The Lies He Told Me (Grace and Antonio)

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Antonio's friends didn't hang around after dropping him off. They made up quick excuses and left.

Fuming with anger, Antonio stormed up to the second floor, straight to Grace's old room, and growled at the butler, "Get rid of everything in here, burn it all! And if Grace shows up again, keep her out!"

The butler, catching on to Antonio's foul mood, replied cautiously, "Sir, before she left, she'd already cleared out her things. The room's empty. now She gave me the keys, and her prints have been removed. Sh

Each word from the butler seemed to darken Antonio's mood. The butler's voice trembled, becoming weaker as his fear grew.

Antonio didn't wait for the butler to finish and kicked the door open.

He scanned the room, completely bare, not even a hair out of place as if it were brand new.

The sight of the pristine room only stoked his anger.

"Where's all her stuff? Did she take it with her?"

"She burned what she could and threw away the rest. Her personal belongings are disposed

Anything from the old place is

was about to lose it when

Seeing the caller

Livia hanging, and

at least for her, and after a moment, he ancorad

Antonio I'm calling to say I'm leaving I'm at to catch a

clenched at this. "Catch a

of anxiety in Livia's

to

back to him. Thanks for everything

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hit Antonio like a ton of

hold back his frustration and yelled, "Made up? What's so great about him? I've given you everything, and

was a pause, and then Livia's voice, heavy with regret, came through. I'm sorry, Antonio. I can't get over him. I know you care about me, but I've only ever seen you as

felt a lump

the background, and through the noise.