Chapter 450. Who Leaked The Design?

Ximena said nothing. She slumped into the chair, covering her face as tears streamed down uncontrollably. In that moment, she wasn’t the strong, commanding woman everyone knew—just a helpless mother, overwhelmed by pain.

Zora, spoiled and coddled all her life, had never been so much as scolded by her mother. And now—her mother had struck her. For someone else. It ignited a firestorm of rage within her.

Grabbing Ximena’s hair, Zora shook her violently. “Why are you crying?! You slapped me and now you’re crying?! How could I have such a pathetic excuse for a mother?!”

“Stop it!”

Caitlin’s voice cut through the hallway. She had just returned and caught Zora mid-tantrum.

“Caitlin?”

Zora paused but didn’t drop her defiant tone. “This is between me and my mother. Stay out of it!”

“I don’t care what your personal drama is. But this is a hospital, and you’re standing outside an emergency room. Have some decency and keep your voice down.”

Caitl