The night was quiet after Ysabel’s interview aired.

Despite the trending hashtags, reactions, and endless online chatter, a different world surrounded the Verano mansion that evening — not corporate, not high society — just a home. Quiet. Real.

Inside their room, Leonardo sat at the edge of the bed, watching the replay of Ysabel’s interview on his laptop.

He wasn’t watching it as the CEO of Verano Holdings.

He was watching it as a man.

A man who still couldn’t believe that a ...