The Lies He Told Me (Grace and Antonio)

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Antonio's voice from the recording was loud enough for everyone to hear. "Honestly, I bought some top-

notch knockoffs for Eloise. Never imagined she'd be so eager to spend money on me.

"Not everything was fake, though. I played it smart, mixing in some real stuff to avoid getting caught. Once she'd shown them off, I'd swap the real ones for fakes and sell them. Never lost a dime."

I figured Eloise would recognize that voice.

She started eyeing the Hermes bag. Just as she walked

over, her Ph.D. advisor's wife said, "The one in your hand is fake. The new collection isn't even out yet. How could he have bought it?"

Her gaze then shifted to Eloise's face.

While the others stood dumbfounded, she slapped Eloise hard across the face.

She then switched the video, showing Eloise making out with the Ph.D. advisor. Eloise was utterly devastated, and so was Antonio.

Antonio kept saying

that everything he had bought Eloise was real. I stepped in, followed by the top-

tier appraiser, well-known among the ladies who had purchased luxury items.

I snatched the bag from Eloise and handed it to the appraiser. After examining it, he declared, "Just a nice knockoff."

Antonio shot back, "The store clerk tricked me. I was just a victim."

I smiled and nodded, then grabbed Eloise's hand and showed the bracelet.

I scratched it hard, and the color came off.

Another blow to Eloise.

asked why, the

watching. She was in a daze, seemingly unaware that using me for

thinking it

he screamed. I laughed and said, "You're an accomplice. Did you think you could get away with it?" Antonio nearly roared at me, trying

police took Antonio

to my solid evidence,

party! After this, I took

at me and asked, "If I tried to win you over again, would you say yes?" I teased, "I'm not sure. Try and we'll find out." Jarvis smiled and said

the law firm. On my 30th birthday. Antonio was released from prison. He showed up, a shadow of

had filed lawsuits to investigate all his assets, which were now frozen. Desperate, he could only

as a lawyer was a compensation claim after their

somber satisfaction knowing they got what

When Antonio's mother came

I sent

Fife

business." My! got better after leaving that jerk behind. This was the

her husband were

woman.

into the study after her shower, still stuck in this realization, bathed

He glanced up,

paces away, and gently asked. "Tomorrow is

Ms. Jermyn, and she will come," Grace said

head snapped up, at the

his reaction, and it struck her heart,

forced a smile, trying to sound casual. "I've got three surgeries lined up tomorrow, so I won't make it back. You

do you mean?" Antonio

simply wanted to make her son and