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.

said I wanted to marry you to escape the Kaufman family, you agreed right away.

paused and looked up with a soft voice. "That was a

the same age, and since you're alone, I figured

surprised at his words. "How

the ointment. Then he gave her the hot milk he'd brought

looked into your situation. When I heard she passed away, I thought about bringing you into the Hudson family. But the servants at the Kaufman's home said Antonio Bringing up the past, Grace

her, especially after her mom

to take her mind off things, trying to lift her spirits. He was worried that she

the time, Grace thought he

feelings

her. Grieving and

him her heart after holding onto it for

up, she

as a fixture of the Kaufman family, a long- time companion. To others, she was just a

his heart always belonged to

personal assistant,