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After countless sleepless nights, I surprisingly caught some solid z’s on the flight.

In my dreams, Antonio’s face kept showing up, like he was just waiting for me there.

Back when we were just seven, we used to play games together.

He’d tell me he was the groom, and I was the prettiest bride.

When we turned eighteen, we made that game real.

He vowed to hustle hard and give me a grand wedding.

But when did things start to fall apart between us?

Did it start after Stella showed up, or was it before that?

I couldn’t even remember it anymore.

Antonio had been the center of my world for as long as I could remember.

No matter how much I tried to stay cool and get over him, it felt like my insides were being torn apart.

Once I landed, I didn’t even have the guts to turn on my phone.

“Grace!”

My mom was waving at me, standing out in a sea of

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foreigners.

It had been ages since we last saw each other.

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She wasn’t the same woman I remembered, sitting on the couch, crying, waiting for my dad to come home.

She was older, but she exuded more charm than before.

“You’ve grown so much,” she said, her voice filled with wonder.

My mom kept touching my face, saying sorry over and over again.

I just let go and hugged her tight.

not holding it against you.

I should love myself first before seeking love from

years apart, my mom and I

choice.

been calling non–stop,” my mom

me.

tears, but hers started

what you choose, I’m with you all the way,” she said, supporting me no matter what.

up with

could even catch up on the latest,

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coming in.

he said, his voice laden with stress, like he was

heard Antonio this worked

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why was

have you read my journal? It’s not

true.

going on with Stella. I promise

a sister to

my journal pages. I’ve been remiss, but it was never my intention to hurt you.”

feeling kind of

you’re obligated to stay with me, but that’s why I’m walking away. It’s to set us both free, to let

happy

“Why the tears?”

diary, Stella was his shining moment, the highlight of his darkest days.

most brilliant, the most

that I put in the

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with Stella, soaking in the glory days, I was the one emptying

associates, doing whatever it took to keep us afloat.

was senseless, so wasted I nearly lost our

of that registered with

was the heady,

lying to me that it was a reminder of the hard

driven.

to keep alive

chance to reclaim his true

did he miss me

ditched the wedding to teach me a lesson, didn’t you? You’ve got it bad for me,

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