Her Place in His Heart by Isabella Reed

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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.”

I managed a strangled response.

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continued, her voice soothing, “There’s no need to rush. into marriage and children.Focus

believed Antonio was a good

from other women, and despite his success, he’d remained scandal–free until tonight, until Stella appeared at out engagement party..

invite

had no idea why she’d suddenly showed up.

had panicked,

then abandoned me at the party.

taking everything from me for over two decades.

person

bring her home, his face alight with joy, extinguished

I’d activated the home surveillance system.

wearing my pajamas, lay

was warming milk for her.

Stella said, “She’s just a comfort for your

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but bent to massage her

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know I hate Grace the most.” Stella

silent, then pulled her close, their

vision, streaming down my

was I

for the

time I’d tried to initiate intimacy, Antonio had coldly. turned