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.

to marry you to escape the Kaufman family, you agreed right away. Was it really just to pay

and looked up with a soft voice. "That was a big part of

about settling down. We're about the same age, and since you're

his words. "How do you

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

into your situation. When I heard she passed away, I thought about bringing you

her, especially after her mom passed away.

to take her mind off things, trying to lift her

time, Grace thought

feelings

her. Grieving

after holding

up, she realized Antonio's

Grace finally realized that Antonio wasn't into her, not one bit. He saw her as a fixture of the Kaufman family, a long- time companion.

truth was, his heart always belonged

a personal assistant, and someone to