Then she froze.
Completely.
The shift happened instantly.
Confusion first.
Then disbelief.
Then something far stranger.
Because the woman stared at Daniella like she had seen a ghost.
Daniella felt it immediately too.
That strange unfamiliar jolt beneath her chest.
Because—
The resemblance existed.
Not identical.
Nothing dramatic enough to make strangers assume relation immediately.
But enough similarities lingered in their features to feel deeply unsettling.
The eyes.
The cheekbones.
Even the shape of their mouths carried faint echoes of one another somehow.
The woman spoke first, quieter now.
"...Who is she?"
Thiago immediately noticed the strange tension forming.
"Relax," he muttered tiredly. "This isn't whatever you're imagining."
Valentina looked between them sharply.
"Oh really?" Her voice rose instantly again. "Then why does she look like me?"
Daniella blinked.
Excuse her?
Thiago pinched the bridge of his nose already looking exhausted.
"Valentina—"
