The Lies He Told Me (Grace and Antonio)

The Lies He Told Me 202

After hanging up. Grace grabbed the hairdryer and dried her hair to the beat of a cheerful tune.

Devin walked in and saw her grinning. His lips curved up too. He sauntered over. handing her a tube of ointment.

She examined it, checking out the ingredients, while he fetched a cotton swab from the cabinet and settled next to her.

"What's this for?"

"Scar healing. It works wonders."

It warmed Grace's heart that he remembered her leg scars.

Devin asked her to pull up her pant leg, then applied the ointment to a swab, and gently smoothed it on her scar.

His careful attention brought a flicker of feeling to her eyes.

After a pause, she found the courage to ask a question that had been bugging her.

Kaufman family, you agreed right away. Was it really just to pay back my mom

with a soft voice. "That was a big part

about the same age, and since you're alone, I figured I'd look out for you, like

words. "How do you

swab down after dabbing on the ointment. Then he gave her the

I heard she passed away, I thought about bringing you into the Hudson family.

years ago, Antonio was really sweet to her, especially after her mom passed away. He had people watching

to

the time, Grace thought

feelings

Grieving

after holding

she grew up, she

Antonio wasn't into her, not one bit. He saw her as a fixture of the Kaufman family, a long- time companion. To others, she was just a piece of his life. Protecting her was more

heart always belonged to

orphan, a personal assistant, and someone