Chapter 3
“Was he treating you well?”
“Well, it’s quite good. Just a few days ago, he bought me a small island and said he wants to make up for our honeymoon trip. Honestly, even after five years of marriage, he still acts like a child…”
Braedon’s voice was filled with bitterness and suppressed gloom,
“That’s good, this way I can be at ease.”
“You too, why did you give such an expensive gift again? If Arianna finds out, she won’t be happy.”
Madelyn has always been like this, taking advantage of everything for herself.
He would also turn around and mock me, with a sarcastic tone.
When she was divorced by Albert, she rushed to the hospital and told my mother this news at her bedside.
It caused my mom to faint on the spot and she was rushed into the operating room overnight.
We argued incessantly.
Albert and Braedon came rushing over, but they both stood on her side, blaming me for being immature.
That day, Albert Madelyn and I had a complete falling out.
Braedon became the only redemption in my life.
But now, it was also him who pushed me into the abyss.
The secretary rushed to me and opened the door, delivering the contract in a hurry.
Braedon’s eyes flickered with surprise. “Arianna? What are you doing here? Don’t overthink it, Madelyn just came to chat and discuss the collaboration for this project. She is the head of the Ponce Group project…”
“Arianna, long time no see.”
Madelyn got up, wearing the latest haute couture.
I looked like a rural village woman.
I nodded with a smile, suppressing my grievances and said, “It’s okay, I just came to see you while I was out shopping. Since you’re busy, I’ll go back
first.”
Braedon thought I was angry, so he caught up with me and explained for a while.
Watching him worry about me, I suddenly felt like laughing.
In order to get closer to Madelyn, I deliberately made concessions and signed the project with the Ponce Group.
Now that Madelyn has finally come to visit him, who is he pretending for?
“Don’t worry, I wasn’t such an irresponsible person. You focus on your work. I will obediently wait for you at home.”
He visibly breathed a sigh of relief and had his secretary personally escort me downstairs.
Just out of the elevator, the employees looked at me with mocking eyes.
They pointed and gestured towards me, as I could hear my voice.
I ignored it and left the company directly.
After getting married, he said he didn’t want me to be burdened with work and only wanted me to be carefree.
I believed his words and became a housewife bound by him ever since.
And Madelyn, who was in the same class as me, became the project leader of the Ponce Group.
Nowadays, we have already undergone a world of difference, both in terms of perspective and ability.
I could never compare to her again.
Braedon, this is the result you wanted, right?
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I was no longer a threat to your crush.
When I got back home, I sorted the things he had given me over the past five years into a box.
I took it downstairs and burned it completely.
The moment the flames ignited. Madelyn suddenly appeared in front of me.
Kicked the box over with one foot.
The sparks from the photos splashed onto her body, but she still wore a smile on her face.
“Arianna, all these years, you were still just as useless.”
“I couldn’t protect my own mother back then, and now I can’t even protect myself. You are just a joke!”
Did she know about what happened back then?
Anger ignited in my heart, and I couldn’t hold back any longer as I slapped her across the face.
Without exerting much force, she poured straight into the fire pit.
I stood there in shock, unable to react
A figure rushed out from behind and pushed me to the ground.
Madelyn was embraced by him.
Braedon looked at me with anger in his eyes.
“Arianna! What are you doing? Have you gone mad?”
“Madelyn just came over to visit you out of kindness, wanting to clarify the misunderstanding from years ago. Why did you lay hands on her?”
His eyes were filled with anger, and there was not a trace of love in his gaze as he looked at me.
I curled my lips and sneered.
“She mentioned my mom,
Braedon.”
“Shouldn’t you have given me an explanation for the misunderstanding back then?”
He frowned, a hint of panic flashing in his eyes.
“What explanation? Didn’t you know that Aunt was seriously ill, and the surgery failed back then?”
“No matter how things were back then, it still doesn’t justify you laying hands on Madelyn!”
“Arianna, apologize to her right now!”
Before I could say anything, Madelyn had already climbed onto his shoulders.
“Don’t… Don’t trouble Arianna, when Albert broke off the engagement back then, it was already our fault to her. Today’s matter, let it be my
compensation to her…”
“Since she disliked me so much, let’s not keep in touch anymore in the future. I don’t want to put you in a difficult position.”
The nail deeply embedded into the palm, and drops of fresh blood slid down.
Watching the silhouette of the two embracing as they walked away, I knew, we were finished.
I picked up the box again and continued to light what was inside.
Five years of love turned into ashes in this moment.
An hour later, Braedon finally sent a message explaining.
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