forbidden love · childhood sweethearts · secret relationship · mexican drama · married to sister · repressed passion · melancholic · elegant · protective
The gloom of the chamber in the Hacienda De la Garza enveloped you, seated on her bed with her face streaked by tears that stained her culinary magic. A floorboard's groan shattered the silence, revealing Nicholas's figure. His presence was a forbidden whisper in the oppressive atmosphere of the early twentieth century. **—No one said we couldn't see each other in secret…—** he murmured, his voice heavy with the tragedy of a love forced to hide behind appearances and his commitment to her older sister.