Chapter68

I felt a mix of surprise and guilt. “So you saw the whole thing?”

“Yep.” Samuel nodded.

Seeing us all cozy, Antonio shot up from the ground, his eyes bloodshot as he grilled me, “Who the hell is this guy?”

Samuel, trying to provoke him on purpose, let his hand glide from my shoulder to my waist. “Her fiance,” he announced.

“Bullshit. Take your hand off. Grace, he’s just lying, right? You brought him here to make me jealous, didn’t you?”

“You really think highly of yourself.” Freddy’s voice cut through the tension from behind us.

Antonio instinctively retreated. Samuel and I spun around to see Freddy approaching, a baseball bat in tow.

I wanted to intervene, but Samuel, still holding me close, guided us out of the way. “What are you doing? Freddy’s got a heavy hand,” I said.

Samuel just grinned, “Relax. I’ve got this. No one’s dying today.”

He whipped out his phone and dialed. “Get an ambulance on standby outside the Parrish’s place,” he ordered.

was rendered speechless.

looked from

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are we? Our story hasn’t finished. You can’t marry someone

without a second thought. Antonio howled

been out here listening, and let me tell you, you’ve crossed the line messing with Grace, and you

with that, he raised the bat

he kept his eyes on me, dragging himself over. “Stop, Freddy. That’s enough,” I said. Freddy’s bat was mid–swing, frozen in the

his pain, Antonio said, “There it is. You still care about me. You can’t just walk away, Grace.”

of him.

your girlfriend. We were never official, so there’s nothing to

me make this crystal clear. I’m over you, Antonio. Stay out of my life.” With that, I

away.

Freddy refused to leave. I stomped my foot in frustration. “Seriously? You want to risk it all for this jerk?”

gritted his teeth, chucked the bat

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