She Took My Place (Ashley and Grace) novel Chapter 22

Chapter 22 

The day I found out my fiance was marrying my stepsister, I was looking for an abortion. 

The night before our wedding, I saw him and my stepsister getting married in a castle. 

I couldn’t believe my eyes. The scene played out in front of me like a haunting dream, one that I couldn’t escape from no matter how hard I prayed for it to end. 

I stood outside the castle in the rain, watching as my fiance, Antonio Kaufman, kissed my stepsister, Roxanne Parrish. 

There he was, the man I loved, standing at the altar with my stepsister, exchanging vows and rings. 

And she looked every bit the princess that I never could be. 

After about ten minutes, he took the blushing Roxanne in his arms. They looked so happy. 

Only then did I notice my family and friends were here, too. My aunts and my father were smiling while holding each other. 

My brother, Levi, whom I’d saved with my life, was officiating the wedding. In a black robe, he blessed Roxanne. 

Did he forget that I was his full sister, not her? 

Once, we almost got run over by Roxanne and her mom Elise! 

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Just then, Levi exclaimed, “May you be happy forever.” 

Right after that, piano music sounded. 

Antonio never agreed to play live piano music in our wedding, he said it was too cliche and unoriginal. And yet they were playing it now. 

I couldn’t understand what went wrong, why the betrayal. 

Feeling a bit suffocated, I dialed Levi’s number. 

Standing in the middle of the auditorium, he ignored my call after á casual glance. 

Without hesitation, I called Antonio. 

He would pick up my call, wouldn’t he? 

The moment he saw the caller ID, his face went cold. 

He wanted to ignore my call as Levi did. But Roxanne said something. Then he pressed the answer button, looking impatient. “Grace? What do you need? 

I held back the tears and asked softly, “Where are you?” 

In front of everyone, he rolled his eyes, “I’m at work. Stay at home now that you’re pregnant.” 

I held my stomach by instinct, and my tears started to roll down slowly. 

“Aren’t you at the castle?” My voice almost broke with the sense of helplessness. 

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“I told you already. I came to the castle with Roxanne for archaeology. You’re so annoying, always thinking I’m cheating on you.” He sounded extremely impatient. 

His harsh words overwhelmed and hurt me. 

It wasn’t enough that they did all this ceremony without telling me a word, they planned it all behind my back. 

Biting my lip, I said, “It’s my birthday. You said you’d be with me.” 

Antonio had promised he’d celebrate my birthday with me not matter what. 

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So, even though he was 1,000 kilometers me on a business trip, I still made the extreme effort to go to him. 

I took multiple buses, and hiked five kilometers, traveling through the woods despite my fear, just to find him. 

Then a farmer told me no one was doing any archaeological work there. 

But he heard that a certain Professor Mason had been planning a castle wedding with his beloved there. 

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I did all of that to be able to spend with him this special day, and he simply forgot. 

Antonio fell silent, like he finally remembered his promise. 

When he was about to say something, Levi snatched his phone away. “Grace, could you please leave us alone? Stop bothering Antonio when he’s working.” 

Then he hung up the phone. 

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My own brother had betrayed me my parents did not seem to even care either. 

Leaning in Antonio’s arms, Roxanne smiled sweetly, stroked Levi’s head, and coaxed him softly, “Don’t get upset. You know Grace has always been controlling. Be more understanding, OK?” 

Levi nodded with a smile. 

Me? Controlling? I always gave everyone what they wanted before myself, and gave priority to other people’s happiness instead of mine. 

It was like hearing those words hurt more than a physical slap on my face.