The maid secretly dyed a pot of cheap rice yellow and called it “gold rice” so the four little boys would feel like princes… But the day the billionaire came home early and saw it, he froze—because the boys looked exactly like him, and that “gold rice” was the secret that kept them alive.

A NEW HOME INSIDE THE SAME HOUSE
Alejandro made a decision on the spot: the boys would move into the main wing—the rooms he’d prepared years ago and never used.

He ordered warm baths, clean clothes, and real food. Elena guided the process like someone who already knew the boys’ fears and needs.

Later, when one boy tried to hide food “for later,” Alejandro crouched to their level and said firmly:
“You will never have to hide food again. Never.”

Then he turned to Elena and said the words that changed her life:
“Sit with us.”
Elena tried to refuse—rules, status, habit—until Alejandro cut her off:
“Those rules left with my mother.”
And then: “You’re family.”

THE COUNTERATTACK
The next morning, the intercom buzzed. Security sounded panicked:
“Sir… the police are at the gate. Social workers too. They have a court order.”

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