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She smiled. “Just a guess.”
“So, you pretended I pushed you and tricked Hector into shoving me. That’s why I lost the baby.”
“Yep. Blame it on Hector. Forced relationships never work. Just let go sooner rather than later.”
I slapped her hard across the face.
As I raised my hand for a second slap, a furious voice roared behind me.
“Stop it!”
Lignored it and slapped Tessie even harder.
Hector rushed over. “Grace, this is my company, not a place for your tantrums! Get out!”
I smirked and slapped him across the face too.
He stared at me in disbelief. “Are you insane?”
“This is just the beginning.”
Tessie, touching Hector’s face, looked at him with teary eyes.
“Grace, how could you hit Heck? You’re humiliating him in public.”
I wasn’t about to let her play the victim.
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“If I didn’t hit him, I’d hit you. And by the way, you’re the mistress provoking here. If he’s not embarrassed about that, he’ll definitely be fine being slapped.”
“A mistress? We’re the ones who truly love each other. It’s our families who forced us apart.”
Tessie’s tears streamed down her face, and then she threw herself into Hector’s arms.
Hector held her tightly. His voice was full of concern. “Tessie, I’m sorry.”
I clapped my hands sarcastically. “Oh, how touching. True love conquers all, huh?”
When we first got married, hearing about Tessie used to hurt
- me.
But over time, I got used to it.
Especially after I found out they had been secretly traveling the world together, rekindling their relationship behind my back.
My love for him slowly faded away.
Now, watching them cling to each other, all I felt was disgust.
“Hector, since you love her so much, just divorce me and marry her.”
Hearing my words, Tessie’s eyes lit up with barely concealed excitement.
Her dream of marrying into wealth was back on track.
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Hector gritted his teeth. “Don’t regret this.”
I gave him a confident look. “I won’t regret it. In fact, I’d consider it an honor.”
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As if my determination had provoked him, Hector started posting about his life with Tessie on social media.
They were probably living together now.
Photos of them holding hands, cooking, feeding each other, hugging, and even kissing flooded his feed.
Every picture screamed their happiness.
In the past, I would’ve stormed over and confronted him.
But now, I felt nothing. When love is gone, it’s gone.
I ignored his childish antics and focused on my divorce plans and work.
But just as I thought things would quiet down, Tessie started stirring up trouble.
She began live–streaming from the mansion Hector had bought her.
She kept telling the love story of them to her audience.
She painted herself as the Cinderella who fell in love with a prince but was torn apart by societal prejudice.
She claimed she had to leave him for the sake of his future, only to reunite with him in a foreign country at her lowest point.
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Her tearful storytelling moved thousands of viewers, who showered her with gifts.
She became the pitiful, powerless white lotus who sacrificed everything for love.
And I became the villain–the scheming, heartless woman who destroyed their relationship.
Countless audiences became their loyal “love guards.”
They dug up my background and called for a boycott of the Parrish Group’s products and services.
They doxxed me and bombarded the Parrish Group’s official accounts with hate.
I told the team to disable comments and ignored the chaos.
I had to admit, Tessie had a talent for playing the victim.
She tapped into people’s resentment toward the wealthy and gave them an outlet for their emotions.
Hector’s occasional appearances in her streams only added to the frenzy, attracting countless dreamy–eyed fans.
The comments flooded in.
“This is like a novel come to life! Who says true love doesn’t exist?”
“Wow, I’m so jealous! Where can I get a boyfriend like that?”
“The way he looks at her is so tender. Can y’all see that?”
The stream was filled with nothing but praise and envy for
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their “love.”
Tessie responded to every comment with a shy smile.
Gifts flooded the screen.
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By the end of the stream, Tessie had made a fortune from gifts alone.
It was a win–win for her–love and money.
But the higher they climb, the harder they fall.
I saved all the evidence and exited the stream.
After leaving the Bertram Group, I returned to the Parrish Group.
I had barely set foot here before.
I was too busy helping Hector build his empire even though I was the heir to the Parrish Group.
Looking back now, my past self’s obsession with love was downright embarrassing.
I threw myself into work. I hadn’t thought about them for weeks.
But two weeks later, Tessie couldn’t resist stirring the pot.
“Grace, what’s the point of dragging this out? Hector doesn’t love you. The whole world knows you’re the homewrecker. Do you want to ruin the Parrish Group over this?”
I sipped my coffee. “I sent Hector the divorce papers ages ago. He’s the one refusing to sign. Seems he’s not that into
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