The Lies He Told Me (Grace and Antonio)

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Part 7

My husband, Antonio Kaufman, wanted me to participate in Eloise's clinical trial for a drug she had been working on. She was his first love.

After refusing several times, he secretly swapped my medication with the experimental drug used in the trial..

At first, I didn't notice any changes, nothing was out of place, but then I started to feel the effects.

It turned out the side effects were so severe that I suffered a brain

hemorrhage. His first love, Eloise Pitts, couldn't handle it.

So the hospital demanded that Eloise stop her research, and Antonio wast asked to perform a surgery on me, but he decidedly refused.

He quickly denied it all, "The brain hemorrhage is due to the patient's personal condition. Eloise's experimental drug is irrelevant to this. I'm the patient's husband and went to the same medical school as Eloise.

I remember how Eloise pretended to be my friend when my husband introduced her to me, making me believe she had no interest in him.

Over the years, I turned a blind eye to every affectionate gesture they had for each other, and I thought it was only because of their long friendship.

Lately, I thought he was being distant with me because I did something wrong, or because he was so busy with work, but the truth was he was with her all the time.

"You're not going to operate on me?" I asked, my face half-

paralyzed, reaching out my hand at him.

Antonio slapped my hand away. "I'll leave it to Eloise. It will provide the final data for her thesis."

His words woke me to the harsh reality-

just a guinea

secretly swapped my medication with Eloise's experimental drug. causing my brain hemorrhage. Now he entrusted my life to Eloise,

"If

is in danger."

calm but failed,

to wait for other doctors. Was I

Antonio's superior persuaded him to

not happy about it,

to do everything he could to

else the name of her precious Eloise would be

operating room, Antonio shot me a wicked smirk. It made me feel like something bad was

anesthetic took hold,

sway out from

Antoni

She positioned herself as

lead surgeon, and

fear washed over

like screaming but

to me, "Don't worry. I may not be

confident words. I watched as Antonio gently wrapped his arm around her waist and said affectionately, "I trust

I slipped into unconsciousness and had no idea what would come next.

I had

not feel any part

was able

of the drug I was given to sleep?

confusion and panic, I also felt sad and angry

vital signs and felt someone shaking me that I began