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.

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

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

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

at his words. "How do you know about my

cotton swab down after dabbing on the ointment. Then he gave her the hot milk he'd brought

your mom left, she didn't reach out. I looked into your situation. When I heard she passed away, I thought about bringing you

was really sweet to her, especially after her mom passed away. He had people watching her 24/7, making sure

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

Grace

feelings

her. Grieving

gave him her heart after holding onto

as she grew up, she realized

her, not one bit. He saw her as a fixture of the Kaufman family, a long- time companion. To

truth was, his heart

a personal assistant, and