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.

choice

a week of service," she says. "After that, I will let you

treat me to dinner, knowing that it might be a while

me go. "We will miss you, Grace. I really hope you stay in contact with us

promise." I say,

on whose person calls first, everyone sees. They all laugh, and Harris answers the call. "Hello? What do you want with Grace? "Harris!" I try to say,

the phone from Harris. "I'm eating out with friends. Is that not something

location. I'll

he

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

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there are updates about her on her story. She's sick, and

he would be there. I just

morning rolls in, I get woken up

Can you get up and make me something to

breath. "And since when do you like pasta? You also

that, because I know immediately that it's for ecilia, and he's

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

the memories flood back.

that scar because

when the school caught fire and I was stick in the

all the sleep leave my body. I get up, but

"It can wait until later. I

can make it later when you have

the bedroom. "Well, aside

He didn't expect me so say that.

sky is still dark, so

you. I have a business trip to London next week It's still on Monday, so there's

blandly. "I hope you have a

with your parents before I go," he says. "We

face him, setting the plate down in front of him.

necessary."

at me. "Why not? What do you

haven't gone back from their

he wants to say something but

the kitchen to

he hurries to leave in

is finalized when Friday

office, still

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

for me, but he's

seems to be happy. He cuts my steak for me, asking, "Do

wine?"