Santiago looked at Christian with a mixture of confusion and disbelief, waiting for an explanation.

"Because in trying to deceive my parents, I deceived myself," Christian answered honestly.

"What do you mean?" Santiago continued to question him, unable to believe what he was hearing.

"The paternity tests I had done were with hair from my sister and me. She helped me to avoid marrying Adele, and we managed to fool my parents," Christian explained, smiling as he realised he only needed to do tests with Lucas and Lucia.

"This is unheard of, absolutely unheard of!" Santiago exclaimed, and then immediately asked, "Are you telling me that all this time you've...