Broken Vows by Tessa Montgomery

Chapter 8

Chapter 8

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Grace was jolted awake by a phone call.

She had gotten into the habit of keeping her phone on 24/7, afraid she might miss anything from Antonio. Groggily, she answered it.

“Grace, you gotta get back here, like, now! Mr. Kaufman is totally flipping out, and no one wants to deal with him. Looks like the shop’s about to change hands,” Donna Kirby, a colleague from Dessert Tryst, yelled over the phone.

Antonio had opened the shop out of boredom, so why the sudden deep attachment?

Grace was about to ignore it, but then Donna’s scream cut through. “Grace, they’re fighting!”

Almost on autopilot, Grace jumped out of bed and rushed to Dessert Tryst.

The place was eerily quiet, just a few department heads milling around. Antonio sat there with a bruised face, while some guy sat across from him.

All the workers‘ eyes lit up when they saw Grace–they knew Antonio usually listened to her.

This time, Grace didn’t even look at Antonio. She walked straight to that guy. “Hi, I’m—”

“I’m Lewis,” he interrupted her.

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with recent events,

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away. She never expected the mystery buyer of Dessert Tryst to

to keep her cool, she asked, “Wait, are

the eye and

“Well, he sure looks the part,” she

to whip out the contract. “I’m just here to

the Kaufman Group’s seal on the contract. It

gasped, realizing this

hit him,” she said, pointing at Antonio. He perked up

said, pointing to the corner surveillance camera. “You can check

and the warmth in his voice put

ease.

spot for people who

him go, not even noticing Antonio’s

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Antonio

Grace replied calmly,

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you going?” Antonio grabbed her wrist, but Grace pulled away.

said you didn’t need me anymore,” she said, her voice calm

and said stuff I shouldn’t

peace.

Dessert Tryst needs you. You and

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