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However, before I could pull up the curtain to check, there was a knock on the door.
Then my mother’s anxious voice came from outside, “Grace, go give him an umbrella. It’s pouring, and there’s no way he can stay out in this. Your dad won’t let me go, saying that if he wants to get wet, just let him. But it’s such a heavy rain…”
I didn’t hear the rest because I was already running downstairs with an umbrella.
When I saw Antonio still kneeling in the rain, I couldn’t describe what I felt.
Shock, disbelief… A wave of emotions washed over me.
“Did you lose your mind, Antonio?” I asked as I struggled to open the umbrella.
Antonio wiped the water from his face and forced a bitter smile. “I did. Otherwise, why would I not even know who I really loved…”
He coughed and then slowly said, “Go back inside. It’s pouring…”
The rain was so loud that I could barely hear his weak voice.
“Antonio, will you get up if I give you a chance to make it
However, before I could hear his answer, he passed out.
up to me?”
My pupils contracted, and I immediately knelt down to hold him.
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I didn’t find out Antonio had a fever until I took him to the hospital. After being in the rain for so long, his body temperature had shot up to 104 degrees.
I looked at the report in my hand, my fingers unconsciously tightening.
This was Antonio’s physical report, listing all sorts of health issues with his body.
Compared to his previous check–ups, he was incredibly unhealthy now.
He must have got these illnesses during the past few months.
I sighed helplessly and looked deeply at Antonio lying in the hospital bed.
As I was about to go to the bathroom to wash my face, Antonio’s phone
rang.
I was afraid it might be about work, so I quickly answered.
When I realized it was Isabel calling, it was too late for me to hang up.
She said on the other end of the phone, “Antonio? You finally answered my call. These past few months, you wouldn’t pick up my calls or see me. What did I do wrong?
“I know I shouldn’t have spread rumors about Grace being a home wrecker. I was wrong, but how could you do that to me? You know what, my career is almost ruined…
“Antonio, please help me. Make a statement for me, okay? I’m not asking you to announce that Grace is a home wrecker. I just want you to clear my name, please. Antonio, say something to me…”
Hearing that, I knew Isabel wasn’t doing well lately. I guessed that it was because Antonio had exposed online what Isabel had done.
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However, I felt no joy at all, perhaps because I no longer cared that much
about Antonio.
I was about to explain that it wasn’t Antonio answering her call.
Just then, Isabel burst into tears on the phone, “Antonio, you’re in love with Grace now, right? Ever since I came back, I’ve noticed you’re always absent–minded whenever you are with me…
“And those new designs of yours, they’re not my style at all… You must have liked her long ago, right? You would even sell those purple accessories instead of giving them to me.
“I heard that you spent a fortune sending someone to find the top–grade blue diamond. That’s also for her, right? Are you now destroying me for
her?”
I was silent for a few seconds. Then I calmly said, “Ms. Glenn, Antonio is sick now, in a coma. When he wakes up, I’ll tell him to call you.”
There was no response from the other end of the phone.
Just as I thought Isabel had hung up, she spoke again, “Grace, you must be very satisfied now, right?”
I frowned and was about to retort, but she continued, “You won, Grace. I’ve lost to you since the moment I came back…”
The call ended suddenly, and all I felt was a wave of exhaustion.
I was really tired from being entangled with these people.
The next day, Antonio finally woke up. I hurried over to help him sit up.
“How are you feeling? I’ll go get the doctor over.”
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