Chapter 32
When the word that Antonio and Kristen were not getting married got out. Antonio’s family freaked out.
Antonio ignored them and locked himself in his room.
He called me again and again, but my phone was always off.
He could only ask his friends to look for me.
The rest of the time, he listened to my voice messages repeatedly.
In the beginning, we could talk about anything. Then, I still liked talking to him, but he never replied. In the end, I only sent words like “good morning” and “good night“.
The change happened about 6 months ago when his brother died in an accident.
To cheer Kristen up and maintain the two families‘ relations, Antonio began sleeping with Kristen and promised that he would give her a baby.
Kristen used to be his neighbor, so they had a lot to talk about.
Gradually, his focus shifted from Alison and I to Kristen.
Thinking about that, he let out a sigh of relief.
He believed that I put on the drama only because I felt ignored.
Besides, he always gave Alison a gift later to make it up even though he never showed up on her birthdays.
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As for the reason why he didn’t come to the kindergarten on Parents‘ Day, he had told me that according to his family, he couldn’t tell others about our relationship before he had a son.
I went through a lot when I gave birth to Alison. He didn’t want me to experience that again, so he let Kristen have a baby for me.
Antonio thought I was petty.
He had told me that he had his reasons. Why couldn’t I believe her?
“Grace Parrish, we’ve been together for 10 years. I won’t allow you to end
it!”
“I’m doing all this for your good!”
“I don’t want you to take the risks, so I let Kristen have a boy for you. Why can’t you understand me?”
“I know you still love me. I promise that if you come back, I’ll make Kristen disappear from our lives and leave her baby to my parents. There are only the three of us, OK?”
But he didn’t get any replies to those messages.
When he called me again, he found my number had been deactivated.
Finally, he couldn’t take it anymore.
At night, he sneaked out of the Kaufman’s villa and took a taxi to the place we used to live.
The houses in the neighborhood weren’t expensive, but they were ablaze with lights at night.
Every time he came back, he could see the light for him no matter how
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late it was.
He would wave at me downstairs.
And I’d wave back with a smile on the balcony.
We were good partners in life and work..
Before Alison was born. I often helped set up their booths.
The Kaufman family had good products, but they were not good at promotion.
I used some creative ways to make them famous at the trade fairs.
The employees all teased us, saying that we were a good couple.
Antonio agreed with them.
He never thought about breaking up with me. This time, he still thought he could get me back easily and that I would put him above myself and couldn’t live without him.
After all, I had done so many things for him out of love.
He hummed a tune and walked into the elevator.
He thought he could wait for me this time.
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