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

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mystery buyer of

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

the

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

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

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

realizing this was

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

Parrish, Mr. Kaufman started it. My guys were just defending themselves,” Lewis said, pointing to the corner

in his voice put

ease.

figured she had a soft spot for people who

left soon after, and Grace watched him go, not even noticing Antonio’s glare.

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you know him?” Antonio

calmly, turning to

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grabbed her

didn’t need me anymore,” she said, her

angry and said stuff I shouldn’t have. Please forgive me.” He reached out,

peace.

needs you. You

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