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But then he decided to test the girl.
“So that’s why you behaved so terribly all this time?” Sofia asked.
Victor nodded.
“I wanted to see whether you would laugh at me, humiliate me, or try to get my money. But tonight, you were the only person in that room who treated me normally.”
Sofia remained silent for a long time.
Then her expression suddenly changed.
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“So all of this was a test?”
“Yes.”
“Then you’re no better than my father.”
Victor clearly hadn’t expected that answer.
Sofia took off her wedding ring and placed it on the table.
“One man decided he could give me away to settle a debt. And another decided he could test me like an object. I don’t belong to either of you.”
She headed toward the door.
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Victor didn’t stop her.
The next morning, Sofia learned that her family’s debt had been completely paid off. Moreover, an account had been opened in her name containing enough money for her to live on for the rest of her life.
But she didn’t take a single peso.
Nearly six months passed.
One evening, Victor appeared at her doorstep.
Without the wheelchair, without the enormous stomach, and without the disguise.
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“Last time, other people made the decision for you,” the man said. “So this time, only you will decide. I didn’t come here for a wife. I came to ask if you would simply have coffee with me.”
Sofia looked at Victor.
And unexpectedly, she smiled.
