Chapter 75

I'd secretly dated Antonio Kaufman, my brother's best friend, for seven years.

I always believed a proposal was inevitable.

Then I discovered he was waiting for his first love to return.

I was a placeholder, a convenient means to an end.

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I followed Antonio to a bar, eavesdropping on his conversation with friends.

"Antonio, now that your true love is back, what about Grace?" one asked.

Antonio's silence hung heavy in the air.

Another man snickered, "Freddy warned us off his sis... He wouldn't let anyone hurt her."

It was common knowledge.

"Alicia dumped me. I was just trying to get back at her," Antonio finally said, his voice so cold it felt like a stranger's.

Later, at Alicia Hogan's welcome-back party, Antonio showered me with attention.

But when Alicia bolted out in tears, he shoved me aside, chasing after her.

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table, scalding myself

home, humiliated and hurting, I

forbidden

a photo of him kissing

your

alright?" Freddy's voice

"Fine. I've just been thinking. It's time I got married." Freddy's voice relaxed. "When will

the company's problems are solved. Start planning the

the way, are you still in touch with Antonio? I heard his first love is

Alicia. That explained Antonio's insistence on

voice. "We are not that

unlock, I quickly

and ended the call.

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Antonio's smiling eyes. "Who are you not close

I flatly replied. He raised an eyebrow and pulled me into

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