Ferrari family mansion.

Rebeca: Good morning, love, come I prepared it the way you like it.

Leonardo enters, sits at the table and starts drinking his coffee without looking at his fiancee.

Rebeca sadly sits down and starts eating.

The maids do their work but notice Rebeca's sadness, they all know how the boss treats his future wife and are aware that his great love is the goddaughter of his deceased mother.

Moments later Leonardo gets up.

Rebeca: Leonardo?

Leonardo: What?

Rebeca: Did you like it? I learned several special sugar-free recipes.

Leonardo: Nice.

He turns and goes to the office, then Gustavo his friend and faithful squire enters the house.

Gustavo: Good morning Rebeca.

Rebeca: Good morning Gustavo. He must have gone to the office.

Gustavo: Of course, thank you.

Lia: Miss, you can leave, go get ready, it's your engagement dinner. It's a special day.

Rebeca: Yes, it is Lia, thank you, I'm going to the salon.

Meanwhile, in the office, Leonardo almost hits Gustavo in the head with a book.

Gustavo: Are you crazy? You almost hit me!

Leonardo: That's what you get for coming in without knocking! What do you want?

Gustavo: You're about to get engaged and that's how you are?

Leonardo: Engaged?

Leonardo gives a bitter laugh.

Leonardo: Engaged to that bland girl who tries at all costs to imitate Fiorella? I hate her and she's a liar! Who pretends to be pitiful to please my grandmother!

Gustavo: So why are you getting married?

Leonardo: You know I always keep my promises, this stupid wedding is a business, besides our families have businesses in common, Grandma is sick, besides if I don't marry that idiot my cousin continues to take care of the company and I continue to be an operations director!, I can't leave Pedro with what's mine!

Gustavo: He's your Uncle Miguel's son so he also has the right to the company.

Leonardo: Yes, but Grandma owns and is the largest shareholder of the group so if she decides to give me the presidency no one can do anything against it.

Gustavo: Pedro is an idiot sometimes but he is very competent while you were having fun in the Caribbean with your ex-girlfriend he was working.

Leonardo: Enough of that story! I'm feeling suffocated with that idiot woman inside here! Great idea from Grandma to stick that thing inside my house 4 months before the official announcement of the engagement!

Gustavo starts laughing non-stop.

Leonardo: What are you laughing at, you imbecile?

Gustavo: You're complaining about a beautiful woman living with you? Have you ever looked at your fiancee? Have you ever seen how beautiful she is and how much she loves you?

Leonardo: What is it? Did you become president of her fan club?

Gustavo: No, I just see things better than you, I see that this woman has been humiliating herself for you for centuries, that she has always loved you and you treat her like trash while she treats you like a king, Fiorella Moretti only wants what you can offer her, her family doesn't have as much money as yours.

Leonardo: Wash your mouth out to talk about Fiorella, she is wonderful! She was like a daughter to my mother! We fell in love and nobody has anything to do with it and enough of this subject.

Gustavo: As you wish, I know today is your engagement but I need you to sign some things.

Leonardo: Tell me where I have to sign.

Rebeca narrating....

That was supposed to be the happiest day, but it started that way. For years I loved that man in silence. One day his grandmother discovered my love for him, she accidentally overheard my conversation with my friend and it seems that from that day she put it in her head to bring us together. I had all the support of Dona Violeta and in a way from the rest of the family. Leonardo's parents died some years ago and he ended up being raised by his grandmother who at that time was already a widow. Rosana, Leonardo's mother, was the godmother of his great love Fiorella. Dona Rosana adored that annoying girl who is always sick or pretending, I don't know. I know that if she were alive this marriage would never exist. His father also liked her very much, they both died in a plane accident leaving the family devastated.

I had a happy family with my brother Lorenzo and my parents Laura and Emanuel. Leonardo was my brother's best friend. One night the two went to a party, my father was working and my mother went to pick them up because they had gone secretly, they were very young. On the way back there was a crash, a driver lost control of the bus and there was a strong collision. My mother died instantly, my brother Lorenzo still arrived alive at the hospital but died hours later. Leonardo escaped, he spent months in recovery in that hospital, he escaped without any sequelae, which for the doctors was a real miracle because the accident was terrible. I always went to visit Leonardo in the hospital and he always welcomed me well and with a smile so I thought that one day I could have his love, little did I know that this was impossible.

My father after the death of my mother and brother was devastated, he became depressed and started taking medicine even to sleep he only worked and gave me little attention he said that I was the living image of mom which was not a lie since I was very similar to her. 1 year later even unhappy dad married Maria who brought her imbecile son Brandon and they took over the house, and I was left aside my father gave me everything and paid for everything I wanted to study without even questioning me, but I suffered from the fact that Brandon had become his son and his support he even improved a little with the new marriage but as for me he was still far from being the father he always was I studied everything and took all the courses that dad took in the hope of becoming the president of our company but that didn't happen my father said that a woman was not made to be CEO of a company as important as ours so when he discovered the cancer he stopped going to the office and left everything in Brandon's hands.

When he died I stayed living with the two, two people who only hurt me, but I as a fool that I always was always tried to be good to Maria she manipulated me as she did with dad pretending to be nice all the time but behind it was a shrew. I missed a mother and did everything for her to like me I was emotionally dependent even seeing how she really was I was too nice Brandon was an idiot with him there was no way we fought a lot and of course she was on his side, he was her son.

Going back to my engagement I always hoped to have his love, I thought that if I took care of him if I pleased him in every way I would conquer him, but seeing now how idiot and foolish I was it gives me such a great hatred of how imbecile I was to have swallowed so much shit for an idiot man like those.

Leonardo narrating...

Everyone knew how crazy Rebeca was about me, I realized that years ago when that tragedy happened and she would visit me in the hospital, I realized she was enchanted by me, even though I was a bit older than her, I never encouraged her, but always treated her respectfully, she always did everything to please me and I confess that it fed my male ego to have a girl crazy about me, it didn't bother me at first, I felt sorry for her and even found it funny because I was never interested in her, my love was Fiorella, my beautiful Fiorella, always fragile and sick, I returned to the country after a fight we had, she broke up with me, we lived like that for years, breaking up and getting back together and staying in secret because my grandmother hated her, some time after our fight she got engaged to another guy, I was devastated, I didn't leave my room for weeks so I decided to return to the country definitively and my grandmother came up with this stupid proposal to marry Rebeca, I can't disappoint my grandmother, she's sick and begged me to marry her and I ended up promising to make that sacrifice, this marriage is a business, only that, I confess I'm fed up with Rebeca's flattery, even more after I found out that she was stalking Fiorella, that she called and sent threatening emails for her to leave me and from what I heard about her, that she was a false liar, so I started to dislike her even more. She got what she wanted, she manipulated my grandmother perfectly for me to marry her, but if she thinks we'll be husband and wife like she dreams, she's completely wrong. I stalled grandma and Rebeca for 2 years, I always found a way to escape the commitment until 4 months ago my grandmother put her inside this house and told me that I had four months to live with her, to get engaged for society to know and get married soon or Pedro would be in charge of the company, I wanted that position and I know I'm the most prepared for it so I accepted, I had already been dumped anyway, what else was I going to do? I ended up agreeing with that idiocy.

Later that day...

Leonardo waited for Rebeca in the living room having a drink.

She comes down the stairs with a wide smile, with an elaborate hairstyle and a strapless sky blue dress, she looked very beautiful but Leonardo didn't care.

He looks at her in disbelief.

Leonardo:_The same perfume as Fiorella, the dress looks like one she wore recently.

Rebeca ignores what he said.

Rebeca:_Didn't you like it? I'm not trying to imitate anyone Leonardo, I like these clothes and this perfume, that's all, but if it bothers you I'll...

Leonardo:_Enough of this nonsense girl! Stop playing the fool! The nice girl, you got exactly what you wanted, you went there with the excuse of visiting grandma, do you think I don't know that you used to suck up to her? You set all this up for me to marry you, didn't you? You're a social climber, the more money for you the better, right? Well, I'll tell you one thing: this marriage is a business, it's nothing more than that! Get those silly ideas of love out of your head, I'll never lay a finger on you! I love Fiorella, you'll never be as good as her! You'll have to be born again! And if you doubt it, not even then, I stalled my grandmother as long as I could so I wouldn't marry, but now it's inevitable so be a good girl and let's end this charade.

Rebeca lowers her head and starts to cry. Leonardo walks towards the car.

He gets in the car and starts honking. Rebeca runs out of the house and gets in the car, she dries her tears while Leonardo starts the car.

Leonardo:_Stop crying, this pretense of yours irritates me!

Rebeca dries her tears and reapplies her makeup, she doesn't say a word and Leonardo also remains silent and only pays attention to the traffic.

Meanwhile, already at the city club where the party would take place, Dona Violeta happily chatted with the guests.

Eugenio:_Violeta, do you really think this will work?

Violeta:_Eugenio, my dear friend, I'm doing the best for both of them.

Eugenio:_Violeta, Leonardo doesn't love Rebeca, he loves Fiorella.

Violeta:_They broke up and it will be easier that way, Rebeca told me that they are getting along very well, didn't you see that they are at all the parties together?

Eugenio:_What if she's deceiving you to put you at ease?

Violeta:_I don't think so, they both seem happy.

The place was packed, the high society of that place was there in full force, finally Rebeca and Leonardo arrive arm in arm, he hating all that and she pretending a happiness that she wasn't feeling anymore.

As soon as they enter the hall they are greeted by many people.

The two separate and Brandon and Maria approach.

Brandon:_Already alone sis? Where's the lovestruck groom?

Maria:_Brandon, don't bother your sister. Don't pay attention to him honey, you look beautiful!

Rebeca:_Thank you Maria.

Maria:_I hope you don't forget your promise to pass the company on to your brother.

Rebeca:_But I didn't promise anything, I said I would think about it.

Brandon rolls his eyes.

Maria:_Honey, you're going to get married, have children and I'm sure Leonardo won't want a businesswoman wife and you honey (She runs her hand over her face) are a delicate woman, how are you going to take care of a company?

Rebeca:_Maria, I'm very competent and I know I could take care of everything, I promise to think about it and give you an answer before my wedding, okay?

Brandon:_Of course, just don't think too much sis.

Maria:_Stop that! Well dear, we're going to circulate around there.

She takes Brandon's arm and walks away.

Marcela:_Friend! You're finally getting married! I'm so happy for you!

Marcela already arrives hugging Rebeca.

Marcela Ferrari (Wife of Pedro Ferrari, Leonardo's cousin)

Rebeca:_Thank you, you know I value your friendship very much.

Marcela:_Hey, why are you like this? Did you fight with him?

Rebeca:_Nothing happened, I'm just nervous.

Marcela:_Rebeca, are you sure about what you're going to do? I know you've always loved this man but there's still time to give up, Rebeca I know it's your dream but I don't want you to suffer.

Rebeca:_How's Pedro?

Marcela:_The old tactic of changing the subject.

The two laugh.

Marcela:_Okay, he's around there talking to those boring businessmen.

The two laugh again, Violeta approaches the two.

Violeta:_Excuse me girls.

Marcela:_Well, I'm going to look for my husband, excuse me.

Marcela smiles at the two and walks away.

Rebeca:_Grandma.

Violeta:_Finally the big day! Are you happy?

Rebeca:_Very much grandma, your grandson makes me very happy.

Rebeca thinking...

Forgive me for lying grandma, but I'm sure that after the wedding he will love me, I will try much harder. I can't fail.