Chapter 74. Affected

Mariana

Tonight was completely out of the ordinary, and now I found myself at a crossroads, and I had to make an important decision, one that I didn't feel at all prepared for.

Ethan Constantino had just given me an ultimatum based on petty and cruel blackmail, and I wasn't sure I could go through with such nonsense.

But neither could I take the risk that Virginia and I would end up being exposed in the way he was threatening to do if I didn't go to bed with him that night.

I loved my friend and Murilo, her boyfriend and the father of the child she was carrying, but I wasn't just thinking about how much it would affect their lives if our secret got out to the media.

My life would also be affected in an extremely negative way, even though I am not someone with the profile that gossip sites look for subjects to comment on and make money with news about me.

I have family, friends, and customers in the store, and everyone would be hor