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.

her no choice but

policy, you still have to render a week of service," she

treat me to dinner, knowing that it might

Grace. I really

I say,

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, but

eating out with friends. Is that not something

me your location. I'll go and

he ends

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a fight and I want none of it, I send him my location. The dinner is cut short, and yet

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phone and check Cecilia's socials. Like I expected, there are updates about her on her story. She's sick, and

a taxi home, wondering why I believed he would be there. I just undress and clean up,

rolls in, I get woken up

you get up and make me something

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

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

my hand and tries to rouse me from my sleep, but I just push his hand off. I touch

the memories flood back.

scar because

school caught fire and I was

my

stops me. He looks guilty. "It

that hungry anymore. You can make

out of the bedroom. "Well, aside from the pasta, is there

expect me so say that. "Um, nothing

dark, so

"I forgot to tell you. I have a business trip to London next week It's still on

I say blandly. "I hope you

before I go," he says. "We

setting the plate down in front of him.

necessary."

gapes at me. "Why not?

haven't gone back from their

It seems that he wants to say something but he's debating it. Before he can decide, his

saying anything, he leaves the kitchen

he hurries to

finalized when Friday

leave the office, still

I have put away everything little by little so Antonio won't know. Antonio shows up and drives me to

food for me, but he's

who seems to be happy. He cuts

wine?"