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Ninety-Nine Affairs Later, I Finally Left Him
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After my third miscarriage, all for love, I caught my husband cheating in bed for the ninety-eighth time. Each time, he wept and wrote a guarantee letter, pleading for forgiveness and vowing never to ...
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第1章
After my third miscarriage, all for love, I caught my husband cheating in bed for the ninety-eighth time.
Each time, he wept and wrote a guarantee letter, pleading for forgiveness and vowing never to do it again.
Over time, my feelings gradually faded away, and I calmly waited for the agreement between him and me to finish.
However, when I discovered his ninety-ninth affair, it was suddenly revealed by the media, and the whole internet found out.
That evening, my sister’s naked photos were sold for only $0.38, and she was later raped and shamed by dozens of troublemakers while explicit pictures and videos spread everywhere.
In the end, my sister, unable to withstand the online backlash, jumped from a building and was left in a coma.
The overwhelming debt forced me to lower my head and turn to my husband for medical expenses, but at the office door, I overheard his brother say, “Brother Xavier, Irene Gordon’s sister merely said a few things about Millie Fowler, but you spread her naked photos and even arranged for her to be gang-raped. Isn’t that going too far?”
“If Irene discovers this, she’ll likely fight you to the death!”
——
“She won’t.” Xavier’s tone was completely certain. “Who told Irene to reveal my relationship with Millie and caused her to cry after being criticized. She deserved to be taught a lesson. Besides, she’s too clueless to know I was behind it.”
“Even if she finds out, she’s an orphan. Where could she go? She can’t survive without me. Once Millie settles down, I’ll casually smooth things over with Irene, and she’ll still obediently keep slaving away for me.”
His brother Hugo smiled. “Brother Xavier still knows what he’s doing. You’ve trained her like a dog, tell her to go east, and she wouldn’t dare go west.”
“I just heard Irene’s sister was driven to jump from a building and is now in a coma. That’s likely another massive cost.”
“They’re not even from the same parents. Irene won’t care whether that animal lives or dies.”
Xavier released a soft, mocking chuckle. “Even if she comes begging me for money, I’ll say the finances are having issues and let her handle it herself.”
“I was unwilling to go after Irene, but that creature dared to offend my baby, so I could only direct my anger at her.”
I froze on the spot.
The hand resting on the knob trembled faintly, unable to gather the nerve to press it.
My mind was empty at that moment. Faintly, I thought I heard Hugo say, “That pale-faced woman, can’t you bring yourself to touch her, or do you just not want to…”
A crackling noise hummed inside my head, rising until my brain ached in surging waves of pain.
Those words left my scalp nearly numb; my heart seemed to be seized by an invisible hand and then cruelly twisted.
The pain almost suffocated me.
Suddenly, a voice spoke up, “Director Gordon, did you come to see President Barrington?”
I noticed the conversation inside stopped suddenly, and I had no time to leave.
The next second, the door was pulled open.
Xavier’s eyes were dark, his face stiff as he looked me over. “What are you standing here for? Eavesdropping?”
I held down the panic in my chest, pressed my lips together, and forced myself to stay calm. “I originally came to give you a document, but when I reached the door, I found it was printed wrong. I’m going to reprint it now.”
After speaking, I turned to go, but my wrist was suddenly seized.
Xavier’s eyes narrowed slightly, full of suspicion as he probed, “You didn’t hear anything earlier, right?”
Noticing the guarded look and unfamiliarity in Xavier’s eyes, my heart pounded.
I quickly steadied myself and denied it. “No.”
Xavier still held my hand and wouldn’t let go. I took a deep breath, my voice rough. “If you don’t believe me, you can check the security footage. I had just reached the door and noticed the document count was wrong, so I paused for a moment…”
Perhaps seeing my determination and certainty, Xavier felt a bit of sympathy.
Only then did he finally let go of my hand, a fake smile on his face. “I really don’t know what to do with you. Be more careful next time.”
“If you still can’t manage things properly, go back to the bottom and start over, and give this position to someone more capable.”
I didn’t even have to guess who the “capable person” he meant was.
My chest felt tight, but I still lowered my head and replied, “Okay, I understand.”
I stood by Xavier and built it all from scratch. The company’s current scale was achieved with my assistance. Since he wanted me to surrender the position, I wanted to see how far Millie, the capable person, could take the company without me.
When I got back to my workstation, I immediately went into the pantry. After making sure no one was there, I took out my phone and called a number I had never called before.
The call went through nearly instantly.
The person on the other end sounded cautious and unsure. “Hello? Is this Irene?”
“Is Irene dealing with something upsetting?”
At the unfamiliar worry in his voice, my throat felt stuffed with wet cotton, making it hard to speak.
“Dad, I am willing to go home. I want to recognize my family… is that alright?”
Hearing this, my dad quickly spoke with joy, “Okay, okay, okay! Dad comes to pick you up now!”
I hurried to stop him. “Dad, I have not completely cut ties with Xavier yet. I hope you first help me with one thing: bring my sister back.”
“She has fallen into a coma and needs medical expenses for treatment. She… she was my only family when I was an orphan. I can’t be without her.”
My dad quickly agreed, “Okay, okay, okay! If my daughter wants it, Dad helps you.”
“My birthday banquet is in one week. Once you wrap up matters in Maryland, return to Delaware City. I will announce your return at that time.”
The moment I ended the call, Xavier’s questioning voice sounded behind me.
“Who are you speaking with on the phone?”
第2章
My heart missed a beat. I looked back at him and played it down. “No one, just an ordinary sales call.”
After hearing this, Xavier was ready to continue asking when a knock came from behind. Millie leaned in with half her head showing, her large, lively big eyes looking around.
Her tone was gentle and pure. “Ah, President Barrington, did I interrupt you?”
Xavier answered gently, “No, you come at the right time.”
He walked over and led Millie inside. Right in front of me, he said, “Didn’t you have an abortion two days ago? I give you one week off. Go home and rest. Leave the upcoming work to Millie.”
I opened my mouth, but finally said nothing and simply nodded in silence.
Before, I had miscarried twice for him, and he never cared about my physical health. Now, just to clear the path for Millie, he could actually go this far.
He had actually promoted a newly graduated college student to design director!
My chest throbbed with a dull pain. I forcibly held back the bitter emotion.
Either way, I was about to leave. The company’s future no longer concerned me.
Once Xavier finished his instructions, he walked out with Millie.
I calmed my emotions and printed a resignation notice and a divorce agreement.
It stated that I would leave the marriage with nothing. I wanted nothing.
Even the twenty-three years of feelings I had for Xavier.
I didn’t want it anymore.
Clutching the documents, I walked to Xavier’s office. As I opened the door, I vaguely heard someone say, “Shadow, go! Bite the bad person to death!”
Almost immediately, a dog lunged out and bit my leg harshly.
Enduring the pain, I kicked the dog away. Only then did I recognize it as a small Pomeranian. It hit the ground and whimpered in pain.
“Shadow, Shadow, are you okay?”
Millie hurried forward and scooped up the Pomeranian, accusation written in her eyes. “Miss Gordon, how can you have no compassion? Didn’t your parents teach you to love animals?”
“Or is it that you don’t even have the most basic human compassion?”
Enduring the throbbing pain in my calf, I stared coldly at the dog. “If an animal isn’t properly leashed, it deserves to be taught a lesson.”
Millie became so mad that she aimed a finger at me.
I brushed it away and said coldly, “You may have been born to a mother, but clearly not raised by one. Has no one ever told you that pointing at people is impolite?”
“President Barrington, Director Gordon is really going too far, bullying others. Come stand up for me!” Unable to argue back, Millie immediately called for help.
Xavier, who had been working, walked to her side and backed her up. “Irene, apologize.”
Although I already understood Xavier could bend many rules for Millie, my chest still burned with pain.
I stubbornly replied, “I did nothing wrong. I will not say sorry.”
Noticing that I stayed stubborn and showed no regret, Xavier directly said, “Millie, slap her.”
Before I could respond, Millie struck my cheek.
My anger immediately rose. I lifted my hand to hit back, but Xavier stopped it in midair.
He coldly scolded, “How long are you going to keep causing trouble?”
Seeing the provocation in Millie’s eyes, my chest tightened with pain. In a rough voice, I asked, “Am I the one causing trouble? Wasn’t it her urging the animal to bite me?”
Xavier’s eyes turned cold. “It is only a dog bite. It will not kill you.”
“How can you be so fake?”
After arguing back at me, Xavier turned toward Millie, his eyes showing concern for the Pomeranian. “Let us take it to the hospital first.”
I stood there, stunned.
I thought back to when I was pregnant the first time. Back then, I was carrying a six-month belly when I caught him being unfaithful for the first time.
Overcome by anger, I disturbed the fetus, and blood poured out everywhere. Xavier looked at me with disgust. When he passed by, he left behind one sentence. “Really unlucky.”
Back then, I pleaded with him to bring me to the hospital, but he replied, “It is just some bleeding. It will not kill you.”
In the end, the baby did not survive, and I became extremely weak afterward.
And now, because of Millie, Xavier was actually willing to take her to the hospital himself.
I laughed self-mockingly in my heart.
In a hoarse voice, I said, “There is a document here. Please sign it.”
Xavier accepted the document and was just about to examine it when Millie called out nervously, “President Barrington, Shadow seems like it is dying…”
Xavier had no time to review it. He signed it casually and left with Millie and the dog.
As he passed me, his shoulder struck me hard. My leg throbbed faintly, almost making me lose my balance.
I handed my resignation to HR. When a colleague saw it, they seemed unable to accept it. “Director Gordon, everyone recognizes your skills. Perhaps President Barrington is just temporarily mistaken. How about giving it a bit more time?”
I shook my head and answered decisively, “Not waiting. I find my family.”
From the moment I first caught Xavier being unfaithful to now, three full years had gone by.
Every half month, Xavier would tell me to “wait a little longer.” He was just fooling around with those women to handle the boss.
But this time, I plainly realized that Millie held no ordinary position in his heart.
So, I didn’t want to keep waiting anymore.
第3章
I met Xavier at the orphanage. Back then, I was seven years old and already the leader among the children there.
And he had just lost both parents, had his parents’ pension taken by bullying relatives, and was dumped at the orphanage gate like an unwanted burden.
My first encounter with him was the night one week after Xavier entered the orphanage. He was so hungry that his stomach growled nonstop, and he was unable to fall asleep.
And I happened to like hoarding snacks, so the righteous me gave all of mine to him.
From that moment on, he trailed after me. I spoke up for him in all things and took him into account in everything.
Until adulthood, I was the one following behind him. He took care of me in every detail and stayed by my side.
Back then, we once huddled together under an overpass tunnel, making fires to survive. Later, when things improved a little, he took out a loan to start a business.
The first time he owed five hundred thousand, I encouraged him not to lose heart.
So he worked hard with a strong focus to start a business again. In only two years, he grew the company larger and more powerful, pushing into the national top hundred.
It was also during that period that I met my relatives at a banquet. Only then did I learn that I had been separated when I was young, but I did not want to leave Xavier, so I simply refused to recognize my family.
Xavier was very insecure, so I never told him that my relatives had already located and contacted me.
My original purpose was to stop him from thinking too much.
I did not expect he would actually want to use this to control my weakness!
When I stepped out of the company, I suddenly got an urgent call from the hospital. The doctor informed me, “Your younger sister’s current situation is not very good. She needs emergency surgery. As for the cost…”
I gripped the resignation paper and quickly said, “Use the best. I will hurry over to pay right away.”
When I hurried to the hospital without pause and saw the bill for two hundred thousand, my mind went empty for a second.
Ever since I found out Xavier cheated, he had not given me even a single dollar. The later abortion and all kinds of costs were all paid by me.
Looking at the balance on the card with only 1.28 dollars left, my heart shook again and again.
The paycheck had not arrived yet.
The hospital was urging immediately.
After hesitating over and over, I still took out my phone and called Xavier.
Hoping that for the sake of so many years of feelings, he would give me my salary early.
The call went through.
The first time, no one picked up.
The second time, it was cut off right away.
.…
Only on the twelfth attempt did the call go through, the other party sounding annoyed. “If you have something to say, say it fast.”
I drew in a deep breath. My voice came out faint and strained. “Can you… loan me some money? Or pay my salary early and lend me the remainder?”
Xavier paused briefly, then asked, “How much?”
I lowered my gaze to the amount on the bill, shut my eyes in despair, and said, “Two hundred thousand.”
A faint chuckle came from Xavier, then his nearly heartless voice followed. “I can loan you the money, but you must admit you were wrong and apologize.”
Before I could respond, Millie’s angry voice rang out from the other end. “You must kneel and bow to Shadow to apologize!”
They wanted me to admit my mistake and apologize to a dog, the very dog that had hurt me first.
Xavier and Millie were plainly trampling my pride underfoot.
And Xavier fully knew that I had always been a very proud person.
My chest filled with bitter hurt. In a strained voice, I said, “Xavier, I am borrowing this money, not asking you to hand it to me.”
“And my salary is money I worked for.”
Xavier remained indifferent. “Then I give you twenty thousand extra. You kneel and apologize.”
“Once you come and apologize, I give you the money.”
Right after he spoke, the line went dead.
My unfinished words were fully trapped in my throat.
A deep sense of helplessness washed over me.
Amid the turmoil and darkness, I dialed my father again.
The other side answered immediately.
My throat tightened. “Dad, can you lend me two hundred thousand? My younger sister…”
Before I could finish, one million was transferred into my account.
Immediately afterward, my father spoke with affection. “If you are willing to spend dad’s money, dad feels very comforted. If it is still not enough, come ask Dad again.”
I didn’t have time to say much. After a hurried thank-you, I quickly went to settle the fees and topped up another one hundred thousand for lodging.
After handling everything, I looked at my younger sister’s pale face and whispered an apology. “Sorry, Rosie…”
If not for me, Xavier would not have gone after her.
Rosie was the little sister I met in the orphanage. She had always been the closest to me growing up. Even after adulthood, she continued to follow me. To me, she was truly family.
Once, Xavier and Rosie were both the people I cared about most.
Now, Xavier had turned into the chief cause behind Rosie's being forced to death.
Just when I was about to take a brief rest, the ward door was abruptly opened.
“Come with me to apologize.”
第4章
Xavier burst in without a word, grabbed my wrist, and dragged me outside.
Not wanting to disturb my younger sister’s rest, I held back my temper and followed him out of the ward. After the door closed, I immediately shook free from his grip.
My gaze grew cold. “What did you come for? And what am I apologizing for?”
Xavier pulled out a wet wipe and casually cleaned the place where he had touched me.
Then he tossed it into the trash with disgust before speaking. “You hurt Millie’s dog so badly. Shouldn’t you take responsibility for what you did?”
I shot back, “But I was bitten by that animal too! Why don’t you ask her to cover my medical costs?”
As I spoke, I showed him the wound.
Earlier, I was occupied with my sister’s situation and hadn’t had time to treat the injury, only getting a few rabies injections and a tetanus shot.
When Xavier saw the bloody hole in my leg, he frowned, and softness flashed in his eyes.
When we were little, Xavier was often picked on in the orphanage. Some troublemakers once drove dogs to attack him. I was the one the dogs bit, my entire body covered with bloody wounds, just to save him. Because of this, I am very scared of dogs. Back then, he even said he would grow up fast and become a man who could protect me, so I would not get hurt again…
Perhaps remembering the past, some pain rose in Xavier’s eyes, and he moved his hand toward my leg.
The next moment, the special ringtone broke the quiet air.
Xavier picked up the call, and Millie’s broken sobs came through the phone.
She roughly said the dog’s injuries were too serious and it was already beyond saving.
The call finished, and the small bit of warmth in Xavier’s eyes vanished. Endless coldness swallowed me.
“Are you satisfied?”
I opened my mouth. Before I could argue, Xavier’s voice was full of disappointment.
“Irene, I once believed you understood proper behavior. In the abduction incident three years earlier, I used a great amount of people and cash to save you when your clothing was messy. What else do you want?”
“You, a used and ruined woman who was already taken by others, besides me wanting you, who else would take you?”
The abduction incident three years earlier was the turning point that made the connection between Xavier and me fall apart.
At that time, his business opponent was unhappy that he controlled most of the earnings, so they paid people to seize me and demand payment from him.
He stayed calm, logical, and saved me in the quickest way.
Back then, my clothing was torn apart because I fought desperately, wanting to use death to stop Xavier from being pushed into a hard spot.
Unexpectedly, this instead turned into Xavier’s only evidence that I had been violated.
No matter how many times I explained that those marks were left when I tried to end my life and not from violence, he never trusted me.
The sentences I wanted to explain were stuck in my throat.
Xavier noticed his words sounded too heavy, and his eyes shifted. “What I say is all truth. It is natural that you cannot argue back.”
At that moment, a nurse passing by told me, “Miss Gordon, correct? You forgot to take the card you just topped up with one hundred thousand. I brought it for you.”
Just as I was about to extend my hand, Xavier moved one step quicker and grabbed the card.
He lifted the card and demanded from me, “Where does the money in this card come from?”
My eyes stayed calm and clear. “Why do you care where it comes from?”
Xavier became irritated by my reply. In front of me, he broke the card into two pieces. “You are really capable now. Do not let me discover you are being supported by some dirty person.”
Hearing the phrase “being supported,” I felt like my tail was stepped on and quickly fired back, “Xavier, do not think everyone is like Millie, depending on men for everything.”
“I, Irene, even if I leave you, will still live very well!”
Xavier coldly laughed. “Leave me. You’re only a useless nobody, a fool who understands nothing. If you were not depending on my company, how could you have such a comfortable life now?”
The anger from being belittled surged in my heart. I looked at the former lover who had become the sharpest knife stabbing into me.
My heart pulled tight, and I forced myself to hold back the tears.
I watched Xavier take another call in front of me and walk away.
At that instant, I suddenly understood that Xavier and I were no longer the same type of people.
He had become completely strange.
So strange that he was no longer the boy who once loved me with his whole heart.
第5章
After setting my younger sister up, I carried the divorce papers to the City Hall to complete the process.
The employee examined it several times and, after checking again and again, gave me bad news.
“Sorry, miss, your marriage certificate is fake. Please go back and confirm before coming again.”
The marriage certificate was fake?
I held the marriage certificate that I had carefully kept safe for three years, feeling shocked and panicked.
“How can it be fake…”
After the abduction three years earlier, when Xavier saved me, some dishonest media hurried to report and insult my innocence. During that time, I suffered from serious depression and tried to take my life several times to end everything.
It was Xavier who kicked open my room door and dragged me out of the darkness.
He said, “Don’t care about the gossip outside. I will love you for a lifetime.”
As he spoke, he brought me to get the certificate.
Although there was no wedding at that time, I felt his presence was greater than everything.
At that moment, I believed I had gained the happiness of my life.
Now, the fake marriage certificate gave me a hard slap without doubt.
Since the marriage certificate was fake, I didn’t need the divorce cooling-off period.
After calming my feelings, I took a taxi home.
Looking at this house where I had stayed for almost ten years, my chest was full of reluctance.
But I still decided to pack my belongings.
What wasn’t mine, even if I risked my life, I couldn’t hold on to.
For a full ten hours, I cleared away every sign about me.
I called the charity group to come collect the items, but unexpectedly ran into Xavier coming back.
His eyes noticed the box in my hand, and his brows furrowed. “What are you doing? Moving out?”
I froze. The fingers gripping the suitcase unconsciously tightened. Acting calm, I said, “I heard left-behind children have no winter clothes. I’m donating the ones I don’t need.”
Xavier looked me over with a doubtful look. The next moment, a phone ring pulled away all his focus.
From the other side came Millie’s sweet, clingy voice. “It is all your fault for playing too roughly with me in the study last time. My earring even dropped off. I am going to punish you, so hurry and find it for me.”
Xavier lowered his posture, his voice soft and full of pampering. “Okay, okay, who told you to act like a little tease?”
As I passed by Xavier, I donated all the belongings without any expression.
Until I watched Xavier walk away, my entire heart kept shaking.
Saying it did not hurt would be a lie.
After all, twenty years of being together had already made us feel like family to each other.
At midnight, I got a call from the hospital. They told me, “Please move to another hospital as soon as possible. An order has come from above. We are not allowed to take her in.”
By the time I hurried there, my younger sister had already been pushed out by the hospital.
I rushed forward to argue, “Didn’t I already pay? Why are you still forcing her out?”
No one paid any attention to me.
I held my younger sister, trying to rush inside the hospital, but security firmly blocked me.
I shouted until my throat turned rough. Only then did a medical worker who could not bear it quietly tell me, “This afternoon, the hospital was taken over by SwiftWave Company. The notice was also just released by President Barrington. Don’t make things difficult for us.”
I stood frozen in place.
Thinking about the message he sent me that afternoon, it was actually giving me a final warning.
Unwilling to accept it, I carried my younger sister and ran across most of Maryland. The replies I received were all that they could not accept her.
I took my younger sister everywhere, begging for treatment but getting no results.
In deep despair, I pulled out my phone and called Xavier. It was not until the twentieth call that someone picked up.
From the other side came Millie’s voice. “Yo, isn’t this the old woman? Calling again to beg for money?”
I spoke flatly, “Let Xavier answer the phone.”
Millie softly laughed a few times, full of ill intent. “Brother Xavier says you killed my dog, so use your sister’s life to pay for it. One life for one life.”
“Old woman, Brother Xavier has already registered the marriage certificate with me. You should step back.”
While speaking, Millie sent me a picture of a marriage certificate.
I stared at it in shock.
In the cold wind, only my hopeless tears of regret remained.
Regretting that I had loved the wrong man.
Hating that I had trusted the wrong man.
In my haze, several drunk men smelling strongly of alcohol blocked my way, their words full of cheap and greasy jokes.
“Yo, two young girls look pretty good. Want to spend one night playing with a few brothers?”
“Still walking outside so late at night, aren’t you just lonely? Do not worry, big brother will satisfy you right now.”
第6章
As they spoke, they charged forward to grab me, their rough hands roughly seizing my arm, my skin burning with pain.
I shouted coldly, “Get lost! Be careful, or I call the police!”
Instead, they grew even more thrilled.
Two men reached out and yanked my younger sister away; the other three lunged toward me. I was roughly forced onto the ground, my skin rubbing and hitting the cold concrete road.
The pain made me draw in a cold breath.
Watching them wildly feel over my body, my eyes turned hard. I removed the necklace from my neck. Ever since I was taken three years earlier, a needle had stayed hidden inside the necklace for protection.
I pulled the needle out and stabbed at them again and again.
At the same moment, I didn’t forget to yell, “I have an infectious disease, there is my blood on the needle. I drag you all down to hell with me!”
I rushed forward to cover my younger sister, gripping that twelve-centimeter needle in my hand.
Several of them became scared and ran off in panic.
My whole body shook. Afraid they might come back and kill me to keep me quiet, I quickly carried my younger sister and left.
After arriving at a secure place, I then realized my younger sister, without the ventilator supporting her breathing, had already stopped breathing at some unknown moment.
The huge anger and crushing hatred nearly swallowed me. That was the younger sister who had stayed beside me for over ten years.
At that time, I hated Xavier and Millie to the limit, only wishing to find a chance to take revenge for my younger sister.
After dealing with my younger sister’s funeral matters, I went back home drained all over, only to see that Xavier hadn’t returned at all.
In the days that followed, Xavier still didn’t come back.
Outside, his love scandals spread everywhere.
There were photos of him releasing the sky lantern to take every auction item just to win Millie’s smile.
There were videos of him bringing her to watch the aurora and making a romantic confession beneath the aurora.
There were pictures of him purchasing a castle for her and proposing with a path covered with 9,999 roses in different colors.
The media below stated that Xavier made a romantic proposal at that moment and also spoke a gentle line, “You’re my rose princess, and as your knight, I protect you forever.”
I watched those items, slowly turning numb.
Later, I saved those items and, along with my marriage certificate with Xavier, took pictures and posted them on Millie’s university forum.
At the same time, I organized the proof Millie had sent during this time to provoke me, the proof of blocking the hospital from rescuing people, and the key files of SwiftWave Company’s project fraud, and sent them all to my lawyer, preparing to sue Xavier after leaving and take revenge for my younger sister.
Just after finishing this, I got a call from Xavier. I mocked with a smile, thinking he called because of the forum post.
“Are you crazy? Millie only wants a romantic confession. Young girls like to fool around. What’s wrong with you being more generous?”
“Irene, can you stop being unreasonable?”
I said calmly, “I’m not being unreasonable.”
I only wanted to see how far you could go for her.
Xavier’s tone turned cold. “You really disappoint me too much. Millie’s reputation is very important. You are already almost thirty and don’t need that reputation. I have PR handle it.”
The next moment, the call ended.
Half an hour later, I received a lawyer’s warning letter, along with a notice from SwiftWave Company.
Xavier publicly cut ties with me, saying the marriage certificate with me was false, and spreading claims that I was a delusional fangirl with hysteria.
The bitterness in my chest nearly drowned me.
I didn’t expect Xavier to go this far for Millie.
I laughed at myself.
The door suddenly burst open.
Several bodyguards rushed inside and forced me down, sticks falling against my body.
I cried out in panic, “I am Xavier’s wife, what are you doing?!”
One bodyguard said mockingly. “President Barrington says there is a thief inside the house and tells us to handle it well. Didn’t expect you still dare to call yourself the wife.”
My thoughts went empty, my ears buzzing.
My head held only the words “President Barrington says there is a thief inside the house.” In the end, in his eyes, I was only a thief.
The sticks kept hitting my body, hurting so badly that I couldn’t scream.
After they beat me for more than an hour, I lay weak on the floor, my whole body curled tightly.
They roughly pulled me outside, then stripped me bare and threw me onto the street.
It was almost afternoon, and many cars leaving work drove past.
Suddenly, a Tesla stopped in front of me, the window sliding down.
“Are you Irene?”