Broken Vows by Tessa Montgomery

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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mind spun with recent events,

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gave her away. She never expected the mystery buyer of Dessert Tryst

cool, she asked, “Wait, are you

looked her in the eye and said, “Yes.”

fitted navy suit. “Well, he sure looks the

to negotiate,” Lewis went on, signaling his assistant to whip out the contract. “I’m just

contract. It meant Dessert Tryst was now legally Lewis’s.

realizing this was

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

Parrish, Mr. Kaufman started it. My guys were just defending themselves,” Lewis said, pointing to the corner surveillance camera. “You can check the

the warmth in his voice put Grace at

ease.

a soft spot for people who made

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

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you know him?” Antonio asked,

replied calmly, turning

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are you going?” Antonio grabbed her wrist,

need me anymore,” she said, her voice calm but sharp, leaving Antonio

shouldn’t have. Please forgive me.” He reached

peace.

Tryst needs you. You and Mr.