She Took My Place (Ashley and Grace) novel Chapter 35

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“Looks like the surgery cleared your head this time,” Jarvis said, 

as mean as ever. 

I smiled and said nothing. He packed up his things and put a chocolate on the table. “Eat it when your condition allows.” 

I watched him, but he didn’t look back. He simply turned and left. As the door closed, I glanced at the chocolate. 

It was the same one I had posted about on social media a few days ago. 

That day was my birthday, and though I rarely indulged in chocolate as a child or an adult, I had a sudden craving. 

I mentioned it to Antonio several times, but he brushed me off, thinking I was being childish and asking why I couldn’t just buy it myself. 

Again, he hung up on me. 

I searched everywhere but couldn’t find the filled chocolate I craved. 

Feeling despondent, I posted on social media, saying I might never find my favorite chocolate again, with an old photo of it. 

Antonio commented below, “Are you done?” 

Long ago, Eloise sent me a picture of the chocolate, asking if it was the one I wanted. I was a bit confused but thrilled and told 

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her it was. 

She replied, “Antonio bought me this.” 

I cried all night, hurt by Antonio’s words. Even now, thinking about his words made me feel so hurt. 

Seeing the chocolate again, I couldn’t help but smile. 

I couldn’t enjoy it yet, but I snapped a picture and shared it online. To my surprise, Antonio was the first to like it. 

He even commented, “Did some other guy buy you this?” 

I ignored him. It was the first time in years that I chose not to respond to him. 

Half an hour later, he started bombarding me with calls and messages. 

But my phone was on silent while I was undergoing tests. When I finished, Jarvis stopped me. 

We talked about my condition. 

Halfway through, Antonio stormed in and angrily pulled me away from Jarvis. 

“What are you doing? You want a divorce just to run back to your first love? 

“Have you no shame, flirting with him in our hospital?” Antonio hissed. Jarvis tried to speak, but stopped him. 

I pulled out the surveillance videos I had been collecting from the hospital. 

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I had planned to show them to the judge to prove our marriage was over. But here Antonio was, practically begging for an insult. 

So I played the videos. 

The first one showed him and Eloise hugging in the operating room and kissing in a corner of the ward.” 

Other videos were filmed during my previous hospital stays. While I was unconscious, they were flirting, even kissing by my bedside. 

If I hadn’t seen the footage with my own eyes, I would’ve never believed they could be so shameless. “So who has no shame now?” I asked. 

I even looped some of the most disgusting clips. Antonio, furious, tried to take my phone. 

I laughed. “Where did all that confidence go? I’m just showing everyone how ‘pure‘ your friendship with Eloise is.” 

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