Her Place in His Heart by Isabella Reed

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Antonio instinctively glanced at me, and his eyes showed a flicker of hesitation.

But it only lasted a few seconds before he said with confidence, “Grace, I told you that Celia is innocent. If she were guilty, the police wouldn’t have let her go, right?

“Besides, she’s your half–sister, and we’re going to be a family. I’ll go and bring her back.”

I wanted to make things difficult for Antonio, so I didn’t want him to leave so easily.

I called out to him, “Didn’t you say that if I forgave you, you would never have anything to do with Celia?

“My dad will pick her up. But if you dare to leave now, I’ll never forgive you!”

Antonio stopped in his tracks, but he kept his back to me.

His voice sounded tired. “Celia really needs me now. I promise this is the last time. Once this whole thing is sorted out, I’ll be all set to propose to you.”

After saying that, Antonio hurried towards the door.

As he walked, he suddenly started running. Along the way, he accidentally bumped into a sharp decoration and got cut, but he didn’t seem to care at all.

I stood there, stunned, watching his figure disappear into the

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my hand to touch my face, and it was wet with tears.

of this used

madness, his gentleness, and his complete love–all

just to see me end up like

call came quickly, and her angry voice

pieces of evidence could have done in that

run through me. I never thought Melvin, who had

I hung up and hurried

and he didn’t

the wedding earlier today, but now he

please do something for me?”

no but just kept

that I wasn’t talking, Melvin went on, “I messed up back then, and I let

I

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to your mom.”

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heart was being torn apart by all this anger as I glared at

was with you for all those years and never did anything to hurt you! She even agreed to the

hung his head, looking heartbroken.

a long while, he finally spoke again, “I’m asking you for one thing, let Celia go. She’s the