The Lies He Told Me (Grace and Antonio)

Chapter 243

Antonio grabbed the speaker, about to fling it out the window, his face. twisted with disgust, a stark contrast to the guilt he'd worn before. "This is getting on my nerves. I'm tossing it."

As the speaker was about to go flying, I stopped him, letting out a sigh, "Don't bother. I'm really not bothered by it."

Antonio looked at me with a pleading look. "Honey..."

"Anyway, you two are going to be together, and she'll be pissed if you do." I said.

Antonio's face drained of color at the words, and I shifted my gaze to the view outside the window.

Once we were back home, Antonio informed me that he'd booked us flights to Adaleth for November. "You've always wanted to see the snow. there, haven't you? Take this time to have a good rest, and we'll he

I used to fantasize about leaving it all behind and escaping to Adaleth with my partner, enjoying a couple of weeks

soaking up the simple joys of life

But throughout our five-

year marriage, whenever I'd mention it. Antonio would dismiss my dreams as naive and impractical.

A year back, a buddy of mine kicked off a travel agency and invited me on an Adaleth tour

Antonio

got wind of it, canceled my flight behind my back, and lashed out. "Lila, why do you always have to bother others? Don't you realize

your actions will interfere with his earnings?"

"And come on, is our country not vast enough for you?

You're acting like a sycophant. always fawning over foreign stuff!"

Actually, I knew clearly that Wendy called Antonio in tears that day.

She said that she looked up to me and envied

the free life I led while she was stuck back home, watching me take off on all these adventures. Antonio, feeling sorry for her and trying to soothe her, decided to cancel my trip behind my back.

"Everything's set, and I've got a buddy there who can arrange

accommodation for us." Antonio was all excited, laying out his grand

plan.

isn't your style, we can get someone else to fix us up."

better cancel the tickets," I said, my

"Huh?"

"Antonio, the thought of traveling with you just saps all the joy out of it." "You're just bothering me. Your

all color. He parted

and let the door shut behind

time I rolled out of bed the next morning, Antonio was

to work.

drop

the coffee table and walked out the door

holed up in the hospital for three days, I

descended in the afternoon, I switched on my phone, which was

didn't call him back but just sent

papers, and we can

them. and my lawyer

running at the branch office, burying myself

days later, Antonio touched down

bouquet of roses and had two guys hold up a banner that read,

chase him off, Antonio remained

given the team a

before. If anyone let Antonio in, they would

Thus, my staff steered

were entering or leaving

to suck it up and wait for me downstairs, hanging out there all day long, even taking his meals right

a chill swept through Vortexburg, and Antonio, not

hardship,

him

called the cops to

divorce papers in hand, I kept my cool. "Sign

up in

honey. I'm done with Wendy. I swear. She's out of my life. Please, just

wasn't in the

up my phone non-stop like crazy for the

push Antonio to dump me? No surprise the

things hard for other women. How can

hearted?"

cool to reel Antonio back in. It seemed

read her wild messages and shot

If you can get him to

week later. Janessa rang me