I Don’t Need Your Fake Love by Melandia

Chapter 135

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 Kaulinan — 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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need to rush into marriage. and children. Focus on your career. Whatever

you.”

hours ago, I’d believed Antonio was a good man.

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

invite

no idea why she’d

moment he saw her, Antonio had panicked,

abandoned me at the party.

been cruel, taking everything from

decades.

person

alight with joy, extinguished any remaining affection

a morbid curiosity, I’d activated the

my pajamas,

was warming milk for

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

answer, but bent to

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on purpose? You know I hate Grace the most.” Stella continued,

their lips meeting in

my vision, streaming