The Lies He Told Me (Grace and Antonio) novel Chapter 4

Chapter 4 Kiss

Helena was so mad that she kept texting me non-stop.

"Grace, don't think that pretending to be sick will keep Antonio with you! He doesn't love you anymore!"

"You've had him all to yourself for years. It's time to let go!"

"How long has it been since he last slept with you? He only loves me now! With me, he's full of energy!"

I never texted Helena back. I just read the messages sometimes and thought they were funny.

Helena sure knew why Antonio was into her.

She was nothing but a poor substitute for me.

The Kaufman Group had nearly a hundred artists, and plenty of them were looking for shortcuts. But Helena was the only one who tried to use me as her shortcut.

She joined the company two years ago and last year, she got involved with Antonio.

He kept it so quiet that I only found out this year.

Once I knew, I had to dig a little deeper.

When Helena first started, she didn't look like this. She spent a whole year gradually changing her appearance until she looked about halfway like me. With the right makeup and similar clothes, she managed to bear a close resemblance to my younger self.

That was all it was.

She must have read too many substitute stories and actually thought she could replace me!

Antonio's phone rang again.

He hung up once, twice, three times... His forehead got more and more wrinkled.

I looked at him and asked, "What's wrong?"

He held my hand and explained, "It's some company stuff. No big deal. Those guys are useless. They can't handle a minor issue. Why even have them?"

I knew what was going on but didn't say anything.

Antonio seemed distracted. He looked annoyed, but he kept sneaking glances at his phone.

Half an hour later, his phone screen lit up with a text.

He frowned at it and finally couldn't stay seated anymore.

He said to me apologetically, "I need to go out for a bit. Something came up."