Divorcing my billionaire husband (Antonio and Grace)

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I'd secretly dated Antonio Kaufman, my brother's best friend, for seven years.

I always believed a proposal was inevitable.

Then I discovered he was waiting for his first love to return.

I was a placeholder, a convenient means to an end.

I followed Antonio to a bar, eavesdropping on his conversation with friends.

"Antonio, now that your true love is back, what about Grace?" one asked.

Antonio's silence hung heavy in the air.

Another man snickered, "Freddy warned us off his sis... He wouldn't let anyone hurt her."

It was common knowledge.

"Alicia dumped me. I was just trying to get back at her," Antonio finally said, his voice so cold it felt like a stranger's.

Hogan's welcome-back party,

tears, he shoved me aside,

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into a table, scalding myself and ruining

hurting, I marched

forbidden to enter in

on his desk, was a photo of him kissing

your suggestion of

are you alright?" Freddy's voice was laced

forced a cheerful tone. "Fine. I've just been thinking. It's time I got married." Freddy's voice relaxed. "When will you be back? You should meet him

need. Let's just do it. The sooner I agree, the sooner the company's problems are solved. Start planning the wedding. Let's make it ... a month from now," I said. "OK. By the way, are you

then: he knew about Alicia. That explained Antonio's insistence

"We

unlock, I quickly said goodbye to Freddy

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to meet Antonio's smiling eyes. "Who

replied. He raised an eyebrow