I found Antonio more talkative after a few days without seeing him.
He kept nagging even if I didn’t say anything.
“I apologize for forgetting your birthday.
“I got confused with the date. I always thought that it was in next month.
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“But I’ve prepared a gift for you ahead of time.”
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As he spoke, he took out a velvet little box from his pocket.
Seeing that I had no intention of opening it, Antonio had to open it himself. He then presented a pair of crystal earrings in front of me. They looked expensive.
Two years ago, Antonio promised me that he would pick a pair of crystal earrings for me to wear on formal occasions.
He finally fulfilled his promise.
Yet I no longer needed it.
“Grace, why don’t you try them on?”
I saw expectation in his eyes.
After pausing for a few seconds, I finally picked up the earrings that I no longer wanted.
Yet I didn’t try them on as he had expected.
I fiddled with them before turning around my wrist and dropping them on the floor. The earrings were broken.
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The fragments hit the bottom of Antonio’s trousers.
Only then did I see the wounds left by the dog.
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Yet I pretended not to have seen them. I raised my head and said, “They’re ugly. I don’t like them.
“Is there anything else that you wanna say?
“If not, I’d like to go back.”
Antonio spilled his coffee because his fingers were trembling. The neat freak didn’t seem to care about the coffee stains left on the sleeves.
He pressed his temples as he grabbed my hand.
“Stop pretending, Grace! It’s not a game!
“Not only did you text Cecilia to force her to resign, but you also broke up with me when she was about to have the surgery abroad.
“I can forgive you for what you’ve done.
“But you have to tell me what on earth you want.
“You wanna get married to me at once, right?”
