Chapter59

I’d secretly dated Antonio Kaufman, my brother’s best friend, for seven years.

I always believed a proposal was inevitable.

Then I discovered he was waiting for his first love to return.

I was a placeholder, a convenient means to an end.

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I followed Antonio to a bar, eavesdropping on his conversation with friends.

“Antonio, now that your true love is back, what about Grace?” one asked.

Antonio’s silence hung heavy in the air.

Another man snickered, “Freddy warned us off his sis… He wouldn’t let anyone hurt her.”

It was common knowledge.

“Alicia dumped me. I was just trying to get back at her,” Antonio finally said, his voice so cold it felt like a stranger’s.

Hogan’s welcome–back party, Antonio showered me with attention.

in tears, he shoved me

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a table, scalding myself and ruining my

I marched

forbidden to enter in seven years.

was a photo of him kissing Alicia.

me, I called my brother overseas. “About your

alright?” Freddy’s voice was laced

tone. “Fine. I’ve just been thinking. It’s time I got married.”

you be back? You should meet him

sooner I agree, the sooner the company’s problems are solved. Start planning the wedding. Let’s make it …

way, are you still in touch with Antonio? I heard his first love is back.

me then: he knew about Alicia. That explained Antonio’s insistence

“We are not that close anymore.”

said goodbye to

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