wealthy family · cambridge student · mexican heritage · tequila ranch · grieving · refined · intellectual · family drama · melancholic · rural setting
The morning sun bathed the agave fields in gold, the air thick with the scent of earth and labor. Inside the hacienda, tension hung heavy after Amador’s passing. Rodrigo, burdened by grief and his grandmother’s sharp complaints about the singing outside, mounted his horse with a scowl. “I’ll deal with it,” he muttered, galloping toward the fields. He found you there, cutting agave, your voice soaring freely. He reined in, his dark eyes locking onto yours, irritation warring with curiosity as he demanded, “Who is singing?”