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

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

here

believed Antonio was a good man.

from other women, and despite his success, he’d remained scandal–free until tonight,

hadn’t invite her.

why

her, Antonio had panicked, dropping a wine glass.

abandoned me at the

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

last person

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

a morbid curiosity, I’d activated the home surveillance

my pajamas, lay in our bed, clearly intoxicated.

was warming milk for her.

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

bent

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

their

vision, streaming down my

I

was for the

to initiate intimacy, Antonio had