was a photo taken in a dimlyst private room. Even though the lighting was poor, one could see exactly what the people in the picture were do
Valerie was pinned down on a couch by some young guy, their heads practically pressed inpether, and the scene was indescribable.
Her phone was suddenly snatched away, and Valerie frantically tried to explain. “Clayton, those photos are fake. Audrey did all this. Sha’s deliberately trying to ruin my reputation.”
Clayton zoomed in on the photo, but he wasn’t looking at the young man’s face. Instead, he focused on the ashtray sitting on the coffee table. The ashtray had the bar’s name and logo printed on it.
Clayton remembered going to that bar before and seeing a woman who looked exactly like Valerie being led upstairs to a private room by some guy. He’d wanted to go say hello at the time, but the stall had stopped him.
That was why Clayton remembered it so clearly–it was the same bar marked on this ashtray.
“Clayton, think about it. Audrey is so vam. She didn’t want compensation but made me post that apology video because she was setting a trap for me. All those bloggers who are smearing me and cyber–bullying me? She hired them all,” Valerie said in panic.
As Valerte spoke, she tried to grab her phone back. Clayton raised his hand higher, keeping it out of reach. His face turned ice cold, his eyes dark and menacing as he pulled out his own phone.
Valerie thought he was going to take pictures of her phone screen and quickly reached out to block him. “Clayton, the photos are fake!”
Instead, Clayton opened his own spending history and started scrolling up quickly. He found his payment record from that exact bar. The date matched perfectly with the timestamp on the photos the internet users had provided.
Clayton held up his phone to show Valerie.
“What does this mean?” Valerie looked completely confused.
“I saw you go upstairs with some guy that day with my own eyes,” Clayton said through gritted teeth. “I called you and you didn’t answer. Then, I called Cheryl, and she told me you’d already gone to bed.”
“So that’s how you were ‘resting?” Clayton suddenly exploded with rage and hurled his phone at Vallerie.
Valerie screamed and dodged out of the way. After the initial panic wore off, she slowly calmed down. She bent down to pick up the phone, checked that the screen wasn’t cracked, and slipped it into her pocket,
“Getting angry just hurts your health. Besides, if you break the phone, you’re the one paying to replace it anyway,” Valerie said, flipping her hair back as she settled comfortably into the couch.
She continued, “We’re stuck together now, so instead of taking your anger out on me, you should figure out how to minimize the damage.”
Clayton’s whole body shook with fury. He was starting to understand Lucas a little better now. When someone got pushed to their breaking point, they really could lose all sense of reason.
“Whose kid is that in your belly?” Clayton pointed at Valerie’s stomach, then ran his hands through his hair in frustration. “I only slept with you once, and I was completely wasted. You’re telling me you got pregnant from that one time?”
Valerie shrugged dismissively. “I’m your wife. The baby in my belly is obviously yours.”
“I want the truth,” Clayton snapped, completely losing it as he kicked over a nearby stool
A nurse rushed over to check on the commotion, but Valerie smoothly sent her away with a few reassuring words. Valerie rubbed her belly, her eyes showing a greedy satisfaction that Clayton had never seen before.
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your mom loves having grandsons so much that once ve bith to a son, she make sure you get your share of the
thanking me, Valerie murmured.
Clayton roared, his face turning bright red as the veins on his forehead looked ready to burst. “So your hand was never actually Injured, Lucas you either.
“And Audrey never huit you. Everything was part of your scheme you planned this whole thing from the start to destroy my family?
Valerie snorted and turned to look at him. “When you married Audrey, you chose her because she had no family to drain the Patel resources. She was pretty and independent enough to make you look good in front of your buddies.
“But after the wedding, you realized she was too independent. When your mom and Alexa picked on her, she wouldn’t come crying to you or act helpless. So you decided you needed to break her down.”
The red color slowly drained from Clayton’s face as he collapsed weakly onto the hospital bed. Valerie had grown up with him. She knew exactly what kind of person he was
“If you really didn’t want Audrey to know I existed, would you have let me live in her new house? Valeria sneered. “Would you have brought me to family birthday parties?
“You wanted to see how heartbroken Audrey would be when she found out you were keeping me. You wanted to watch her beg you not to abandon her.”
Too bad Audrey had disappointed him. She only kept insisting that she hadn’t hurt Valerie and stubbornly demanded he explain why he was supporting Valerie. She didn’t show even a hint of the crazy, desperate behavior one’d expect from someone who’d lost their husband’s love.
This made Clayton furious, so he forcibly sent Audrey to Ashwood Mental Hospital. He claimed it was to help her calm down, but really he wanted to break her stubborn spirit completely
The problem was, things went further and further from what Clayton had planned. Audrey refused to give in and kept fighting him all the way to their divorce.
“Let’s get divorced,” Clayton murmured.
Valerie’s smug expression froze on her face when she heard Clayton’s words. “What did you say?”
“Let’s get divorced.” Clayton repeated. “I want a divorce. This isn’t the life I want.”
He looked at Valerie’s shocked expression and continued, “That 300 thousand dollars i gave you before? Consider it punishment for my arrogance. Let’s have a peaceful divorce.”
“Absolutely not.” A flash of confidence crossed Valerie’s eyes. “I’m pregnant, and you can’t divorce a pregnant woman.”
“But the baby you’re carrying isn’t mine.” Clayton couldn’t maintain his composure around Valerie anymore and kept breaking into furious shouting.
Valerie rubbed her belly and smiled, “No wonder your law firm went under. You don’t even know basic legal facts. The law says men can’t file for divorce while their wives are pregnant, but it doesn’t specifically require that the baby has to be the husband’s.”
Clayton’s eyes went wide with shock. “How did you find out?”
“Your colleague Jade told me, of course.” Valerie stood up and headed for the door. “Not only can’t you divorce me, but you’ll also need to cover my living expenses during the pregnancy.
“Make sure you transfer the money time. I won’t stick around here making you miserable:
The hospital room door slammed shut, and Clayton swept everything he could throw off the bedside table.
Valeria thought the online harassment would stay contained to the internet and wouldn’t affect her real life. She was
Electronic billboards on the street and scrolling screens on buses were all playing clips of various bloggers analyzing and mocking her shameless
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husband stealing tactics.
The internet wasn’t just going after the homewrecker–the cheating husband was getting roasted too.
People were calling Clayton a parasite in the legal profession, a disaster for his whole family, and a cuckold who was raising someone said he deserved everything he pot.
Aher Clayton got out of the hospital, he went back to Trophaven. He planned to apologize to his mother and make it clear that he absolutely har divorce Valerie. Right now, getting his family’s support was his only chance of breaking free from her quickly.
But when Clayton arrived at Patel Manos, e was stummed
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