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he next morning, my assistant’s frantic call woke me up.
Ms. Carter, we’ve got a problem!”
What?”
‘ou’re being accused of being the other woman who broke up Mr. Ster- Liam and Rosalie’s marriage.
nd…”
iam issued a public statement. Just check your phone!”
y heart skipped a few beats, then steadied.
<new Liam too well.
1 trained him to be a ruthless businessman myself.
eelings meant nothing compared to profit.
eeing his expression last night, I should’ve known he’d strike first to protect his interests and reputation.
Then it comes to cutting emotional ties, men are always faster than women.
Don’t panic,” I told my assistant. “Just keep monitoring Sterling Corp’s stock price.”
fter hanging up, I opened my laptop.
everal trending topics had exploded online:
Adrienne Carter and Liam Sterling Were Never Married, Just Business Partners
Adrienne Carter Homewrecker in Liam Sterling’s Marriage
Liam Sterling Has Wife and Daughter
Liam Sterling’s Tell-All Exposes Adrienne Carter’s Decade of Sexual Coercion
clicked through each one. Social media accounts under Rosalie’s name had posted their marriage certificate.
Even screenshots of our private conversation.
My perfectly reasonable questions had been twisted to make me look like some delusional side chick
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harassing the real wife.
Combined with Liam’s manipulative statement painting himself and Rosalie as victims, years of my support had been erased from history.
His statement read:
[Adrienne Carter has been sexually coercing me for over a decade, forcing me to live with her as husband
and wife.]
[Now that my company is successful, I’m finally strong enough to stand up to Adrienne and bring my real
wife and child home, exposing her true nature to the world.]
[On behalf of Sterling Corp, I’m officially cutting all ties with Carter Industries. From now on, she can go her way, and I’ll go mine.]
The comments section was brutal:
Looks so refined and classy, but she’s a total predator behind closed doors.]
Homewreckers deserve everything they get.]
Disgusting b*tch.]
Outside my house, reporters had gathered like vultures-not just financial journalists, but entertainment
reporters too.
Everyone wanted front-row seats to my downfall.
But too bad-they’d be disappointed.
I rolled out in my wheelchair as reporters swarmed me.
‘Ms. Carter, do you admit to Mr. Sterling’s allegations?”
“Are you really the third party who destroyed their marriage?”
“Did you really sexually coerce Mr. Sterling for over a decade?”
I calmly took a microphone:
“He had the balls to run a marriage scam on me, then calls ME the homewrecker? Every single lie will be
exposed!”
“Legal has already gathered all the evidence. Liam Sterling and Rosalie Carter better prepare for total destruction!”
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he reporters exchanged glances and shoved their microphones closer, pressing for answers:
What do you mean by that?”
Ms. Carter, Mr. Sterling’s statement says Sterling Corp is cutting all ties with Carter Industries. Sterling Corp now the second-largest company in North Capitol, right behind Carter Industries. You used to be a power ouple-now that you’re at war, won’t this hurt both companies?”
What kind of impact will this have on Carter Industries?”
veryone knew about my relationship with Liam over the years.
ow he was claiming I’d forced him to live with me as husband and wife.
ut people seemed to forget that I was the one who funded Sterling Corp from the ground up. I let it become
dependent just to give Liam dignity-so he could stand on his own without relying on me.
When we started it, I could have made Sterling a subsidiary of Carter Industries. But I didn’t, out of
onsideration for Liam.
n return, he used everything I gave him to secretly support his wife and child, then painted me as the
omewrecker.
He took all the credit for Sterling Corp’s success without a word of thanks to me.
When you’ve done nothing wrong, you don’t need to say much.
So I laughed coldly:
Since Liam wants to sever all connections with Carter Industries, he must be confident he can handle the
consequences.”
‘Let’s wait and see.”
“The truth will come out soon. Some people think they can show their true colors once they’ve grown wings, but frauds like that are heading straight for a dead end.”
“Mrs. Irvine, I’m tired. Please take me inside to rest.”
As Mrs. Irvine started to wheel me in, a reporter grabbed her hand on the door.
“Ms. Carter, are you saying Carter Industries will retaliate? You’re going to fight back, right?”
Ever since Liam and I got “married,” I’d hired a housekeeper Sophie Irvine to manage our daily needs.
She’d been caring for me for over a decade and knew everything that went on in this house.
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Now she’d finally had enough.
She snapped at the reporters: “Please let go.”
“Ms. Carter trusted the wrong person, had a car accident, and lost her baby. She needs to rest now.”
Her words stunned everyone into silence.
She angrily pushed the door shut and locked it.
Then she turned to me apologetically: “Miss, I’ve been with you all these years. I’ve seen how good you were
to Mr. Sterling.”
“If you ever need me to testify for you, I’ll do it.”
“I know I shouldn’t have said those things just now, but I couldn’t stand watching them bully you like that. If
I’ve caused you trouble, you can fire me.”
I had no intention of hiding my miscarriage.
In this whole mess, I was the victim from start to finish, so I had nothing to hide.
So, I didn’t want to blame Mrs. Irvine for her honest outburst.
I shook my head calmly. “No. Thank you. Mrs. Irvine.”
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