The events that took place at the previous dinner were possibly not lesson enough for Elise because on this morning again, she was dressing up to visit the Mendoza mansion.

Alejandro adjusted his tie as he faced her. “Are you sure you want to go?”

She tossed her lip gloss into her bag and nodded. “Yes.”

Her encounter with Mariana was not the best, as much as she appreciated that she had been firm with her about staying off her child. But nothing else had happened after that.

“You know you could just stay back though? I will come pick you up after work to join.”

She heaved. “Alejandro, I...