"I didn't say anything. Why would you think I'm angry?" I felt my fingers turned icy.

Antonio suddenly felt like a stranger.

We'd navigated his decade-long entrepreneurial journey together, side-by-side.

Now, I was reduced to nothing more than a means to end.

Antonio roared, "What do you mean by that? She's your sister! Why can't you show her some concern?"

Swallowing the ache in my chest, I took a deep breath. "She's not my sister. She's the bastard child of a mistress."

His face contorted with rage, "Grace! How dare you speak to Stella like that!

"Apologize to her right now! No wonder your own parents abandoned you!

"No wonder no one likes you.

"You're repulsive!"

He'd actually used my deepest insecurities against me.

My father's affair and my mother's subsequent departure had left me feeling unwanted.

I remembered Antonio rushing to my defense whenever he heard my parents arguing next door.

"you are the best girl in the world. Even if no one else

I'll always love

I had believed him.

happy family

time I'd mentioned marriage,

I understood why. He'd

welled in my eyes

Antonio's eyes flickered.

realize he'd gone too far, "I

have the opportunity to neglect me again." I replied, my

I turned to leave, a message from

had booked my

was in two weeks, the day of our

wedding had become the countdown

wedding decorations and anything that

me of us.

17

day,

awake? I bought your favorite

into the office for

reschedule. the wedding phovel

too harsh last

by my ready

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