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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marriage and children.Focus on your career. Whatever you decide, I’m here

hours ago, I’d believed Antonio was a good

women, and despite his success, he’d remained scandal–free until tonight, until

hadn’t invite

idea why she’d suddenly showed

Antonio had panicked, dropping a

abandoned me at

Stella? She’d been cruel, taking everything from me for over two

last person I’d

home, his face alight with joy, extinguished

I’d activated

screen, Stella, wearing my pajamas, lay in our bed,

was warming milk

back, Stella said, “She’s just a comfort for your loneliness. Do you really intend to marry

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for the wasted decade.

initiate intimacy, Antonio had coldly. turned away.