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

soothing, “There’s no need to rush into

here

I’d believed Antonio

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

invite

why

Antonio had panicked, dropping a wine

then abandoned me at the party.

everything from

was the last person I’d ever forgive.

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

curiosity, I’d activated the home

the screen, Stella, wearing my pajamas, lay

warming milk for her.

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for your loneliness. Do you really

bent to massage her feet.

purpose? You know I hate Grace the

their lips meeting in a fervent kiss.

blurred my vision, streaming

was I

it was for the wasted decade.

I’d tried to initiate intimacy,