Chapter 17 They wanted to bury Melvin next to Celias mom , but I had already anticipated all this and was waiting for them at the cemetery early on .
Upon seeing me , Celia turned pale , and she lunged at me like a madwoman .
Its you ! You killed my dad ! Antonio quickly grabbed her around the waist .
Maybe he felt guilty about my mom , so he lied .
Were here to pay our respects … I cut him off coldly and then held up all the text messages he had been sending me non stop these past few days , right in front of Celia .
Grace , give me some more time .
Once Celia is doing better .
Ill break it off with her .
The only person Ive ever really loved is you .
Please , dont give up on me .
Celia only read two of the messages , and then she turned her head , glaring at Antonio with tears in her eyes .
But pretty soon , the anger in her eyes went away , and she hugged Antonios waist tight .
Its OK , Antonio .
As long as you stay with me , I dont care about anything else .
Antonios face showed he felt bad about it .
His hand , which was about to push Celia away , stopped in the middle of the motion .
He looked at me , 1542 all hesitant .
I didnt even spare him a glance and walked straight up to Celia .
Afraid that I might do something , Antonio quickly stepped in front of Celia to block my way .
I smiled .
Antonio , you want to bury my dad next to Celias mom , right ? When you die , how are you going to face my mom with that on your conscience ? Then I looked at Celia and said , This loser is all yours now ! After that .
I walked away from the cemetery , not looking back even once .
Maybe it was the last bit of decency Antonio had left , but he ended up talking Celia out of it and didnt let her bury Melvin next to her mom .
Before Melvin killed himself , he made a will , leaving 80 % of his money to me and the rest to Celia .
He did this not out of guilt , but as a way to get me to give up on avenging Celia .
But I had to say , his money was really dirty .
I only kept the companies that my mom used to run and sold everything else for cash , giving it all to charity .
I wanted to get back at Celia , but I changed my mind pretty fast .
Antonio got swayed by his own desires so easily , and that only showed one thing : what he loved the most was himself .
So even if Celia managed to overcome all the difficulties and end up with him , in the end , shed just be like a little smudge of mosquito blood on the wall .
1540 Death was actually the quickest way out .
It was living that was the real torture .
After I thought everything through .
I decided to go study abroad and forget about the past .
When I left .
I only told Janet .
She looked like she wanted me to stay , but in the end , she just said .
Take care of yourself .
She told me that maybe it was payback , but Celia really had cancer now .
I smiled a little , and that last bit of grudge in my heart just disappeared .
All the bad stuff was behind me now .
The future felt wide open .
The Side Story of Antonio : I liked Grace when I was still a kid .
She was like a little sun , all warm and bright , and she just burst into my life and took over my heart .
When our family was going through its hardest time , only Grace and her mom wouldnt give up on us .
They were like angels sent to save us .
to At that time , I made a silent promise that Id be good them , no matter what .
But one day , my grandma passed away suddenly , and our whole family went back for the funeral .
I never thought that in just a few days , something big would happen to the Parrish family .
Melvins mistress showed up , pregnant , and started making a scene , saying a lot of mean things to his wife .
Chapter17 But I only heard about all this from other people .
When we got back , Graces mom had already asked for a divorce and started her trip around the world .
It took me a lot of work to help Grace get over what happened .
I thought Id be with Grace for good , wed get married , have kids , and be together forever .
But then Celia came into the picture .
She told me she liked me many times .
And whenever Grace wasnt around , shed stick to me like glue .
At first .
I was as cold as ice when it came to her .
She was the daughter of that other woman , after all .
But one day , she just stopped clinging to me .
And I felt kind of empty , like something was missing .
From then on , I couldnt stop myself from paying attention to Celia .
I had planned to propose to Grace on her birthday .
And I even bought a diamond ring .
But the night before , Celia came to me , crying so hard that she could barely breathe .
She saw the ring and asked if I was going to propose to Grace .
Antonio , listen to me .
Things arent what you think they are ! You know my dad and his first wife werent happy together .
They only stayed married because of Grace .
My dad lied to my mom , saying he was single .
Thats why my mom got together with him .
By the time she found out the truth , she was already pregnant with me .
My mom wanted to leave , but Graces mom had all these connections .
She found out about my moms medical records and sent people after her .
They almost killed my mom! I didnt believe Celia at first , but then she started crying hard and threatened to jump off the building to prove that she and her mom were innocent .
I quickly stopped her , but she clung to me and started kissing me madly .
Antonio .
I dont want anything ; I just want to be with you .
Please , dont push me away .
Celia had a strange smell on her that made my head all fuzzy .
By the time I came back to my senses , I was already naked in her bedroom .
I made a huge mistake .
So , I had to tell myself over and over to believe all of Celias stories .
I knew she was lying , but she used all that stuff to force me into marrying her .

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And I agreed .
I thought Grace would always wait for me if I pretended not to know the truth .
But I was terribly wrong .
After Grace went abroad , I kept dreaming about her all the time .
Chapter 17 One night , I ended up calling out her name in my dream .
I woke up suddenly and turned my head , only to see Celia right next to me .
Her face was all twisted up as she was staring at me .
She screamed and pounced on me like a lunatic .
Youre still thinking about that bitch , arent you ? I wont allow it ! Absolutely not ! Celia grabbed my neck with both hands and started choking me .
I grabbed a figurine from beside the table and slammed it into the back of her head .
At first .
Celia just got knocked out and hurt , but then I just couldnt stop myself .
Half an hour later .
I turned myself in at the police station and told them everything about what happened .
That night .
I finally got a good nights sleep .
In my dream , Grace wasnt cold anymore .
She was that little girl with pigtails again , bouncing over to me .
Antonio , why are you here ? Lets go have some fun ! Yeah , she used to call by my name with a sweet smile a long time ago .
The end .