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.

we can get someone else to fix us up." he

better cancel the tickets," I

"Huh?"

cold stare, my face a blank canvas. "Antonio, the thought of traveling with you just saps all the joy out of it." "You're

lost all color. He parted his lips but was lost

the guest room and let the door shut behind

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

to work.

lawyer drop off the divorce

left them on the coffee table and walked out

I was holed up in the hospital for three days, I was

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

back but just sent him

the divorce papers, and we

my lawyer will handle

hit the ground running at the branch office, burying myself in

Antonio

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

chase him off,

the

let Antonio in, they would

Thus, my staff steered

Antonio whenever they were entering or leaving

just had to suck it up and wait for me downstairs, hanging out there all day long, even

swept through Vortexburg, and Antonio, not

hardship,

whisked him off to

and called the

the divorce papers in hand, I kept my cool. "Sign these, and we can call it quits

propped up in

can't sign, honey. I'm done

wasn't in the dark about

non-stop like crazy for the past

you push Antonio to dump me? No surprise the universe

things hard for other women. How can you be

hearted?"

cool to reel Antonio

her wild messages and shot

can be together forever. If you can get him to sign

Janessa rang me