She gave a faint, almost in a trance smile.

She murmured, "What's the difference? If you're really not like him, why would Sandra have considered suicide?"

Had he not made promises to Sandra or given her false hopes, she wouldn't have fallen a man who was already taken, even threatening suicide to be with him.

After they signed that agreement, and when Raphael was still single...

Elissa found it hard to believe that nothing really happened between Raphael and Sandra.

With a burning throat, Elissa asked in a raspy voice, "Have you ever touched her? Have you ever been physical?"

Raphael didn't say anything.

Silence often implied yes...

He had indeed been physical with her.

Though they hadn't gone all the way, there had been moments... One night, he was drunk.

He woke up to find Sandra kneeling before him, beginning to unzip his pants...

He didn't stop her. He allowed her to continue. After all, she was an attractive woman.

This became a sort of addiction for a while.

But he never brought her home. After parties and banquets, she would kneel on the car and please him. Those nights turned into their secret.

Each time he thought about ending it, he found himself unable to do so as he looked into her pleading, tear-filled eyes. Sandra gave him a type of pleasure that Olivia never did.

Then, one day, Sandra pleaded with him to make love to her. She said she wanted to be his woman.

Raphael considered it, but before he could decide, Elissa came into his life.

Once Elissa became his partner, he nearly ended things with Sandra.

However... One evening after drinking too much, upon hearing that Olivia had gone back with Dylan, Raphael impulsively asked Sandra to “serve” him in the car. After she complied, he, in his inebriated state, mistook her for Olivia.

That night, the driver parked the car by the riverside. Then he left.

Raphael helped Sandra up, removed her pants, and positioned her on his lap.

He kissed her intensely for a long time.

She trembled and tearfully pleaded with him, "I want you! Please... Give it to me! I want you..."

And he lost control.