VALDEZ'S BARTERED BRIDE

Lydia discovers that she was used as collateral for a loan by her missing father. In exchange for the huge debt her father left her, she's supposed to marry Raul, the arrogant millionaire who once insulted her. He looks at Lydia with the same cool eyes as before and proposes a contractual marriage for two years, and tell her that he will seize her beloved grandmother's house if she does not accept. When Lydia accepts his terms, Raul takes her to Madrid and kisses her passionately in front of the media, declaring their marriage!

(c)TAKAKO HASHIMOTO/RACHAEL THOMAS