The Lies He Told Me (Grace and Antonio)

After returning to Cruxfield, Antonio locked himself in the Kaufman's villa, going nowhere and seeing no one.

Every day upon waking, he would have someone deliver several crates of alcohol to the room Grace used to live in, and he would drink himself into a stupor.

Each time he drank, his stomach would be wracked with convulsive pain. He would then take some medicine along with the alcohol and continue to drink himself senseless.

After half a month of such self-harm, his body could no longer

withstand it, and he was taken to hospital after vomiting blood.

When the Kaufmans

heard it and rushed over, the doctor handed them the diagnosis report.

When Quinten saw the

words "malignant gastric perforation" on the report, his face turned extremely ugly. Antonio' mother, Marlene, even fainted on the spot.

However, when Antonio woke up and learned about his condition, he showed no reaction. He just lay listlessly on the bed, his face lifeless.

The subsequent treatment was also fraught with difficulties.

No matter who tried to persuade him, Antonio wouldn't listen. He didn't follow medical advice and take his medication. He even sneaked out of the hospital multiple times to avoid examinations.

Under such circumstances, his condition deteriorated rapidly.

of the Kaufman family. Therefore, the Kaufmans were so desperate that they even prayed

glimpse of hope finally came when Marlene heard from Morton that Antonio's

related to Grace. She immediately rushed to the Hudson's villa, desperate to meet

how much she pleaded, Devin

she

the

same time, there

internal issues within the

who was accused of being

an instant, the reputation of the

Kaufman's villa and the hospital, hoping to dig out more

reputation they had left, and to provide Antonio with a better environment for his treatment, the

uninterested in the

Cruxfield, there was

project, which

their honeymoon

of this time, Grace

in Julstead Hills to

trip, she surprised him by picking him up at the airport. Then

the sun set, the bright golden light shone upon the garden filled with tulips. As the

at the transformed and refreshed courtyard,

him through the

each room in the house. They went to the

first floor, then to the