Antonio sat alone in the corner of the bar, Grace''s words constantly ying in his mind like a knife stabbing his heart. He kept drinking, one ss after another. "Antonio? Why are you here drinking alone? Don''t get yourself wasted, or Grace will have to pick you up again likest


    time." Someone approached Antonio. It was the bar owner, a friend of Antonio''s.


    Antonio hade here alone the day Ke had returned to the country. That night, he and Ke had slept together. But Grace didn''te to pick him up, did she?


    "What are you talking about? Wasn''t it Ke who picked me upst time?"


    At the time, Antonio had been in love with Ke but unable to set aside. his pride. He remembered he''d drunk a lot that night, and Ke hade to pick him up. They''d had sex, which was why he decided to The bar ownerughed, patting him on the back.


    "What are you talking about? I even recorded a video of you that day for fun, but I forgot to send it to you."


    Antonio frowned as he took the phone. In the video, he could barely walk from being so drunk, and Grace was using her small frame to help him out of the bar.


    Antonio''s eyes widened. So that night, it wasn''t Ke; it was Grace! He rushed out of the bar in a frenzy. He remembered waking up the next morning in a hotel across from the bar. He could check the survei Chesterzs footage to see what really happened that night.


    Luckily, the hotel still had records from that night. Sure enough, it was Grace who had checked in. He watched as the footage showed Grace quietly leaving the hotel early the next morning. But why did he wake Antonio continued watching. About two minutes after Grace left. Ke arrived with the hotel manager and opened his room door. That exined everything. Ke had yed him.


    Antonio suddenly remembered Grace''s phone call about full anesthesia and their encounter in the hospital. Had she really


    been there just for a friend? Or had it been the one having surgery? Panicked. Antonio rushed to the hospital and checked Grace''s


    medical records. When he saw that she had undergone an abortion, Antonio copsed to the floor, sobbing The woman who had loved him so deeply had given up their child. Grace must have known he was go The doctor said she didn''t have a family to be there for her, so she could only opt for local anesthesia to stay awake. Given how much Grace was afraid of pain, it must have been agony for her.


    Antonio had never hated


    himself more. He didn''t know how he got home. Laney looked at him with concern but was too frightened to ask what had happened.


    "Lancy, do you know? You were about to be an aunt, but Grace... she had. an abortion. She left me, and she got rid of our child!"


    Laney didn''t understand what he was saying until she saw the medical records in his hand. She was confused. How could Grace be pregnant if Grace and her brother didn''t even sleep together? "Antonio, are you sure? Is Grace''s baby yours?"


    Antonio told his sister everything. For the first time, Laney realized how devious people could be. She''d thought Ke loved her brother, but instead, Ke had pretended to be Grace just to marry him.


    "But why would Ke do this? Didn''t she dump you before?"


    Antonio wanted to know the same thing. He had just called his assistant to investigate Ke''s life abroad. After midnight, his assistant called back.


    "Mr. Kaufman, Ke has an illegitimate child abroad. The child is seriously ill, and she can''t afford the medical expenses. I guess she wants to marry you and use your money to save her son."


    Antonio could barely stand when he


    heard the truth. It urred to him that his pursuit of being with Ke had cost the child of him and Grace. His heart was pierced with pain. He realized what a bastard he had been. The thought that Ke still lived in the house he shared with Grace. enraged him.


    Ke was asleep when Antonio dragged her out of bed. His rage frightened her, but she didn''t know Antonio already knew the truth.


    "Antonio, what''s going on?" she yed dumb.


    Antonio pped her face hard.


    “Ke, you have a child. Why are you still trying to destroy my rtionship with Grace? How could you be so evil?"


    Ke stared at him in terror. Antonio had always been gentle with her. She believed he would understand after hearing her exnation, but he wouldn''t listen.


    "Get out. Get out now!"


    "Antonio, please let me exin..."


    Antonio dragged Ke to the door,


    throwing her things outside. She cried and begged, but he ignored her. Not only did Antonio me Ke but he also hated himself. If he hadn''t foolishly held onto his feelings for Ke, Grace would


    never have left him.