Chapter 4 - THE MAID’S SECRET
With the estate's internal defense automated systems holding off the primary assault force, Damon confronted Selena inside the vault.
"Tell me the truth, Selena," Damon demanded, standing over her as gunfire echoed through the vents above. "Why does Salazar want your child?"
Selena squeezed her eyes shut, sobbing hysterically before finally snapping under the crushing weight of her secret.
"Because Rafael Delgado wasn't just your enemy!" Selena cried out, her voice echoing off the concrete walls. "He was my husband!"
Damon froze.
"I ran away from Rafael four years ago," Selena confessed, her body shaking violently. "He was abusive, sadistic, and insane. When I found out I was pregnant with Ruby, I staged a car crash in Miami and fled with a forged identity. I took a maid's job in your house because I knew... I knew the Reyes estate was the only place on earth armed enough to keep us hidden from his family!"
Damon looked from Selena down to little Ruby sitting on the sofa.
Ruby wasn't just an innocent bystander's child. She was Rafael Delgado's biological daughter—the sole legitimate heir to the vast, hidden offshore trust funds of the Delgado syndicate.
"Rafael is dead," Damon said slowly. "Why would Salazar hunt her now?"
"Because Rafael’s will states that if he dies, his entire multi-million-dollar estate passes to his child," Selena whispered in terror. "Salazar can't touch the offshore accounts unless Ruby is dead—or under his absolute legal guardianship."
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Damon’s chest heaved. The maid he had protected for eight months had brought the entire Delgado war straight into his home—not out of malice, but out of a mother's desperate ploy to save her daughter.
And right now, Salazar was outside the door trying to execute his own niece.
