:03:42the hottest guy at my party.

01:03:43Let's cool him off.

01:03:46Kane,

01:03:47I don't think I've ever noticed you before.

01:03:48Have you been hiding?

01:03:51I've been here for two years.

01:03:53Then I've got a lot of catching up to do.

01:04:05What's the matter, Brian?

01:04:07Intimidated by a guy

01:04:07who actually looks good?

01:04:14You're acting like children.

01:04:16Don't embarrass the team.

01:04:19Are you going to help me

01:04:19take off this dirty dress?

01:04:22I don't know.

01:04:23I don't know.

01:04:34I wonder what that would feel like

01:04:37if it were me.

01:04:39Leo.

01:04:49Adrian.

01:04:51What did you just say?

01:04:55What?

01:04:57Nothing.

01:04:58You just said Adrian.

01:05:01You're hearing things.

01:05:11It shouldn't be her in there, Leo.

01:05:39Are you stalking me now?

01:05:40Huh.

01:05:41In your dreams.

01:05:42I'm here to train.

01:05:43At six in the morning?

01:05:45Yeah.

01:05:46That's what it takes to be a champion.

01:05:48What are you doing here at this hour, loser?

01:05:50Loser.

01:05:51Seriously?

01:05:52I practically beat you at the championships?

01:05:54Forgot about that?

01:05:56Want to prove it wasn't a fluke?

01:05:59You've hijacked my mind, Leo.

01:06:00But I'm not giving you this win.

01:06:06The race is over.

01:06:07Is it?

01:06:09Let me go.

01:06:10Right now.

01:06:11Is that really what you want?

01:06:12Come on, Leo.

01:06:14Do it.

01:06:14You've been staring at me all week.

01:06:17You're imagining things.

01:06:19Am I?

01:06:22Then stop me.

01:06:37What the hell is this?

01:06:42Both of you.

01:06:43My office.

01:06:44Now.

01:06:49What the hell did you do, you idiot?

01:06:52Don't tell me you didn't like it.

01:07:01He's right.

01:07:02I did like it.

01:07:03That's the problem.

01:07:05You are the team captain.

01:07:06A future Olympic champion.

01:07:07One scandal will destroy you.

01:07:09Do you understand that?

01:07:10Yes.

01:07:12Louder, I can't hear you.

01:07:13Yes.

01:07:15And you.

01:07:17You may be my own son.

01:07:19But I will not let you stand in the way of Leo's championship.

01:07:23Even now, he's only thinking about Leo.

01:07:26I'm practically invisible to him.

01:07:27I am going to pretend I didn't see anything.

01:07:30This stays in this office forever.

01:07:32But you two will stay away from each other.

01:07:36If I catch you anywhere near Leo again, you are off the team.

01:07:40Do you hear me?

01:07:43Yes.

01:07:44That's my dad.

01:07:44As long as nobody finds out, everything's fine.

01:07:48Who cares how I feel?

01:07:49Or Leo.

01:07:52Adrian.

01:07:53Don't touch me.

01:07:55Didn't you hear my dad?

01:07:56I'm not getting kicked off the team.

01:07:59We need to talk.

01:08:00Or did you forget who's in charge here?

01:08:03Back off.

01:08:04Nothing happened.

01:08:06You hurt him yourself.

01:08:07There's nothing to talk about.

01:08:09Is that right?

01:08:13Leo, what are you doing with this loser?

01:08:15We're taking the yacht out, then hitting the club.

01:08:17You in?

01:08:18Yeah.

01:08:18I'm in.

01:08:20This is your real world, Leo.

01:08:22And I'm never going to be a part of it.

01:08:26Were you eavesdropping?

01:08:27I wasn't trying to.

01:08:28I'm just looking for the pool.

01:08:30You new here?

01:08:31Transfer student, Rachel Stone.

01:08:34Adrian Cain.

01:08:34Building three, then take a left.

01:08:36Is it written on my forehead or something?

01:08:40Your hair's wet, dude.

01:08:42You swim too?

01:08:43Yeah.

01:08:44Hundred meter freestyle.

01:08:45I hear the coach here is a legend.

01:08:47They say he can turn a log into a champion.

01:08:50So they say.

01:08:51Sure, he can turn anyone into a champion.

01:08:54Except me.

01:08:55Sorry if I'm prying, but that guy back there?

01:08:58Are you two together?

01:08:59What?

01:08:59No, we just trained together.

01:09:01Shame.

01:09:02You look good together.

01:09:03See you around, Adrian Cain.

01:09:14Leo, baby, I think I'm burning.

01:09:16Can you put some sunscreen on my back?

01:09:28Leo, are you even listening to me?

01:09:30What were you doing in the hallway with that freak Adrian?

01:09:32Did that idiot do something again?

01:09:33Stop calling him that.

01:09:34He's my brother.

01:09:35Okay, okay.

01:09:37Chill out.

01:09:38You don't have to yell.

01:09:44I did the right thing.

01:09:45It's better to cut it off now than deal with this constant pain.

01:09:52Why are you calling me?

01:09:54Hi, this is Black Velvet Club calling.

01:09:56Can you come pick up your brother?

01:09:58He's completely wasted and can't walk on his own.

01:10:00Fine.

01:10:01I'm on my way.

01:10:03I'm on my way.

01:10:05I'm on my way.

01:10:07Where are you going at this hour?

01:10:09I have to go get my textbook back from Rachel.

01:10:12Who the hell is that?

01:10:13The new girl.

01:10:14I lent her my book to prep for a seminar.

01:10:15Right.

01:10:16Well, maybe you'll get lucky and she'll actually put out

01:10:18so you can finally be a real man instead of whatever the hell you are.

01:10:29I'm the one who called.

01:10:30He's right here.

01:10:33Leo, come on.

01:10:34Let's go home.

01:10:35What the hell?

01:10:35Leave me alone.

01:10:36Fuck you.

01:10:37Fuck you all.

01:10:38Fuck you all.

01:10:46Adrian.

01:10:47I should be furious with him right now, but I can't be.

01:10:51I'm such a weakling.

01:10:56Adrian.

01:10:57I like you.

01:10:59Pull yourself together, Adrian.

01:11:00It's just drunken nonsense.

01:11:02He won't even remember this tomorrow.

01:11:03Kiss me, Adrian.

01:11:07You just need to sleep it off, Leo.

01:11:08So shut up and let me get you home.

01:11:11Damn it, Leo.

01:11:13I hate you.

01:11:23Just once.

01:11:25I just want to know how he feels.

01:11:27Once.

01:11:38Leo, get up.

01:11:39You're going to be late for practice.

01:11:45What the hell are you doing in my bed?

01:11:46Why don't you ask who dragged me in here?

01:11:50Don't tell me it was me.

01:11:51If you hadn't gotten waste last night, maybe you'd actually remember.

01:11:57Listen to me.

01:11:58If you end up in my bed again, I'm taking it as an invitation.

01:12:05Don't hold your breath.

01:12:07Want me to prove you wrong?

01:12:08Screw you.

01:12:22Caleb isn't answering.

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