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.

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

when Marlene heard from

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

much she pleaded,

so angry that she

by the press and

same time, there were

issues

of Antonio, who was accused of

instant, the reputation of

at the Kaufman's villa and the hospital, hoping to dig

and to provide Antonio with a better environment for

was uninterested in the turmoil

Cruxfield, there

which required Devin's

honeymoon

advantage of this time, Grace

Hills to oversee the

his business trip, she surprised him by picking him up at the airport. Then they went straight

the garden filled with tulips. As the summer evening breeze rustled the curtains, the wind chimes at the eaves

the transformed and refreshed courtyard,

led him through

him to each room in the house. They went to the living

the first floor, then to

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