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.

agreed right away. Was it really just to pay back

looked up with a soft voice. "That was a big part of it, but

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

was surprised at his words. "How do you know

dabbing on the ointment.

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

mom passed away. He had people watching her 24/7, making sure she was

her mind off things, trying to lift her

Grace

feelings

Grieving

after holding onto

grew up, she realized Antonio's care was

public? It was just an illusion. 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. To others, she was just a piece of his life. Protecting her was more

was, his heart always

as the servant's orphan, a personal assistant, and