PART 1

“If you don’t know how to act at a business dinner, maybe you should sit with the staff.”

The slap came so suddenly that even the waiter froze with the wine bottle in his hand.

Inside the private dining room of an elegant restaurant in Polanco, every conversation stopped. Investors, executives, and their wives stared at Renata Salcedo as the sting spread across her cheek.

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The woman who had hit her was Valeria Duarte, her husband Rodrigo Ibarra’s personal assistant.

Valeria stood there in a silver dress and expensive heels, smiling like she had finally claimed her place.

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“No one taught you manners, did they?” Valeria said loudly. “Rodrigo needs support, not a wife who embarrasses him.”

Renata slowly turned her face back.

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Her cheek burned, but her eyes stayed calm.