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

“There’s no need to rush into marriage and children. Focus on your career. Whatever

here

ago, I’d believed Antonio was a good man.

and despite his success, he’d remained scandal–free until tonight, until Stella appeared at out engagement

hadn’t invite

idea why she’d suddenly

saw her, Antonio had panicked, dropping

abandoned me at the party.

taking everything from me for over two

the last person I’d

bring her home, his face alight with joy, extinguished any remaining affection I

by a morbid curiosity, I’d activated the

screen, Stella, wearing my pajamas, lay in our bed, clearly

warming milk for her.

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said, “She’s just a comfort for your loneliness. Do you really intend to marry

bent

on purpose? You know I hate Grace the

silent, then pulled her close, their lips meeting in a fervent

blurred my vision, streaming down

I

for the wasted decade.

initiate intimacy,