Laura Mendoza was accustomed to everything in her world functioning with absolute precision.
She owned a successful real estate empire and had become a multimillionaire before the age of forty. Her life unfolded among glass offices, luxury hotels, million-dollar meetings, and decisions that could change entire neighborhoods.
In her world, there was little room for excuses.
People delivered.
Or they left.
That morning, however, something had finally tested her patience.
Carlos Rodríguez, the man responsible for cleaning her office for the past three years, had been absent again.
Three absences in a single month.
Three.
And every time, the explanation had been the same.
“Family emergency, ma’am.”
Laura frowned as she adjusted her blazer in front of the mirror.
“Family?” she muttered. “In three years, he has never mentioned a single child.”
Her assistant, Patricia, stood near the desk holding a folder.
“Ma’am, Carlos has always been responsible. Maybe something
