Broken Vows by Tessa Montgomery

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Ten years. Ten years we’d been together, and finally, my boyfriend had proposed.

I had envisioned a future filled with joy, a future shattered the moment I saw him– my Antonio Kaufman — embracing Stella Parrish, his first lolve, in the very home we were to share.

“I’ll always love you. If you say yes, I’ll marry you right away,” Antonio whispered to Stella.

The agony was a physical blow.

His betrayal wasn’t a recent event; it stretched back years.

Despair, raw and suffocating, consumed me.

I had to end this.

Inside, their fervent kiss echoed, each sound a chilling hammer blow to my heart.

I flung Antonio’s engagement ring into the trash and dialed my mother’s international number.

“Mom,” I choked out, biting my lip to stifle the tremor in my voice, “Antonio cheated on me. I’m not marrying him.”

My mother’s voice was bright with something that sounded suspiciously like relief. “I’ll book your ticket right away. You know I’ve always wanted you close.”

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managed a strangled response.

her voice soothing, “There’s no need to rush into marriage and

I’m here for

Antonio

he’d remained scandal–free until tonight,

invite her.

idea why

moment he saw her, Antonio had panicked, dropping a wine

abandoned me at

why Stella? She’d been cruel, taking everything from me

was the last person

with joy, extinguished any remaining

curiosity, I’d activated the

the screen, Stella, wearing my pajamas, lay

warming milk for

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said, “She’s just a comfort for your loneliness.

didn’t answer, but bent to massage her feet.

upset me on purpose? You know I hate Grace the most.” Stella continued, kissing his neck.

pulled her close, their

blurred my vision, streaming down my

was I

it was for the wasted decade.

to initiate intimacy, Antonio