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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spun with recent events, and her

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expected the mystery buyer of Dessert

her cool, she asked, “Wait, are you really the one buying Dessert Tryst?”

in the

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

signaling his assistant to whip out the contract. “I’m just here to inform

Group’s seal on the contract. It meant

gasped, realizing this

she said, pointing at

just defending themselves,” Lewis said, pointing to the corner surveillance camera. “You can check the footage if you

in his voice

ease.

she had a soft spot for

him go, not even noticing Antonio’s glare.

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know him?” Antonio asked, sounding

Grace replied calmly,

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going?” Antonio grabbed her wrist, but

anymore,” she said, her voice calm but sharp,

I messed up. I was angry and said stuff I shouldn’t have. Please forgive me.” He

peace.

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

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