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, and her shocked

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the mystery buyer of Dessert

she asked, “Wait, are you really the one buying Dessert

in the eye and said, “Yes.”

scanned his perfectly fitted navy suit. “Well, he sure looks the part,” she thought. Grace’s

negotiate,” Lewis went on, signaling his assistant to whip out

the Kaufman Group’s seal on the contract. It meant Dessert Tryst was now legally

this

pointing at

themselves,” Lewis said, pointing to the corner surveillance

warmth in his voice put

ease.

she had a soft spot for

after, and Grace watched him go, not even noticing Antonio’s

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Antonio asked,

replied calmly, turning to

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Antonio grabbed her wrist, but Grace pulled

said, her voice calm but sharp, leaving Antonio speechless.

and said stuff I shouldn’t have. Please

peace.

others tried to help him. “Yeah, Grace, Dessert Tryst needs you. You and Mr. Kaufman are the

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