Maria is a 30 year old teacher at a nun's college and has a big secret she is a great model Victoria Lamas. Yes she does everything to be able to pay for the treatment of her heart sister Annie and to take care of her niece and goddaughter Daniela. Alexander Mesquita is 30 years old, an actor, model and businessman who has been bitter since his wife died in childbirth. He barely gives any attention to his daughter until one day she gets sick and goes to his daughter's school. Life will put Maria in Alexander's life and vice versa. The two will meet at the school when Bella is sick and instantly a bond between them emerges, he will not treat her like a piece of meat as he does all the women around him, he will be charmed by the way he treats his daughter and all his students. But by irony of fate, because of a contract for a resort in Fernando de Noronha, the two will work together. Maria or Vick will work hard so that he doesn't discover her second identity. Alex and Maria will be great friends, Alex and Vick will live an intense relationship, fighting, but full of sexual tension beneath them. Alexander with time feels the need to always be close to Maria until the moment he discovers he is in love, Miranda his lover and model agent will do everything to separate them even more when she discovers Maria's secret. Maria lives with a guilty conscience for not being able to tell him that she is Vick. Alex discovers during the course of the story with Anne's illness that they are twin brothers with Rodrigo's help. After a DNA test he talks to his father Victor who tells him that when he was born his sister was kidnapped and they never wanted to tell him so as not to worry him, but he spent his whole life looking for his daughter. With the discovery that they are brother and sister he manages to save Anne by donating her bone marrow, and is very happy to have a sister and to know that Dani, whom he was so fond of, is in fact his niece. However, when Anne finds out that she is Alex's twin sister she doesn't react well at all, blaming him for being the beloved son and her being abandoned by her parents. Maria and Alex make their relationship official and now they all live together in their mansion, on the day of the Resort campaign party, Miranda unmasks Maria and kidnaps Dani and Bella, causing great confusion, Alex does not accept Maria's lie and everyone despairs with the kidnapping in a chase with the police his accomplice and biological father of Dani dies on the spot and Miranda disappears and is given as dead. After Maria's secret is revealed, she loses her job at the school because of pressure from her parents who do not accept her being a model and for having lied, but her supportive parents invite her to open an NGO together to help children and their families, with courses and workshops, Alex defends her in this meeting and asks her to marry him.
Chapter 1 BEGINNING OF EVERYTHING
MARIA
Four years ago Annie faints during a fashion week show, stopping the event, immediately they called Dulce Maria who was her best friend and who shared an apartment together with Daniela, daughter of some idiot who abandoned her when she learned of her pregnancy. Annie and Dulce Maria had no one else but each other. Both were raised in a nun's orphanage and when they turned 18 they had to leave and fend for themselves.
Dulce arrived at the hospital all worried, imagining that her friend had done something crazy again, because when she was young she had anorexia, but she had medical and psychological treatment.
Dr Gabriel - Are you related to Annie de Jesus?
Maria - Here doctor, I am her sister, what happened?
Dr Gabriel - So she arrived, she fainted in a parade, we are waiting for some exams, but I feel that it is not good by the symptoms
Maria - Doctor, is there anything related to anorexia? In her adolescence she suffered with anorexia, but this was treated.
Dr. Gabriel - I don't think so, well she is going through some tests, but you can stay with her while she is not ready.
Maria - But what do you think she has?
Dr. Gabriel - It's better to wait for the exams and then we can talk about it, we can't keep talking about what we think, I take care of lives, I can only speak accurately. I will ask one of the nurses to take her to the patient and as soon as I have the results, I will look for her.
The hours never take as long to pass as on this day waiting for the results, Maria called her sister Cecilia to stay with Dani and explained the whole situation of Annie.
Annie - Maria, you are so serious, what did the doctor say?
Maria - That's the problem my blonde, he didn't say anything, you know how I am, I hate waiting and I hate hospitals. But don't worry everything will be fine
Annie - Where is Dani? This time class is already over
Maria - Don't worry, Sister Cecilia took her to the orphanage, as soon as we leave here we will pick her up.
Dr Gabriel - Good evening, sorry for the delay, but the hospital is crazy today
Maria - So Doctor, what's wrong with Annie?
Dr Gabriel - Well, you will have to spend the night here for observation on account of fainting, but tomorrow you can go home, I will give you some medication, your blood tests were altered.
Annie - Anemia ne? I have anemia since always doctor, when I had my daughter it was even worse, it was a risky pregnancy because of it.
Dr. Gabriel - Yes, now I would like to talk to your sister, to settle the paperwork for your hospitalization, meanwhile the nurse will medicate you - Maria and the doctor leave - Maria
Maria - Are you hiding something, what my sister has?
Dr. Gabriel - Look Miss, I'm afraid to say what your sister has is not simply anemia, it's something more alarming, and she won't be able to go home tomorrow, but first I need to talk to you before she does. I need to introduce you to a colleague at work. He will explain it to you better and he will take care of your sister's case - Poncho approaches - Miss, this is Dr. Rodrigo Soares, he will be the doctor in charge of your sister. I've already talked to him so I'll leave you two alone to talk more. - Dr Gabriel leaves -
Rodrigo - Good evening, well as you know my name is Dr. Rodrigo Soares, but you can call me Dr. Rodrigo, I think we will see a lot now and what is your name?
Maria - Maria, but you can call me Mah, but doctor, what my sister has, nobody talks about, it's just not a simple anemia.
Rodrigo - It really is something much more serious, let's go to my room where I can explain better - they go to the room and sit down. - Have you ever heard of Thalassemia or Mediterranean Anemia? - Maria nods no - everything indicates that your sister has Thalassemia, but I need more tests to confirm
Maria - Is it serious? Could she die?
Rodrigo - Stay calm Maria, no one is going to die, but it is serious and I will explain what it is ok? - nods - Thalassemia, also known as Mediterranean anemia, is a hereditary disease. Its main characteristic is the abnormal production of hemoglobin, a protein in the blood that is responsible for transporting oxygen to all tissues in the body. There are two types of thalassemia - alpha and beta - which can manifest themselves in the following forms: minor, intermediate, and major. The minor form, or thalassemia trait, produces a mild degree of anemia that is asymptomatic and may go completely unnoticed. In the intermediate form, the deficiency of hemoglobin synthesis is moderate and the consequences are less severe. Thalassemia major, or Cooley's anemia, is a severe form of the disease, caused by the transmission of two defective genes, one from the father and the other from the mother. This causes profound anemia and other important organic changes, such as increased body mass, growth retardation, and bone problems.
Maria- Does that mean that Daniela could have the same disease?
Rodrigo - Who is Daniela?
Maria - She is Annie's daughter, my goddaughter.
Chapter 1 BEGINNING OF EVERYTHING
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Chapter 2 CURRENT DAYS
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Chapter 3 BELLA CONFESSES HER GREATEST FEAR TO MARIA
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Chapter 4 FIRST MEETING
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Chapter 5 MARIA GETTING TO KNOW BELLA AND ALEX'S MANSION
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Chapter 6 THE FROG AND HIS PRINCESSES
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Chapter 7 ALEX GOES TO THE HOSPITAL
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Chapter 8 ALEX MEETS VICTORIA
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Chapter 9 ALEX HAS A GREAT IDEA
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Chapter 10 ALEX TEASES CHRISTIAN
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Chapter 11 ANNIE IS DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL
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Chapter 12 ANNIE NEEDS A BONE MARROW DONATION
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Chapter 13 CHRISTIAN AND MARIA TAKE ANNIE HOME
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Chapter 14 VIDEO CALL
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Chapter 15 MARIA TELLS ALEX WHAT IS GOING ON WITH ANNIE
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Chapter 16 CHRISTIAN AND SABRINA CONSOLE MARIA
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Chapter 17 ALEX PRESENTS MARIA
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Chapter 18 ALEX DISCOVERS THAT CHRISTIAN IS GAY
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Chapter 19 RODRIGO TELLS ANNIE HIS REAL SITUATION
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Chapter 20 FIRST KISS
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Chapter 21 TRAVEL
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Chapter 22 THOUGHTS
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Chapter 23 BUSINESS DINNER
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Chapter 24 MEETING BLANCA
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Chapter 25 VICK GETS INTOXICATED
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Chapter 26 ONE HOT NIGHT
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Chapter 27 CHRISTIAN FIGHTS WITH ALEX
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Chapter 28 GOSSIP
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Chapter 29 CHRISTIAN ASKS ANNIE TO GIVE MARIA ADVICE
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Chapter 30 ANNIE AND MARIA CONVERSAM
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Chapter 31 ALEX PRESENTS MARIA
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Chapter 32 BELLA GOES TO DR. RODRIGO
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Chapter 33 DANI AND MARIA FIND ANNIE PASSED OUT
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Chapter 34 ANNIE IS HOSPITALIZED
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Chapter 35 DANI
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Chapter 36 ROMANTIC AMBIANCE
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Chapter 37 THE CHILDREN LOCK ALEX AND MARIA IN THE SAME ROOM
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Chapter 38 MOVIE
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Chapter 39 BROTHERS
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Chapter 40 VICTOR TELLS ALEX AND RODRIGO EVERYTHING
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