Chapter 5
I don’t feel sorry for these people at all.
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If Stella hadn’t accidentally overheard Ethan’s scheme and kindly posted to find me, I would be the one getting cursed at by everyone right now.
Oh, but Ethan wouldn’t let me get cursed at by everyone.
He’s incredibly ambitious. He would’ve quietly used that video to blackmail me endlessly until he drained my family’s entire fortune.
Now that I think about it carefully, I realize he’d been plotting this scheme from the moment we first met.
I got into the local university. I lived on campus because I didn’t want the daily hassle of commuting, but every Friday, my dad would have our driver Jacob pick me up.
It all started because someone maliciously spread rumors about
- me.
I’ve always kept a low profile and never told anyone about my family’s financial situation.
One day, someone anonymously posted photos of me being picked up by luxury cars on the school’s confession forum, revealing my identity–Scarlett Taylor, a freshman in the finance
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department.
I was being accused for no reason, but I didn’t know who to explain myself to.
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I didn’t really care what others thought of me. But when my roommates asked me about it, I found an opportunity to bring them to my house. When we came back, my dad personally drove us.
That’s when Ethan must have heard my roommates saying goodbye to my dad, because the next day, he slipped me a note in the library.
He smiled at me gently and whispered, “Don’t mind what others think. There will always be people who get to know you through gossip, then believe you’re not what the rumors say you are.”
Then, despite facing criticism for being associated with me, he started showing me care and concern.
Countless posts appeared on the forum cursing him out.
[Who the hell is this guy? Would he even eat shit? Has he never seen a woman before?]
[You don’t get it. That girl’s being kept, and whatever scraps she throws him are better than what others can offer.]
[Everyone, take notes. With that kind of endurance, you’d
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succeed at anything.]
[Give me a break. Not everyone’s that pathetic.]
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However, none of this criticism affected Ethan in the slightest.
He brought me hot cocoa, his eyes full of sympathy. “I can’t even imagine how heartbroken your parents would be if they knew you were being maliciously slandered at school.
“It’s okay. You’re not alone. You have me.
“But wow, you’re so strong. Your parents raised you to be so outstanding. They must be even more amazing, right?”
I was so stupid to believe Ethan.
I couldn’t bear to see him suffer all that criticism because of me, so I asked my roommates to post photos on Instagram from when they visited my house.
The photos showed our spacious mansion and the luxury cars in the garage.
The caption read: “People who spread malicious rumors deserve to die, and those who believe every rumor they hear don’t deserve to live.”
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I also went to my advisor and asked her to help clear things up.
Those who had been insulting me started envying and flattering while those who had mocked Ethan began praising his good judgment.
me,
We got together. It became a beautiful story.
When he was doing his internship, he asked for my advice. He also deliberately brought up my dad, saying he would learn so much more working under someone so outstanding.
But I just smiled and didn’t think much of it at the time. Ethan didn’t bring it up again either.
He always said, “I’ll definitely work hard to earn your father’s approval.”
I think the approval he wanted was to get into my family’s company, become part of management, until he completely took over the business.
But my dad’s attitude was clear. If I proved incompetent, he would hire a professional manager at a high salary.
In any case, there was no way Ethan could get into my family’s
company.
He planned to slowly implement his scheme after marrying me, but
my dad shattered all his hopes with a prenuptial agreement.
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Neither the will nor the beneficiary of the life insurance policy had anything to do with Ethan.
I believed in Ethan’s character. He said true love couldn’t be
measured by money–he wasn’t after my wealth, just wanted to be with me.
To put my dad at ease, I supported all his decisions, cutting off every possible way for Ethan to get his hands on my family’s
assets.
Listening to my dad was the smartest thing I ever did.
Otherwise, Ethan wouldn’t have been forced to expose his true nature early and deliver what he thought would be a fatal blow.
Stella was absolutely right.
These gold diggers are terrifying! For money, they lose all humanity.
I shuddered. Looking at Ethan, beaten black and blue, I felt a surge of satisfaction.
He brought this on himself.
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