Broken Vows by Tessa Montgomery

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After countless sleepless nights, surprisingly caught some solid z’s on the flight.

In my dreams, Antonio’s face kept showing up, like he was just waiting for me there.

Back when we were just seven, we used to play games together.

He’d tell me he was the groom, and I was the prettiest bride.

When we turned eighteen, we made that game real.

He vowed to hustle hard and give me a grand wedding.

But when did things start to fall apart between us?

Did it start after Stella showed up, or was it before that?

I couldn’t even remember it anymore.

Antonio had been the center of my world for as long as I could remember.

No matter how much I tried to stay cool and get over him, it felt like my insides were being torn apart.

Once I landed, I didn’t even have the guts to turn on my phone.

‘Grace!”

My mom was waving at me, standing out in a sea of foreigners.

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It had been ages since we last saw each other.

She wasn’t the same woman I remembered, sitting on the couch, crying, waiting for my dad to come home.

She was older, but she exuded more charm than before.

much,” she said, her voice filled with

my face, saying sorry over and over again.

go and hugged her tight.

said, “Mom, I’m not

first

calling non–stop,” my mom warned me. She

all the way,” she said, supporting me no matter

with calls

even catch up on the

like he was holding the whole world

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heard Antonio this worked up

Stella back in the picture, why was he

explain, “Grace, have you read my journal?

nothing going on with Stella. I promise you. She’s

be heartbroken. I can see it in the tears you’ve left on my journal pages. I’ve been remiss, but it was never my

feeling kind

get that you think you’re obligated to stay with me, but that’s why I’m walking away. It’s to set us both free, to let you

happy with

“Why the tears?”

moment, the

most brilliant, the most

put in the work to get him

it up with Stella, soaking in the glory days, I was the one emptying my bank

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the one groveling to business associates, doing whatever it

was senseless, so wasted! nearly lost our baby.

of that registered with

the heady, fantastical

his chest, lying to me that it was a

to keep

had the chance to reclaim

he miss

lesson, didn’t you? You’ve got it bad for me, so much that my recent lack of attention stung,