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Upon Rowena’s arrival, the atmosphere became depressing at
once.
Yet, she seemed oblivious to their dull faces. She sat down with a smile, glancing at the gifts in their hands.
“Snowflake Jewelry? It’s quite a famous brand. Maybe this is new to you, but I founded the brand.”
It was her brand?
Everyone was suspicious. Back then, the Quinn family went bankrupt because of Antonio, and they hardly had a foothold in the country. How did she manage to establish such a luxury brand?
Meanwhile, Rowena continued, “Something bad happened to my family back then, but luckily, I met my husband soon after that. Two years ago, he spent billions of dollars and used his connections to establish a company for me. Oh, to be accurate, it’s not just one company. He got me twenty–six companies in total.”
While saying this, she glanced at Antonio either intentionally or unintentionally and then smiled at Grace provocatively.
Grace’s heart sank.
Two years ago, Antonio was particularly busy during a period of time.
He told her he was busy expanding the overseas market; it
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A sharp pain suddenly shot from her heart, and she couldn’t help but clutch her chest.
“What’s wrong, Darling? Are you feeling unwell?” Antonio stood up worriedly at once. “I’ll get the doctor here.”
Rowena sneered, “Grace, you’re the apple of Antonio’s eye, and he dotes on you so much. How come you still seem you’re gonna die at any second?”
Immediately, Antonio pulled a long face and slapped Rowena across the face hard. “Shut up and get out, or I’ll make sure you don’t get to speak ever again.”
She clutched her cheek, snorted, and left unwillingly.
The second she stepped out, the room’s atmosphere became lively again, but Grace’s face was still ghastly pale.
Holding her hand, Antonio asked worriedly, “Where does it hurt, Darling? The doctor will be here soon.”
She pushed him away. “I’m fine. I just need to go to the restroom. Don’t follow me.”
Once she walked out of the private room, Rowena blocked her way and scoffed, “Just because Antonio slapped me doesn’t mean you mean much to him. I gave birth to twins for him, and he has already favored me. Believe it or not, as long as I tell him his kids have a fever, he’ll come back to me at
once.”
When Grace returned to the private room, Antonio indeed looked extremely anxious. He walked over, pecked her
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forehead, and said, “Darling, something urgent at work came up, and I gotta go back. I’ve talked to the manager; today’s meal is on me. Have fun with your friends.”
She grabbed his sleeve tightly. “You said you were gonna be with me today, right? Would you please stay?”
Her eyes were filled with both pleading and calmness. Meeting her gaze, for some reason, Antonio suddenly panicked a bit. His gut told him that if he left today, he’d lose something very important.
But Rowena told him his kids were sick. He was their father, and he must go and check on them.
After much struggling, he pried Grace’s fingers off one by one. “Darling, I promise I’ll be back tonight to be with you. OK?”
Grace took a deep breath. It turned out Rowena was right; Rowena and her kids now meant more to him.
Half an hour later, Rowena sent her a video.
Though she knew what it was about, she clicked on it with a trembling hand.
In the video, Rowena sobbed pitifully while saying, “I can’t do one second without you. I missed you so much, and that’s why I went there today. Seeing you and Grace so intimate drove me crazy, so I said those things to make me feel better. How could you slap me?”
Antonio smiled; obviously, he was enjoying this.
He brought an ice pack to cool down her swollen and red
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cheek and said, “Alright. Don’t cry, OK? Tell me what you want. I’ll make it up to you.”
She said, “The kids‘ birthday is coming, Can the island you’ve just brought be their gift?”
He frowned. “No. That’s for my baby with Grace”
She tugged at his sleeve. “Please, Daddy. The island is so beautiful; you’ve just promised to make it up to me.”
He finally nodded.
Rowena flashed a provocative smile at the camera. Then she sent Grace a voice message, “See? It doesn’t matter he has promised to give you the island. As long as I ask, he’ll give me anything. You lost, Grace.”
Grace held her phone, sitting in situ in a daze.
Once, she got injured when doing a part–time job, and
Antonio did the same thing to ease her pain.
It turned out he’d do it for another woman, too.
Suddenly, she felt exhausted.
But it was fine; as long as she left Antonio, everything would
be better.
She’d be free tomorrow.
