“You even quit your job because Vivian wanted to start her own business?” I pushed Antonio away, trying to get rid of him who no longer had me on his mind. Antonio wasn’t expecting this. He explained, “You got it wrong. We started the business all together. It was a good chance. and we wanted to seize it. It’s a simple thing.”
Antonio pulled his tie and went on staring at me with his loving eyes.
“Don’t overthink about it. You need to be more mature, mom–to–be.”
Mom–to–be? But our baby had gone.
I wanted to tell him about the abortion.
Suddenly, his phone rang.
The moment the call got through, I heard a childish voice. “Dad, where are you? I miss you.”
Antonio turned to me in a panic. He hurried to muffle the receiver as he rushed to the bedroom.
Shortly, Antonio went out of the bedroom after getting changed.
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“I’m sorry, Grace. Vivian told me that her kid had fallen ill and wanted to
see me. I…”
I shook my head, telling him that I didn’t mind it at all. “Don’t worry about me. You may leave as you wish.”
in his arms, he swore,
Antonio kissed me on the cheek. Holding me in his arms,
“When we go through the company’s startup phase, I won’t meet up with her alone. I’ll spend all my free time with you and the baby.”
I received messages from Victor and other two of his friends right after Antonio left home.
“Grace, Vivian is in trouble now. Can you let Antonio go help her?”
I didn’t reply to their messages but discuss some details about my job in the overseas office with Joana..
I saw Vivian’s new post on Facebook.
Vivian: “The two most important men in my life.”
The photo showed Antonio and her baby, sleeping peacefully.
Antonio’s startup went smoothly. He soon got his first project.
He invited me to his celebration party while kept making promises to me.
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“I will spend more time with you and the baby. Tell me if there’s anything you don’t like about me. I’ll try to change.”
Yet, just as we arrived at the restaurant, I saw the waitress dumbfounded. to see me. She mumbled, “How come he changes his plus–one?”
She spoke in a low voice, yet I could hear her.
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