Stretcher 7

Tive minutes later.

Every reporter’s phone lit up simultaneously with the same breaking news alert.

**[Hart Industries Shareholders Demand Withdrawal from Montgomery Group and Independent Audit–Company Faces Unprecedented Crisis)**

The moment the news dropped, Montgomery Group’s stock began to NOSEDIVE.

From daily high to rock bottom in less than ten minutes.

Dad’s phone started ringing nonstop.

Board members. Investors. Business partners.

He didn’t answer a single call.

He just stared at me like I was some kind of monster.

“Why…?

“I raised you for twenty years. How could you DO this to me?”

“Raised me?”

I almost laughed.

“Yeah. You DID raise me for twenty years.

“With my MOTHER’S money. Money you used to raise ME–and your MISTRESS’S kid.

“You made me call your mistress ‘Aunt.‘ Made me call her daughter ‘sister.‘

“You lived off everything my mother built, and then you resented ME–her actual daughter–for existing. For being in your way.”

My voice rose, all the bitterness I’d buried for years finally spilling over.

“Richard Montgomery, look me in the eye and tell me–have you EVER done right by me? Have you done right by my MOTHER?”

Dad’s face went from white to red to gray. He opened his mouth but no words came out.

Meanwhile, Jade had gone completely rigid.

The second I said “mistress’s kid,” her whole body locked up.

Her biggest secret–the one she’d spent her entire life hiding–was now out in the open.

She SNAPPED.

“YOU’RE LYING!”

She lunged at me, screaming like a feral animal.

“You’re INSANE, Vivian!”

Before she could reach me, Zeke’s security grabbed her and slammed her to the ground.

“I’m insane?

“Even at my worst, I’d never try to BURY my own sister alive.”

I crouched slightly, meeting her furious gaze.

“You and your mother have been living in MY house, spending MY mother’s money, for way too long, ”

I stood back up.

“Time to give it all back.”

I turned and headed for the exit.

This circus was over. The rest could be handled by Uncle Chen and the courts.

But just as I was about to leave-

Julian suddenly lunged forward and grabbed my leg.

“Vivian! I’m sorry! I’m SO sorry!”

He was sobbing now, a complete mess.

“It was ALL Jade! She seduced me! She made me go along with it! I never loved her–I love YOU, Vivian!”

He held up his left hand desperately, showing off the engagement ring I’d given him.

“See? I’m still wearing it. We were gonna get MARRIED. We still can!”

I stared down at him, utterly disgusted. Check latest chapters at Find~Novel.net

This was EXACTLY what he did in my past life.

After I died, he played the heartbroken fiancé in public while sleeping with Jade behind closed doors–milking sympathy from everyone and taking over everything I owned without a shred of guilt.

“Let go,” I said coldly.

“No!” He clung tighter. “Vivian, PLEASE. Just forgive me. We can start over. I’ll never see her again, I swear!”

“I said let GO.”

My tone dropped to ice.

“Vivian, please-”

I’d had enough.

I lifted my heel and SLAMMED it into his chest,

He gasped and crumpled to the floor.

I crouched down so we were eye level, my voice low and deadly calm.

“Julian Bradford, don’t you EVER say my name again.”

“You’re not worthy of it.”

Sara Lili

Sara Lili is a daring romance writer who turns icy landscapes into scenes of fiery passion. She loves crafting hot love stories while embracing the chill of Iceland’s breathtaking cold.