I Don’t Need Your Fake Love by Melandia

Chapter 105

After hanging up, Grace grabbed the hairdryer and dried her hair to the beat of a cheerful tune.

Devin walked in and saw her grinning. His lips curved up too. He sauntered over, handing her a tube of ointment.

She examined it, checking out the ingredients, while he fetched a cotton swab from the cabinet and settled next to her.

“What’s this for?”

“Scar healing. It works wonders.”

It warmed Grace’s heart that he remembered her leg scars.

Devin asked her to pull up her pant leg, then applied the ointment to a swab, and gently smoothed it on her scar.

His careful attention brought a flicker of feeling to her eyes.

After a pause, she found the courage to ask a question that had been bugging her.

I said I wanted to marry you to escape the Kaufman family, you agreed right away. Was it really just to pay back my mom for saving your life?”

up with a soft voice. “That was a big part of it, but my family’s been on my case about settling down. We’re about the same age, and since you’re alone, I figured I’d look

at his words. “How do you

Chapter

stuff?”

after dabbing on the ointment.

you into the Hudson family. But the servants at the Kaufman’s home said Antonio was good to you. I didn’t want to push, so I stayed

the past, Grace

ago, Antonio was really sweet to her, especially after her mom passed away. He had people watching her 24/7, making sure she was okay.

things, trying to lift her spirits. He was worried

her. Grieving and lonely, she gave

up, she realized Antonio’s care was

up for her in public?

realized that Antonio wasn’t

a fixture of the Kaufman family, a long–time companion. To

her was more about keeping

truth was, his heart always belonged to