Divorcing my billionaire husband (Antonio and Grace)

Chapter 56

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."

managed a

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continued, her voice soothing, "There's no need to rush. into marriage

ago, I'd believed Antonio was

and despite his success, he'd remained scandal-free until tonight, until

We hadn't invite her.

why she'd suddenly showed

Antonio had panicked,

then abandoned me at

been cruel, taking

the last person I'd

home, his face alight with joy, extinguished any remaining affection I held for

by a morbid curiosity, I'd activated the

Stella, wearing my pajamas, lay in our

comfort for your loneliness. Do you really intend

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didn't answer, but bent to massage

You know I hate Grace the most."

then pulled her close, their lips meeting in a fervent

blurred my vision, streaming down

Why was I crying?

it was for the

initiate intimacy,