Chapter 45

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.

Alicia Hogan's welcome-back party, Antonio showered

tears, he shoved me

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table, scalding myself

hurting, I

forbidden

was a photo of him kissing

overwhelming me, I called my brother overseas. "About your suggestion of an

alright?" Freddy's voice was laced with

It's time I got married." Freddy's

I said. "OK. By the way, are you still in touch with Antonio? I heard his first love is back.

That explained Antonio's insistence on keeping our relationship

lowered my voice. "We are not that

I quickly said goodbye to Freddy and ended

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to meet Antonio's smiling eyes. "Who are

He raised

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