---- Chapter 268 set up some stuff to keep you from getting bored up there." ---- Chapter 269 Chapter 269 My boyfriend, Antonio Kaufman, and my brother, Tyler Parrish, were both smitten with Michelle Conner, the new girl in town. Antonio abruptly ended our engagement, coldly stating, "| haven't had feelings for you for a long time, Grace.." Tyler, disregarding our mom's dying wishes that he look after me, dismissed my concerns with, "Michelle has such a hard life, and now she's like family.

You get that, right?" On my birthday, Antonio chose to be with Michelle, leaving me alone. On the anniversary of our mom's death, Tyler was celebrating with Michelle and her mom, oblivious to my grief. When they were off to Abalind for Michelle's design award, | set fire to our childhood home, a ---- Chapter 269 repository of shared memories. The school was abuzz with rumors of my suicide. They wept over my photo, expressing remorse for abandoning me, but it was far too late.

kK "We're engaged, remember?" | reminded Antonio at a party, hoping to jolt his memory, to reclaim some semblance of our past. The room fell silent, everyone anticipating his response. He looked annoying. "Our engagement was arranged by our parents. It wasn't my choice." | pressed, my voice barely a whisper. "Then why did you agree to it?" | glanced at Antonio lounging on the couch, his shirt unbuttoned, revealing a scattering of hickeys.