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Evil Max's mind began working furiously, considering the huge mess he's in.
Inside Antonio's room, Raquel is tongue-tied when he tentatively tries to have a conversation with her. before she could speak, Max barges in to tell that her sister was missing, a ruse to get her away BEFORE she could break down and tell his stepbrother anything. Raquel hurries out, leaving Tonio very confused.
Tonio questions Ezequiel about Raquel's behaviour when she arrived. Ezequiel told him how grief stricken she was, Vicky giving her a pill to sleep and how Raquel had asked for a photograph of him. And also, that Max didn't attend the memorial service but got home very late.
In the garden, Max warned both girls about the consequences if they opened their mouths. He felt they were safe for now because of Tonio's amnesia. On the way indoors, Tonio meets Martha when Raquel introduced them, pointing out surely they had met already, hence no need to introduce her. Raquel manages to avoid having to sleep in Tonio's room when he said they should share the same room, pointing out Vicky already gave them rooms. After they leave, Tonio looks at Max suspiciously, telling him not to go to the office without telling him first.
Back in her room , Raquel tells Martha that she disliked Tonio already, he seemed to be the type of man anxious to get her into his bed. Oh how prim we are ... he didn't even lay a finger on you! Martha thought Tonio was very attractive, besides being very rich. Second part was more important.
Tonio starts questioning if he did have amnesia when Vicky admonished him for keeping his marriage a secret and not telling Raquel his true status.
Raquel feels Tonio was aware he was being played. Martha feels Raquel should simply accept the situation, everyone thinks she's Tonio's wife. Max confabs with Luis on the failure of the plan.
Next morning, Antonio sends a message to Raquel that he would like her to join him for breakfast in his room. Max slips into her room to coach her on what to say to Tonio, pleading with her to forgive him for his harshness and lies. Raquel coldly tells him she no longer had feelings for him. And folks... she meant it.
Antonio received her in his room, noticing how nervous and tense she was and serves her tea. He asks her questions about their 'relationship'. She tells him they had met at Guadalajara, where she's a salesgirl. He had an apartment there and he travelled often. They dated for 4 months and had a small civil wedding, with a promise to get married in church later. She denied being pregnant when he asked.
Antonio questions why she is cold towards him and didn't seem happy to see him alive. Raquel gave the vague reply of being shocked. He caressed her cheek, asking her if she loved him. Raquel mumbled, ' I... I want you to divorce me.'
Amused, he asked her for the reason behind the sudden statement, she replies that they had married without really knowing each other and it was best if they broke up now. Tonio asked what's changed between them, was he that bad in bed on their wedding night? Yikes... why go there Tonio?
Raquel said there was NO wedding night because he left not long after the wedding for a business trip and they've never slept together, which astonished Tonio more. Not surprising, how many women would wait long to hit the sheets with yummy Tonio?
Their argument is cut short when the room's extension rings and he's told Pablo is downstairs waiting for him. In his study, Tonio tells Pablo to send him his schedule, to see if he had made trips to Guadalajara.
Later on, while answering Max's questions about what went on between her and Tonio, Raquel notices a woman going up to the house. Max tells her it's Maura, one of Tonio's 'numerous girlfriends'- as a way of discouraging Raquel from having any romantic notions towards Tonio.
