The Lies He Told Me (Grace and Antonio)

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Grace's POV

Time seems to slow down. Antonio pushes me out of the way as Cecilia collapses on the floor. He flips

her on her back, lifting her into his arms and rushing her to the hospital as soon as the elevator doors open.

I pick up my phone, still in shock. The screen is shattered because of his push, but I just go out of the building and all for a taxi to meet up with the property manager.

Time passes, and now I'm back to the office. I sit down, and immediately I see a package on the table. It's a cheesecake in a jar, and it's from Antonio. I frown at it, knowing that I've seen this exact thing somew Half an hour ago, I saw this same cheesecake in a jar on Cecilia's

instagram, even though she must have been taken to the hospital because of her recent fall.

Still, I check my instagram again to see if I saw everything right, and I

did.

"Sweets from my sweet baby," the caption says, showing a bunch of little sweets in jars that are very similar to the one I have on my table right.

now.

Antonio swings by to my office casually, looking at the dessert on my

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table and frowning when he sees that it's unopened and ignored.

"Grace?"

he asks. “Why didn't you open this? Do you not want to eat it? What's with all the coldness today? I'm pretty sure I didn't do anything to incur your wrath."

I don't reply to him. I just get up and head to my printer. "Excuse

me, I need to print my documents. You can leave now if you want."

He leaves indeed, and when I come back with my papers, he's not there

anymore.

The only

thing that he left behind is a note that says, "When you're done with the attitude, come and see me."

That pushes me to the edge> I crumple the note and dump it in

the trash along with the dessert he gave me. I can't do this anymore. I can't have them in my life anymore.

I print out a resignation letter and head to my director's office. She reads it and stares at me.

"Are you sure about this?" she asks. "Because you're one of the good ones. here and I would hate for you to leave." "I'm sure about this," I tell her.

no choice

you still have to render a week of service," she says. "After that, I will let

me to dinner, knowing that it might be a

Grace. I

I

on the table for a little bet on whose person calls first, everyone sees. They all laugh, and Harris

Harris. "I'm eating out

your location. I'll

that, he ends the

11

of it, I send him my location. The dinner is cut short, and yet even when

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are updates about

be there. I just undress and clean up, eager to come

rolls in, I

says. "I'm really hungry. Can you get up and make me something to eat?

since when do you like pasta? You also hate

immediately that it's for ecilia, and he's basically using me as a maid to make food

from my sleep, but I just push his hand off. I touch his scar, and

the memories flood back.

that scar because

the school caught fire and I was

the sleep leave my body. I

stops me. He looks guilty. "It can wait until later.

hungry anymore. You can make it later when you have enough

get out of the bedroom.

expect me so say

dark, so I

give to her. He sits at the counter and watches me, looking nervous. "I forgot to tell you. I have a business trip to London next week It's still on Monday, so there's no need to panic or anything.

say blandly. "I hope you

before I go," he says. "We can talk about the

setting the plate down in front of him. "That

necessary."

gapes at me. "Why not?

"They haven't gone back from their

to say something

he leaves the

to

resignation is finalized when

office, still

little so Antonio won't know. Antonio shows up and drives me to a steakhouse,

food for me,

happy. He cuts my steak for me, asking, "Do you want

wine?"