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Charlotte looked even more disgusted. "Her father didn't pass away. He saw through her and her mother long ago and realized they were both bad people. He felt that every single day spent with them was pure suffering, so he abandoned them."Hearing Charlotte's words, I immediately put down my phone and strode toward the door.She was making up lies.Julian said nothing to that; he just asked Charlotte to go on.Charlotte continued, "Her mother is a leech. When Aralyn first got together with my son, she didn't work at all. She just stayed home. And then, every day, she would ask my son for money to support her own family."She pursed her lips. "Say, why do women like her still exist? Does she not know how hard it is to make money?"Charlotte felt that Shayne had been taken advantage of.Just as I stepped out, I heard Charlotte say this. "Are you saying I spent your son's money?" I asked in annoyance."Well, what else?" Charlotte asked as if it were the most obvious thing in the w
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Instead of answering, Julian looked at me.I nodded.Only then did Julian hand the phone to Charlotte.Charlotte took the phone and immediately dialed Shayne's number.Shayne answered the call. "Hello? Mr. Hughes, is there something you need?""It's your mother," Charlotte said."I'm at Julian's house. Come over here. Aralyn wants to talk to you."Charlottes had been out of line when she'd forced him to get a vasectomy.Shayne had no intention of responding to Charlotte, but after hearing what she said, he hesitated and replied, "Okay, I'll be there."Charlotte hung up the phone and returned it to Julian, her eyes filled with disdain. "My son is on his way!" she remarked arrogantly."If you don't want him to expose you, you'd better come clean now. Maybe Julian will give you a chance if you're honest."Julian raised an eyebrow."I would give Aralyn a chance? In our relationship, Aralyn has always held the power. Couldn't Charlotte see that?" thought Julian."Since Shayne
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"Shayne didn't give you that much at first. But later, after his startup succeeded and he made money, he must have given you more, right?" Charlotte said somewhat awkwardly.I didn't deny it. "He did. But it wasn't five thousand, and he never gave my mother any money. He only gave me three thousand a month.""That's impossible!" Charlotte said without a second thought."Forget about jewelry; just one piece of clothing Shayne bought for Luna costs hundreds of thousands. Are you telling me that the total amount he gave you in those years isn't even as much as one of Luna's outfits?"That was the truth. But I also knew Charlotte hated me, so no matter what I said, she wouldn't believe me.I lifted my chin and motioned for Charlotte to look behind her. "Your son is here. If you don't believe me, you can ask him yourself."Charlotte turned to look at Shayne and quickly rushed to him. "Shayne, you're finally here! Tell Julian how terrible Aralyn was to you! She forced you to go to work
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Shayne felt as if his heart was being stabbed. It hurt terribly."She lied to you. I never increased the living expenses I gave to Aralyn," he confessed.Charlotte froze, then quickly pressed on, "Then at least you gave her mother some money, right?""I didn't." Shayne had never felt his heart ache like this before."When I first got married, didn't you repeatedly warn me not to spoil them? I never forgot."For a moment, Charlotte didn't know what to say. She had always called Aralyn a gold digger, but in reality, Shayne had only given her this meager amount every month.Suddenly, her face was burning.As the two of them fell into silence, I spoke up. "First of all, you need to understand one thing—during the first year I was with your son, he didn't even give me three thousand dollars. He only gave me the money from the second to the fourth year."For the last two years, he didn't give me a single penny. In other words, over the six years I was with him, he gave me a total of
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Initially, I had no intention of asking for the money, but I couldn't stand how Charlotte kept coming to me every day, acting as if I had spent so much of Shayne's money.It made me develop a rather nasty thought.If Charlotte found out that, throughout this marriage, Shayne was the one who had been spending my money—what would she do then?Charlotte said smugly, "Great! Let's take a good look at how much my son has spent on you! If you have any sense of shame, now that you've found yourself a rich man, you should pay back every cent Shayne spent on you.""No problem," I agreed without hesitation."And if it turns out I was the one covering for Shayne, make sure he pays me back too."Charlotte nodded. "Sure."As she looked through the statement, her brows furrowed because she realized that every single expense in the statement was precisely recorded as money spent on Shayne.Not a single cent was spent on Zach.Most importantly, I had been extremely generous toward Shayne. Eve
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However, Julian stepped in front of me, his voice as calm as ever. "A man should marry a woman because he loves her, wants to build a life, and have a good future with her. It's not because she has a gentle personality, is tolerant of everyone, and won't cause him any trouble. I hope you can understand that."The more Julian spoke up for me, the more irritable Shayne felt because he understood that the better Julian treated me, the less of a chance he had."You sound so noble. But can you guarantee that you're with Aralyn not because of her personality?" Shayne sneered.Julian was clear about what he wanted, so he smiled and replied, "I won't deny that she has a great personality. But more than that, I want her to feel comfortable when she's with me rather than being constantly troubled by the people around me and living in unhappiness every day."Julian continued, "After your divorce, she had nothing to do with you anymore. Yet, the people around you still keep bothering her. What
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I really didn't want to have any kind of involvement with them anymore. Settling all the accounts and ending things completely was the best choice for me.Charlotte looked at Shayne.Shayne didn't refuse and said, "Alright."After settling this matter, I turned to Charlotte."You kept saying that my mom and I were leeching off your family. But in reality, I spent more money on your family. That meant you were the real leeches here. But even after taking my money, you still weren't satisfied. You even had the nerve to turn things around and accuse me."I shook my head lightly. "That's rich coming from you."Charlotte felt guilty, but she refused to admit she was wrong. She could only bite the bullet and say, "You married into our family, so you're one of us! The money you earn belongs to our family!"Seeing how unreasonable she was, I couldn't help but laugh. "I wasn't part of the family when you accused me of spending your family's money. But now that the truth shows you were th
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"It's a pity that the excuse about money has already been cleared up. You can now try to find another reason to tell Julian and see if he'll get mad and leave me for it."Charlotte knew that Julian was wealthy, so if she brought up money, he definitely wouldn't care. There was no need to keep harping on this issue.Once Charlotte figured this out, she instantly became much more confident. "Let's say Aralyn's in the right when it comes to money. But when it comes to not respecting her elders, she can't escape this one!"She stared at me smugly. "As my daughter-in-law, she should've respected me. But what had she done? Not only did she not cater to me and serve me, but she didn't even visit me!"Shayne no longer wanted to look at Charlotte because she had no idea that she was digging a hole for herself for every single thing she said. She set a trap for her own argument.He finally realized just how childish Charlotte was every time she tried to pick on Aralyn. It was easy to see th
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Seeing that no matter what they said, Luna remained unmoved, Shannon slowed her speech. "We're actually here to ask you to get back with Rowan.""Sorry, that thought has completely left my mind," replied Luna."If that's why you're here, then you should leave. I have work to do, so I won't be chatting with you any longer."Luna walked to the door and opened it. "You can go now."Shannon looked at Patrick.Patrick said coolly, "I don't even care that you're pregnant with Shayne's child anymore. In fact, if you get back together with Rowan, we can treat this child as one of our own. I hope you don't miss out on such a great opportunity.""That's not a great opportunity for me. When I didn't have a job back then, I thought being a housewife was a good life. I didn't have to worry about making money—I just had to take care of the household. But I realized it wasn't like that at all."Earning my own money is much better than relying on someone else to give it to me. This way, I don't
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"But I remember his place is pretty far from mine," Luna said, puzzled.Patrick sat down on the couch, looking at Luna. "Mainly, we figured since we came all this way to see Rowan, we might as well check in on you, too."Luna was even more confused. "Check in on me? Why?"Instead of answering her, Patrick asked, "You're pregnant."Luna glanced down at her stomach, then replied, "So what? I've been divorced from Rowan for so long, and I've been with Shayne for quite a while now. It's perfectly normal that I'm pregnant. You guys hated me before."Back then, you were eager for me to be with someone else. Now that I am, you guys should be happy."Luna sat down as well. When she was with Rowan, she had always been respectful in front of Patrick and Shannon.She had always seen them as family and worked hard to earn their approval.But no matter what she did, it was never enough.For a long time, Luna wondered if she was doing something wrong.But after the divorce—and after she wa
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When I found out Serena didn't have a job yet, an idea immediately came to mind. "I actually started a new company. We're hiring. The salary during the probation period is ten thousand dollars a month, with weekends and all national holidays off. And if you perform well, there's a big commission on top of that."I was about to add more when Mark sent me a photo. It was a payroll statement.Right after that, he sent a voice message. "Take a look at how much they've earned in commissions!"I tapped on the image. The company didn't have many employees yet, but every single one of them had already made over a million in commission—some even over five million.The amusement in my eyes deepened as I replied, "I hope they'll take home even more next month."Mark responded without hesitation, "At the rate sales are going, doubling it shouldn't be a problem."After reading his messages, I finally put my phone down and looked at Serena. "But of course, it all depends on our product sales.
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In the cafe, I looked at the young woman sitting across from me and asked, "What's your name?"She was sipping her milk tea. When she heard my question, she quickly looked up and replied, "My name is Serena Towson. You can call me Serena. I used to stay in the ward next to yours."I was a bit puzzled. "Then, how do you know I was framed?"Serena took a deep breath, lowering her head. "Actually, I should be apologizing to you for this.""Why are you apologizing?" I asked in confusion.Serena didn't answer. She looked uneasy as she kept looking down, pushing her phone toward me.On the screen was a voice recording.I tapped play.It was a conversation between Luna and someone else. "I need you to avoid the surveillance cameras and spill oil in that area. Do you hear me?"The other person seemed doubtful about Luna's plan. "If we do that, it'll be hard to clean up, and people will definitely notice something's off!""Don't pour too much. Just pour enough so she'll fall when she
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I looked around and saw that there was no one else around before turning to leave."Are you Aralyn?"I heard someone call my name and turned around to see a stranger.A little confused, I asked, "Yes?""I heard from someone at the hospital that you went there before, trying to find proof that Luna was the one who framed you. Isn't that right?" The woman seemed nervous.I had been trying to get evidence for this for a long time, but after so much effort, I hadn't found anything.At this point, I was about to give up on that approach.After all, I had other ways to get back at Luna and Shayne.Hearing what she said, I was surprised. "What, you have proof?""Yes, I do," she said firmly.If I could really get my hands on that kind of evidence, my revenge would be even more ruthless.But I knew that in situations like this, it was important to stay calm. "Why don't we talk about it at a cafe?"The woman hesitated.I smiled. "Do you have time?"Only then did she nod. "Of course
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I wanted Shayne to care about Luna, and when Luna gave birth to the baby who wasn't his, Shayne would be immensely devastated, especially since Luna and Charlotte had even forced Shayne into getting a vasectomy.Sometimes I couldn't help but wonder if Luna and Charlotte were on my side.Charlotte looked confused. "Good?"I nodded. "Yes, good."Charlotte studied me. "If he and Luna are doing well, that means he doesn't want you anymore.""Then so be it." I had long since stopped caring about Shayne.Charlotte fell silent.I met her gaze. "I'm married now. Maybe I didn't inform you, but Julian and I are legally married. We just haven't made it public. After being with Julian, I've felt a kind of security that I never had in my previous relationship."So, I also hope that this marriage will last. Of course, it'd be even better for me if all of you stopped bothering me."With that, I was ready to end the conversation. "Anything else you wanted to say? If not, I'll head upstairs."
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"Then, do we really need to give them commissions?"I didn't mind. "Yeah, go ahead. If they see that hard work pays off in our company, they'll be more willing to stay, right?""Yeah." Mark chuckled."I get what you're saying. I'll take care of it now.""Alright."After the call ended, Julian walked over to me and held my hand.I gently rubbed his hand in return. "What is it?""Your career is getting more and more successful," Julian said, a bit emotionally.When we first got together, I had nothing—just myself.But over time, I started drawing comics.With the right promotion, my comics gained traction and became a hit.That led to merchandise, trendy collectibles.But Julian never expected that I'd be able to launch my own plushies, start my own company, and make serious money.He always knew I was capable.But seeing me rise back to my peak in such a short time still surprised him.I smiled. "Yeah. Back when I was penniless and kicked out of my house, I never would've
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"My plan is to take advantage of the fact that our comic still has some merchandise and the hype hasn't died down yet. While ensuring quality, we'll speed up production as much as possible."I understood what Julian meant. "Alright.""Should I arrange it now?" Julian asked."Sure."Julian took his phone and went out to the balcony to share his thoughts with Mark.As someone who had been working with Julian for years, Mark immediately understood what Julian meant. "Leave it to me."Still, to make sure he didn't misinterpret any details, he confirmed everything with Julian.Only after making sure there were no issues did he finally breathe a sigh of relief and ask Julian to hand me the phone."Yes?" I asked, confused about why he needed to speak to me."Our company's recruitment is pretty much done. I ran the numbers, and with our current profits, we can afford to raise the salaries of our interns," he quickly informed."Since you're bringing this up, that means you already hav
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Shannon looked at Patrick.Patrick said, "Tell Rowan to win Luna back. She married someone else out of heartbreak, and that's because of us. Now we have money and are willing to spend it on her. I believe she'll come around. She'll want to come back and be with us again. It just takes time."Patrick wasn't used to staying in such a small place, so he said to Rowan, "Drive us to the hotel.""Alright."Rowan dropped his parents off at the hotel and then returned to his place. Sitting on the couch, he took out his phone and pulled up a photo of Luna.She was sitting by the ocean, turning her head to look at him, her eyes sparkling and filled with love.Rowan couldn't understand how things had gotten to this point.He picked up his phone and texted Luna. "I finally understand why my parents treated you that way back then.""I've known for a while," Luna replied calmly.Rowan was a little surprised. "You knew?""Yeah, I found out a few days ago. But that's your family's issue. It
