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?"

don't know..." Antonio took a deep breath. "Grace's sister is like my sister, but since she got

a jerk.

casual. "Grace never had Lucia's charm. Lucia has always been more lovable. It's

for each other, end things

silent till then, finally spoke. "Isn't this harsh on

her

"Grace will understand. She's always been

seemed to have

childhood resistance to their

consta

I

earned me a

you make her cry, you'll suffer."

wasn't born of

tired of being

now, they'd

not even Antonio, who broke up with me

wait for a

consent, my feelings, were

My opinion never mattered.

like the kidney donation. My repeated refusals

dragged me to the