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

cancel the tickets," I said, my lips

"Huh?"

a blank canvas. "Antonio, the thought of traveling with you just saps all the joy out of it." "You're just bothering me. Your behavior will just upset me and

parted his

stormed into the guest room and let the door shut behind

of bed the

to work.

my lawyer drop off

left them on the coffee table and walked out the

the hospital for three days, I was as busy as a bee, getting

afternoon, I switched on my phone, which was immediately flooded with a bunch of missed calls from

didn't call him back but just

and we

them. and my

ground running at the branch

Antonio touched

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

security guards' efforts to chase him off, Antonio remained stubbornly at the

given the

before. If anyone let Antonio

Thus, my staff steered

were

downstairs, hanging out there all day long, even taking his

swept through Vortexburg, and Antonio, not

hardship,

whisked him

the cops to force me

in hand, I kept my cool. "Sign these, and we can call

up

voice was barely there. "I can't sign, honey. I'm done with Wendy. I

the dark about

had been blowing up my phone non-stop

No surprise the universe turned on

hard for other women. How

hearted?"

really crafty, playing it cool to reel Antonio back in. It seemed that

read her wild messages and shot back

you can

week later. Janessa rang me