She looked at him in surprise.
“Then why did you accept this one marriage?
Victor did not answer.
He got up from the chair.
Sofia was paralyzed.
The man who could barely walk suddenly took several steps normally.
“Can you… walk?”
Victor looked at her and locked the door.
“Sofia, now you’re going to see something that almost no one knows.
He raised his hands and grabbed the skin near his neck.
At first, the young woman didn’t understand what was going on. But a second later, the edge of that “skin” began to separate.
Sofia screamed and backed down to bed.
Victor slowly removed a thick layer of silicone that completely covered his body from the neck to the hips. The huge belly, skin folds and even part of the scars were an artificial disguise, so realistic that virtually anyone could have been fooled.
In front of Sofia there was now a completely different man.
Young, tall and athletic.
“Who are you?” “She asked with difficulty.
“Victor Álvarez,” the man replied. But now you must know my most terrifying secret.
Three years ago, Victor nearly died after an attack. Then he realized that someone in his circle family He wanted to take over his fortune.
That’s why Victor pretended to suffer serious aftermath of an illness and began to appear in public wearing a special costume. He wanted to look like a weak man who was about to die, to find out who would be the first to try to take advantage of his situation.
But there was another reason.
I had stopped trusting people.
Every woman they presented him with was primarily interested in their money. Some even made fun of their appearance, thinking that he did not listen to them.
When Sofia’s father offered his own daughter in exchange for the debt, Victor initially wanted to call the police.
But then he decided to test the young woman.
“Is that why she behaved in such a horrible way all the time?” Sophie asked.
Victor nodded.
“I wanted to see if you would laugh at me, if you would humiliate me or if you would try to get my money. But today you were the only person in that room who treated me normally.
Sofia remained silent for a long time.
Then his expression changed sharply.
“So this was all a test?”
“Yes.
“Then you’re no better than my father.
Victor clearly did not expect that answer.
Sofia took off her wedding ring and left it on the table.
“A man decided he could give me up to pay a debt. And another decided that I could be tested like an object. I don’t belong to any of you.
He went to the door.
Victor didn’t try to stop her.
The next morning, Sofia discovered that her debt family It had been completely paid. In addition, they had opened an account in his name with a sufficient amount of money so that he could live the rest of his life.
But she didn’t take a single weight.
It was almost six months.
One afternoon, Victor showed up at his door.
No chair, no big belly and no mask.
“Last time, others made the decision for you,” said the man. That’s why, now only you will decide. I didn’t come looking for a wife. I came to ask you if you’d just agree to have coffee with me.
Sofia looked at Victor.
And, unexpectedly, he smiled.
