Chapter 3
I tossed all the useless crap from my desk at the office.
In the end, there was literally nothing left to keep.
Staring at the empty workspace, I almost wanted to laugh.
My mind drifted back to last night when I was stuck working late and received that anonymous video.
In some flashy private booth, Garrick had his arms wrapped around a party girl, casually listening to his buddies
talk shit.
“Elysia’s probably still playing good little worker bee at Garrick’s company right now, huh?”
“Oh, you bet. Garrick’s got her completely whipped. When’s the last time that little princess even showed up to one of our parties?”
And they were right.
I’d been chasing after Garrick Wilder for years–me, a damn heiress, working my ass off for him like some kind of
servant.
Whenever he asked, I’d gladly pull overtime, handle his business dinners, work myself sick.
All for what? So his bros could crack jokes about me.
“The way I see it, Elysia’s like Garrick’s most obedient lapdog.”
And there he was, swirling his drink, not saying a word to defend me.
Hell, he actually chuckled.
“What are you talking about?”
“She’s the only one around me who acts like a lapdog. Where’s the ‘most‘ in that?”
Cue the roar of laughter from everyone else.
In that moment, it felt like someone had dumped a bucket of ice water over my head.
Freezing cold.
But somehow it woke me the hell up.
After thinking it over, I quietly pulled out my phone and scrolled through my contacts until I found that man my
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From My Ex’s Plan B to A Big Shot’s Goddess
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Chapter 3
family had introduced to me a while back.
Supposedly a real goldern man.
But I’d been so obsessed with Garrick that I kept putting off dating him, even tried to sabotage the whole thing.
Now though…
It felt a little shitty, sure.
But everyone knows the best way to get over someone is to get under someone new.
[ tapped out a message.
【Want to meet up tomorrow?】
He replied almost instantly.
[Absolutely.]
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