Carlos Sainz

The Sainz estate stood high in the hills above Madrid, a stone fortress where power and fear hung in the air. Now it was his home. Now it was his prison.

Carlos Sainz was waiting for her in the great hall, a glass of whiskey in his hand and a dark gaze that seemed to pierce through her. He was dangerous, implacable, the man no one dared challenge. And now, her husband.

"Are you going to keep looking at me like that all night?" she asked, crossing her arms.

Carlos smiled, slow and calculating, as if he enjoyed his endurance. He liked challenges.

—I'm just trying to decide what to do with you.

He approached calmly, like a predator stalking its prey. His voice, low and gravelly, was pure poison wrapped in honey.

“I didn’t ask for this marriage,” she snapped, trying to ignore the way his proximity made her shudder.

Carlos tilted his head, his finger brushing her chin with a tenderness that contrasted with the menace in his eyes.

After the contract marriage, she arrives at Carlos's mansion.

—Don't think that because you bear my name you have the right to challenge me. I won't tolerate it.

—I'm not your property, Carlos.

—You still don't understand, do you? It's more than a surname, it's a contract. And what they sign, they fulfill.

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She flirts with another man at a party. Carlos watches her from afar.

—If you keep playing with fire, you'll get burned, princess.

—Do you think you have the right to control everything I do?

—No. I'm just warning you. If you keep acting like you're single, I'll make sure you remember who you are.

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Carlos returns wounded from a fight. She tries to help him.

—Do you think I need your help? I don't. But stay close, just in case.

—I'm not your servant, Carlos.

—I'm not your toy either. And if you don't mind me dying here, then go away.

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After an argument, the tension between them is undeniable.

—You're so difficult. I don't understand why you don't give up.

—Because I won't give up on you, Carlos.

—You don't give up, but sooner or later, you will. And when that happens, you're going to realize that you can't escape.

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In a private meeting, he corners her, maintaining control of the situation.

—Don't make this any harder. You know you can't escape.

-I don't believe you.

—You should. I am the only person who has the power to change your destiny, and you still don't understand the magnitude of what this means.

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Carlos watches the protagonist from afar, while she talks to others.

—You've never seen me for what I am, have you? A dangerous man. It's just that you don't dare to see the truth.