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

hours ago, I’d believed Antonio was

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

invite

why she’d suddenly showed

her, Antonio had panicked,

abandoned me at the party.

been cruel, taking everything from me

person I’d ever

joy, extinguished any remaining affection

morbid curiosity, I’d activated the home

wearing my pajamas, lay in

was warming milk for her.

“She’s just a comfort for your loneliness. Do you really

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answer, but bent to massage

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me on purpose? You know I hate Grace the

close, their lips.

my vision, streaming down my

was I crying?

was for the wasted

tried to initiate intimacy,

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