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I said to Antonio, “You left me at the company while having dinner here with another woman. Antonio, do I mean nothing to you?”
This restaurant was so popular that it was almost impossible. to book. We only came here once before our wedding.
After we got married, he always turned me down impatiently whenever I proposed to eat here.
He said, “We got to book a table two days in advance, and the table isn’t even guaranteed. Do you have to eat there?
Besides, what about your legs? It’ll be so troublesome. Be good. Just tell Ella to fix you something.”
Ella Watkins was the maid. I should have realized that instead of finding it troublesome, Antonio simply didn’t want to eat with me here.
Aggrieved, Pearl said, “Mrs. Kaufman, don’t get upset with Mr. Kaufman. I insisted on coming here. Blame me if you want
to.”
Antonio became more confident after hearing her words.
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“Pearl is my employee, and I treat her to a meal. Do you to make a big deal out of it, Grace?
“Stop being so paranoid, OK? Not everyone is your ene y. It’s all in your head.”
I looked at him in great disbelief. Did he seriously just say
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Suddenly, a sharp pain shot through my abdomen.
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My face turned pale as I clutched my belly. “It hurts… so much…”
He immediately pushed Pearl away, picked me up, and took me to the hospital.
After anxiously checking with the doctor, he was reassured that I was fine.
He breathed a relief, a trace of guilt flashing across his eyes. He held my hand, looking serious.
“I’m sorry, Grace. I didn’t even know what I was thinking earlier. I didn’t mean what I said. Don’t get mad at me, OK?”
I said nothing while my gaze swept over his bare ring finger, and bitterness surged within me.
I thought, “Antonio, why are you so worried? Is it because of me? Or the baby?
“I suddenly feel like I’ve never really known what kind of person you are.”
He averted his gaze under my line of sight.
“I’ll go get some food for you, Grace. Rest for a bit.”
He almost fled away.
I stroked my slightly bulging belly, my mind in turmoil.
“That man is such a jerk. Right after he sent his pregnant wife
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here, he left with another woman. Did you see that? They held hands, fingers interlocked no less.”
I heard the whispers outside the room and was a bit stunned. Then I took off the ring from my ring finger and stared at the mark it left in a daze.
Back then, Antonio said he’d still wear the ring even after he died.
But now, he broke our vows.
I waited till the wee hours, but Antonio and the dinner he got for me were still nowhere to be seen.
As I was drifting to sleep, I heard two deliberately lowered voices.
Antonio said, “This can’t happen again. Finally, Grace is pregnant with our baby. If anything happens to her, our previous efforts will all go down the drain.”
Pearl sneered, “I’m so curious. How will Grace react if she finds out you secretly switched her egg with mine?”
My pupils constricted violently at once as tears streamed down my face. Their words were like a sharp knife, stabbing my heart ruthlessly.
I couldn’t believe Antonio had me be their surrogate.
I thought, “Antonio, what the heck do I exactly mean to you?”
Biting my lip hard, I tried my best not to make a sound.
They left; after that, I finally lost it and burst into tears helplessly.
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I had been pregnant for three months already. How come it was their baby?
The next morning, I took out my phone numbly and made a call. “Dad, halt the capital flow to the Kaufman Group in three days.”
My dad heard how hoarse my voice was and wanted to say something. But after much consideration, he didn’t.
Instead, he simply said, “OK. Tell me when you want to come back, and I’ll go pick you up.”
