Chapter 2 Six Times
At midnight, Grace turned and tossed in bed. Sleep wouldn’t come to her. So, she turned on her phone.
Roxie had sent her many messages, most of which were just numbers.
“1.”
“6.”
“We did it six times tonight. Without protection. Since you’re barren. I’ll give birth to the first grade un amily.” on your hoofamily.”
Grace felt as if there were a lump in her throat, and her heart ached as if having been fried over and over again. Tears flowed out of her eyes and wet her pillow
When Antonio came home, Grace was sitting at the bar, drunk.
A fit of pain ran through his chest. Without changing his shoes, he hugged her and said gently, “Why did you drink so much? Have you been crying? Good girl, I’ll sleep with you, OK?”
No! He was disgusting!
But Grace failed to push him away. In the end, she was too drunk and passed out.
When she woke up the next morning, Antonio had made breakfast and
was looking at her affectionately at the bedside, as if he was afraid she’d disappear any minute,
“Honey, don’t drink too much next time, OK? I was heartbroken last night.”
Grace smiled, “Don’t worry. I just missed
my dad.”
Her dad, Marco Parrish, died young. Then, her mom remarried.
Grace was raised by her uncle Oliver Parrish. She walked on eggshells every day in that house. Antonio kept her company for 20 years and walked with her through her suffering.
Now, however….
Antonio bought it, thinking she really missed her dad. Ile hurriedly got her out of bed, dressed her, freshened her up, tied her hair, and fed her as if taking care of a doll. A This book had been added on your bookshelf, the old house of the Parrish family.
“Since you’re homesick, we came back to visit. Promise me. Don’t be sad alone again, OK?”
She thought, “But Antonio, it was you who made me sad.”
In the Parrish family’s old house, Oliver’s wife Nyla Poole prepared a bi g meal to please Antonio.
Oliver also put on an amiable face. “Grace, you’re finally back. Your aunt and I have missed you a lot. These dishes are your and Antonio’s favorite. Come on. Let’s clink.”
Sitting next to Grace, Antonio grabbed a shrimp gracefully, as if he didn’t hear what Oliver said. He peeled the shrimp and carefully put it on Grace’s plate.
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Antonio hated the people who bullied Grace, even though they were her family.
“Alas, don’t you see Antonio is peeling shrimps for Grace? He can’t drink with you now. You know how he dotes on her.” Nyla hastened to smooth. things over.
“I hear that to make Ferris wheels for Grace, Antonio did everything he could to collect the pearls in Edgecoast.”
When it came to Grace, Antonio’s face finally softened.
He gallantly peeled the last black tiger shrimp on the table for Grace and put it to her lips.
“I have no principle. I even fight with my dad. But Grace is my precious. No one can hurt her.”
Grace suddenly lost her appetite. She pushed the shrimp away.
“You eat it. I’m full.”
The doorbell rang.
When the houseworker opened the door. Oliver and Nyla stood. up, all smiles.
Antonio’s hand tightened on the fork.
Grace didn’t have to raise her head to know who the newcomer was.
Sure enough, Roxie walked in. In a simple student uniform, she sat opposite Antonio.
“Oh, Grace, Antonio, you two are also here.”
