The Lies He Told Me (Grace and Antonio)

Chapter286

My boyfriend, Antonio Kaufman, and my brother, Tyler Parrish, were both smitten with Michelle Conner, the new girl in town.

Antonio abruptly ended our engagement, coldly stating, "I haven't had feelings for you for a long time, Grace.."

Tyler, disregarding our mom's dying wishes that he look after me, dismissed my concerns with, "Michelle has such a hard life, and now she's like family.

You get that, right?"

On my birthday, Antonio chose to be with Michelle, leaving me alone.

On the anniversary of our mom's death, Tyler was celebrating with Michelle and her mom, oblivious to my grief.

When they were off to Abalind for Michelle's design award, I set fire to our childhood home, a repository of shared memories.

The school was abuzz with rumors of my suicide.

They wept over my photo, expressing remorse for abandoning me, but it was far too late.

aKK "We're engaged, remember?" I reminded Antonio at a party, hoping to jolt his memory, to reclaim some semblance of our past.

The room fell silent, everyone anticipating his response.

He looked annoying. "Our engagement was arranged by our parents. It wasn't my choice."

I pressed, my voice barely a whisper. "Then why did you agree to it?"

lounging on the couch, his shirt unbuttoned, revealing

scattering of hickeys.

wave of nausea washed over

had given his

until now," he

hollow ache spreading through

palpable. "Grace, we're adults. I have the right

be with. Let's not dwell on

strange sense of detachment, as if watching my own life unfold

it easy to

dressed in a

when she saw me. "I'm sorry.

at

find you tomorrow," she whispered,

tray down

Antonio kicked the coffee table in front

glasses shattered, spraying shards of glass across the

through my arm as a piece of glass sliced

Blood welled up.

didn't even

Michelle, his face contorted with

He

4er ruffled apron and

her voice meek, "I just

money.