The Lies He Told Me (Grace and Antonio)

The Lies He Told Me 191

Livia's place was not very big, but to get everything in order for just one person, it made Grace very tired.

She was not going to let her emotions and feelings ruin her

professionalism, so she focused on making sure every corner of the place looked pristine.

The floors were shiny, the windows too, and while they were laughing in the living room, she even made sure to clean the bathroom and fix the bed.

Once everything was done, Livia saw Grace and Antonio off at the garage, very happy and smiling.

Before leaving, Livia complimented Grace once more, "Antonio, your assistant is very efficient. I'm not very familiar with many things since I just got back. If it's not too much trouble, could you give me her conta Antonio, of course, wouldn't turn her down. He was, of course, nervous about having both of them alone together, but he could not refuse her

request.

"Sure, what's mine is yours. I'll send you her contact info later. You can just give her instructions if you need anything."

"Oh, I will, thank you so much!" Livia responded excitedly.

On the way home, Grace was in silence. In her mind, she was still struggling to understand how her life had changed so drastically in the last few days. Going from being Antonio' lover, to just the servant that cl Antonio thought she was angry about what had just happened. He even thought about apologizing for just agreeing to lend her to Livia like an object.

Just as he was about to ask, his gaze was drawn to the ring on her finger, and he chuckled, "Marriage, wedding ring-

how long are you going to pretend? Isn't it tiring?"

"I'm not pretending,

she spoke, she

but he did not want to upset her, fearing she would tell something

and reminded her again. "To me, Livia is different from everyone

but Grace just

seeing Antonio care so much for

wanted her, and she was

of helplessness crossed Grace's mind, thinking of how that one month

following days, after friending Grace on Facebook, Livia would occasionally ask her to

to handle lost passport

at home, and even grab theater

deal with Livia's requests, so she

to Antonio that he should hire

refused that

choice but to continue juggling both jobs, and she did her best to remember to eat and sleep only the necessary in order not to waste time and keep both Antonio and Livia

the truth was, she was sometimes forgetting to eat, or even fix her bed. She was forgetting simple

she received his call, she was caught

gentle and polite tone, "Are you busy? I hope I'm not interrupting. I'm just wondering if you would like to have our wedding in

"A wedding in Nelykon?"

repeated the words out loud. She knew that the Nelykon hotel wast very elitist and hard to get a

at.