My phone rang repeatedly. I answered it out of irritation, and Dave’s voice came through.
"Are you okay? Don't be so dramatic. Everyone will forget this in a few days."
His fiancée had maliciously slandered me, yet he thought I was the one being hypocritical.
I cursed under my breath, "Go to hell, you bastard," and hung up decisively.
After putting my phone away, I took screenshots of our chat records, group photos, and all the gifts he had given me over the years, then posted them on Facebook.
"I am the heroine of this mistress scandal, but I am not the mistress. I wonder who really is? I think Mr. Robinson and Ms. Warren know the answer."
"I collapsed the moment I learned about the wedding between the Robinson and Warren families. I suddenly realized that my eight-year love was just a fling in Mr. Robinson's eyes. I was merely his long-term companion. He could have ended things with me before proposing to Ms. Warren, but he chose not to."
"He wants a well-behaved, docile lover and a wife who can keep up with him in the business world. How can anyone expect to have the best of both worlds?"
"I had stopped bothering them, but they fabricated a lie about my infidelity to force me out. This was the first time I realized just how generous Mr. Robinson was, willing to label himself as just a guest in our relationship."
As soon as the blog post went live, it gained a lot of attention. Even though the Robinson and Warren families tried their best to bury the trending topic, they faced many rivals in the business world. Their efforts were futile.
The Robinson family's stock price had plummeted, leaving Dave and Mary too absorbed in their turmoil to pay me any attention. For the first time in ages, I relished a few days of peace—an unusual luxury amidst the chaos.
But trouble lurked just around the corner. A message from Dave flashed on my phone, jolting me back to reality. It was a photo of my mother, grinning as she played poker with a street aunt, casually using the alimony money she had received from me just days ago.
"Kimberly, you’re a smart person. Your careless comments a few days ago have cost the Robinson family dearly. You know what you need to do."