PART 3: THE UNMASKING AT THE PASS
Adrian froze mid-step, his eyes locking onto Sofia standing covered in saffron sauce amidst the tense silence of the kitchen staff.
“Sofia?” Adrian choked out, the color completely draining from his refined face as twelve years of carefully buried history rushed back to the surface.
Bianca immediately attached herself to his arm, putting on a distressed act. “Adrian, darling, this rude chef insulted me and ruined the main course!”
“She didn’t ruin anything, Adrian,” Celeste’s sharp voice echoed from the doorway as the family matriarch entered the room, holding a thick leather folder.
Celeste looked at her son with a mixture of shame and resignation. “It’s time to stop the lies. Sofia didn’t abandon you or sell your family’s recipes twelve years ago.”
The kitchen grew deathly quiet as Celeste revealed that she had framed Sofia and paid her off to leave town to protect the company’s public reputation.
Adrian stared at his mother in absolute horror, realizing that the love of his life had been humiliated and driven away by his own family.
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