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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need to rush. into marriage and children.Focus on

believed Antonio was a

his distance from other women, and despite his success, he'd remained scandal-free until tonight, until Stella

We hadn't invite her.

had no idea why she'd

her, Antonio had panicked, dropping a

then abandoned me at the

been cruel, taking everything from me for over

was the last

his face alight with

morbid curiosity, I'd activated the home

my pajamas, lay in our bed,

comfort for your loneliness. Do you really

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but bent

you upset me on purpose? You know I hate

then pulled her close, their lips meeting in a fervent

vision, streaming

Why was I crying?

believed it was for the

I'd tried to initiate intimacy, Antonio