Her Place in His Heart by Isabella Reed

Chapter 8

On Kyla and Antonio’s wedding day, the whole Parrish’s villa was exceptionally lively.

The rich young men and women all praised Kyla and Antonio.

“Kyla, you and Antonio are such a perfect match. Back in high school, he always gave you a lift home, right?

“I remember that once, he beat the crap out of a couple of punks for you. When you had that car accident, he protected you regardless of his own safety. You’re his one and only exception.”

Kyla’s bestie added, “Yeah, everyone knows Antonio treats Kyla so well, and vice versa. When he was injured years ago, she gave him one of her kidneys.”

An onlooker exclaimed, “Gee! True love is so rare these days.”

“Not to mention they love each other. It’s mutual love.”

Among capitalists in the upper class, love was a rare and precious luxury.

As I sat alone in the storage room, I wanted to laugh.

They thought it was Kyla who did all these things, but actually, it was me.

Antonio was older than me.

When I was in high school, he was already in college.

As he saw how pitiful I was, he felt bad for me and would often have his driver wait for me, so we could go home together.

I was often harassed by punks, and he’d take off his suit and fight for me.

Once, we got into a car wreck on the way home. He shielded me with his body, preventing me from any injuries.

That was why I fell for him regardless of everything else and even gave him one of my kidneys.

But…

That Antonio, who loved me, protected me, and always prioritized me, was long gone.

This Antonio sitting outside wasn’t that radiant young man in my memories.

So, I no longer wanted him.

Time passed by.

The night fell, and Antonio set off fireworks for Kyla, illuminating the whole city.

He asked me to come out and said to me, “Grace, I’ll marry Kyla tomorrow, but it’ll be a wedding in name only. After the wedding, we can finally be together.”

Thinking that he had helped me countless times and saved my life once, I opened my mouth.

but I

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“I

could finish, Naomi called out to him, “Antonio, come here! Join us for a

A pre–wedding game?

to her, “Alright.”

me. “What did you want to say?”

“Nothing. Go ahead.”

my cold

tomorrow’s wedding, everything will be

turned

his tall

неи

was right; everything would

***

in the sky, everyone went to Kyla’s room. I walked into the villa alone and glanced at the time on

7:15

an hour and

a thorough

and saw my scarred body, the result of my time in

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put on the cleanest, most expensive set of clothes I had and

hour

last look at the storage room where I had

wasn’t exactly small, but there weren’t

few pairs of worn–out shoes, a blanket that was discarded by the maid, a

rid of the clothes, shoes,

the Parrish and the Kaufman families from twelve years ago, when I had just become part of the Parrish family

the faces of my parents, Naomi, Kyla, and

held all

it into pieces, and tossed it into the

gaze fell on my diary I

the first page.

is December 3rd, 2012, and

and saw my parents. My dad is so handsome, and

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two sisters are as pretty as her. I’m so happy! From today

flipped through

1st, 2013, and it’s cloudy. Mom and Dad didn’t give me tuition today, and I don’t know how to tell my teacher. I guess Mom and

sunny. I bought the necklace for Naomi with the money I saved from three months of my part–time job, but

last page. That day was

2017,

wrote only one

don’t love me at