The Lies He Told Me (Grace and Antonio)

Chapter281

Looking back, Antonio's betrayal had been foreshadowed.

He'd pressured me, along with my parents, to donate a kidney to Lucia.

Gazing into my eyes, he'd promised, "Once you're recovered, we'll leave this town and start over."

It was a lie.

Lucia held a place in his heart! could never occupy.

"I'm sorry," Antonio mumbled, pushing Lucia away as if remembering his vow to me. "I told Grace I'd always love her."

His feign affection sickened me.

Lucia sobbed, clutching her wound.

My parents rushed to call a nurse and pulled Antonio aside for a private conversation.

Outside, Dad confronted Antonio, "Do you have feelings for Lucia?"

Antonio hesitated. "I'm not sure."

"It's a simple yes or no. Do you like Lucia?"

breath. "Grace's sister is like my sister, but since she got sick, I've been terrified

slapped himself. "I'm a jerk. I've failed

your fault." Dad shrugged, disconcertingly casual. "Grace never had Lucia's charm. Lucia

for each other, end things

till then, finally spoke. "Isn't this harsh on Grace? She just gave her kidney

"Antonio doesn't love her

a pause, nodded. "Grace will understand. She's always been

to have

childhood resistance to their

consta

that I

always earned me a scolding, "Let Lucia have her

cry, you'll

born of

tired of being

now, they'd forgotten

not even Antonio, who broke up with me

wait for a

consent, my

My opinion never mattered.

the kidney donation. My repeated

dragged me to the