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, this

she spoke, she

uncomfortable, but he did not want to

feeling guilty and reminded her again. "To me, Livia is different from everyone else. Don't make any unnecessary comments in

a clear warning, but Grace just pursed her lips and said

much

she knew he never wanted her, and she was married, she no longer cared about whom he

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

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

to handle lost passport issues, contact the

at home, and even

work at the Kaufman's residence, she also had to deal with Livia's requests, so she got only about

tactfully tried to suggest to Antonio that he should hire

Antonio refused

to eat and sleep only the necessary in order not to waste time and keep both Antonio and Livia

forgetting to eat, or even fix her bed. She was forgetting simple things she used to do for herself, to the point where she almost forgot

call, she

polite tone, "Are you busy? I hope I'm not interrupting. I'm just

"A wedding in Nelykon?"

words out loud. She knew that the Nelykon hotel wast very elitist and

at.