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Thaddeus’s words left me momentarily speechless–I actually laughed at his shameless audacity.
Archer, who had been silently standing behind me, finally lost his patience. With a darkened expression, he gently guided me into the fitting room and said quietly“Stay in here. Don’t come out.”
I nodded obediently, watching through the crack in the door as Archer loosened his tie. I couldn’t help but worry for Thaddeus.
Outside, Archer let out a cold laugh,
“Thaddeus, do you think I’m some kind of pushover? Asking my wife to divorce me right in front of
me?”
Thaddeus stood up with a grim expression,
“You just swooped in while Olivia was mad at me. What’s there to be proud of?”
Archer’s voice suddenly turned razor–sharp,
“Eight years. I waited for her for eight years! If I ‘got lucky,‘ Even getting lucky takes skill!”
“And you? After everything she did for you… The fearless Selena Lockhart who had to measure every breath around your mother. The woman who’d never lifted a finger at home but learned 200 recipes for you! She even hand–washed your shirts… And how did you repay her? You brought your
mistress home and threw her out!”
I sighed unconsciously–apparently I’d looked pathetic in front of Thaddeus to everyone else too.
Archer grew more passionate as he continued, taking a deep breath,
“She gave you everything, and this is what she got in return? She deserves so much better!”
Thaddeus was stunned,
“She told you all this? She’s sharing our private business with you–have you two been sneaking around behind my back…”
“You piece of shit!”
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Archer grabbed an ashtray from the table and hurled it at Thaddeus.
Blood immediately streamed from Thaddeus’s forehead.
His eyes flashed with rage as he swung his fist toward Archer.
Just as the two men were about to brawl, I shoved open the fitting room door and positioned myself
in front of Archer.
“Thaddeus,” I said coldly, “leave. Now!”
Thaddeus stared at me intensely, his eyes filled with disbelief“Selena you’re actually protecting
him?”
Blood kept flowing from the wound on his forehead, mixing with tears as it slid down his cheeks.
That once–handsome face was now swollen and twisted, his white shirt stained with blood and
dirt–nothing left of his former refined appearance.
I frowned and looked away, unwilling to see any more.
He suddenly forced a smile more painful than tears, staggering as he turned to leave.
Just then, a pair of warm hands covered my eyes, and Archer’s deep voice sounded in my
ar“Wife,don’t look at him anymore.”
was startled for a moment, then sighed in resignation.
This man who was so decisive in business apparently had such childish possessiveness too.
It seemed the security I was giving him still wasn’t nearly enough.
The scandal between Thaddeus and Violet continued fermenting online, developing far beyond
what I’d imagined.
As netizens dug deeper, more shocking details emerged.
It turned out Violet had drugged Thaddeus’s drink that night.
Thaddeus had been kept in the dark all along, believing he’d simply lost control while drunk.
Even more shocking was the revelation that Violet had eight different “big brothers” simultaneously,
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with Thaddeus just being the one with the best prospects.
Not even certain who the father was, she had decisively pinned it on Thaddeus as as her meal ticket.
The Blake family’s century–old medical reputation was destroyed overnight, with netizens mockingly calling them “Cuckold Family” online.
Facing the overwhelming ridicule, Thaddeus finally broke down.
He called me from a new number, but I hung up as soon as I recognized his voice.
Then I received his text,
[Selena I’m sorry. I won’t bother you anymore.]
I deleted it immediately, wanting no further connection.
Later I learned that he’d overdosed on sleeping pills that day.
Though they saved him, he developed severe anxiety and depression–at his worst, he couldn’t even
take care of himself.
Meanwhile, another of Violet’s “big brothers“-a finance executive who was fired and blacklisted from his industry because of the scandal, whose wife had left him–he was furious with Violet.
He attacked her with a knife while she was at a prenatal checkup.
When she was found, Violet was lying in a pool of blood.
In the end, she lost the baby and her ability to ever have children.
After reading this news, I gave Archer a meaningful look“See? That’s what happens when you cheat.”
“Pfft-”
He immediately replied “Don’t worry, wife. I’ll be absolutely faithful!”
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