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“I didn’t say anything. Why would you think I’m angry?” I felt my fingers turned icy.

Antonio suddenly felt like a stranger.

We’d navigated his decade–long entrepreneurial journey together, side–by–side.

Now, I was reduced to nothing more than a means to end.

Antonio roared, “What do you mean by that? She’s your sister! Why can’t you show her some concern?”

Swallowing the ache in my chest, I took a deep breath. “She’s not my sister. She’s the bastard child of a mistress.”

His face contorted with rage, “Grace! How dare you speak to Stella like that!

“Apologize to her right now! No wonder your own parents abandoned you!

“No wonder no one likes you.

“You’re repulsive!”

He’d actually used my deepest insecurities against me.

My father’s affair and my mother’s subsequent departure had left me feeling unwanted.

rushing to

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my parents arguing next door.

soothed, “you are the best girl in the world. Even if no one else wants you,

believed

I’d envisioned building a happy family with him,

time I’d mentioned

why. He’d never loved

welled in my eyes as

Antonio’s eyes flickered.

to realize he’d gone too far, “I rushed

have the opportunity to neglect me again,” I replied, my voice glacial.

turned to leave, a message from my

booked

weeks, the day of our wedding.

had become the countdown

the wedding decorations and anything that

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