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Antonio Romero?
No. It couldn’t be. What was he doing there? If this was his property, she would be leaving like right now.
She started to walk away.
Perhaps it was her imagination. She’d been working so hard these past few days, training Maxine to take over while planning this wedding, amongst other things.
“Lucy,” Antonio’s deep, rich silky voice called out to her from afar and she stopped. Her breath was labored, her heart pounded hard, fast, erratically in her chest. She thought it would explode.
She spun around on her heels. The look of disdain evident on her face.
“I guess I deserve that,” he said moving closer to her. He seemed so much better looking than she had remembered but there was a five o’clock bad-boy shadow that gave him edge she’d never seen him sporting before.
“I should have called you before today.” A grin touched the corner of his lips as he stood before her. His voice, low and deep.
“Should have called me?” Lucy could barely contain herself. “You left me that stupid email breaking up with me a month ago… I don’t even think we should talk right now. I…I have a wedding to arrange.”
“I’m sorry about the email, but I fired Mariam.”
“What? What? What are you talking about, Antonio?” Lucy’s head was spinning. None of it made sense. “What on earth does Mariam have to do with any of this?”
“It was she who sent you that breakup email from my account. As my personal assistant she had access to send messages on my behalf. Unfortunately, I didn’t know until your friend Maxine contacted me recently. Apparently you shared that information with her about the message.”
Lucy froze.
She was speechless.
So it was Mariam who was the culprit.
She squeezed her eyes shut then re-opened them. Disbelief clouded her mind. Why would Mariam go through so much trouble to ruin their relationship? How evil was that?
“I should have fired her a long time ago. She was lucky that was the only legal action I was taking with her. But that’s another matter. How have you been?” His voice was low, seductive and sincere and brought that familiar shiver of delight down her spine.
She’d missed him. She missed the way he touched her. The way he had made her feel in the past.
“Oh, Antonio. I…I don’t know what to say. I guess I should have verified the information. I guess-”
“You should know that I’m a man of class and taste. I would never send such a despicable message.”
She giggled. “By email or by electronic mail?” she said raising a brow to humor him.
He grinned.
Antonio then reached over to bring her body closer to him and he leaned down and pressed his lips to hers. “I’ve missed you, Lucy. I’ve spent every waking moment thinking about you.”
“Then why didn’t you even call me?”
“Because, my dear, I didn’t want to bring this up but Mariam is good in an evil sort of way.”
“What do you mean by that?”
“She sent me an email on your behalf as well,” he growled.
“But she doesn’t have access to my account.”
“She hired someone to hack into it. That’s why I said I could have taken legal action but I decided that she suffered enough when she was plagued by a mild seizure shortly after I caught on to what she was doing. It was then I had realized she played both of us. But I don’t want to waste any more of our time speaking of someone who’s not worth a second of our time. I need you, Lucy. I need you in my life.”
Lucy glanced down not sure of what to say or how to reply. Heat flared up to her cheeks. She was so torn and confused. Would she end up being hurt again as she was demolished by Jeff? Would Antonio be different? Was she fooling herself by trusting him again? Could Antonio really be the one?
Lucy shot Antonio a wicked grin. “You should have known I would never write such a lame email.”
He chuckled.
“Listen, about your grandfather…”
“He’s recovered. Doc says he still has to take it easy.”
“So the wedding is off then?”
“Actually,” Antonio said, leaning into the breast jacket of his suit. “He told me to give you this when I see you.”
