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Chapter 7

작가: February 25th
All things considered, Rowena took control of the family finances after my mother died, ruining my plans to study abroad and pursue my passion. Now that she was finally giving me what I was owed, I should be thrilled, right?

“You can leave the gift for your daughter’s wedding. I don’t need it.” I declined indifferently.

It was empowering to hold the reins instead of being led around. There was nothing quite like being in control.

“What do you mean?”

Rowena, who was strict with Roxy to curate the image, had molded Roxy into a picture-perfect lady. She was controlling of Roxy, tracking her curfew and her friend’s circle. However, she made one fatal mistake, and Ian somehow slipped through the crack.

“Don’t you want to know the man Roxy was with? It was Ian. You went through all the trouble to steal Dad from Mom, and Roxy is now following in your footsteps by taking Ian from me.

“I’m not my mother, though. She couldn’t move on, but I can. Since Roxy loves Ian so much, she can ha
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    I had always thought Rowena was Sebastian’s one true love, given that he abandoned his wife of decades for her. Despite the mounting evidence I sent of Rowena embezzling his money and relocating their joint assets in the three years they were married, Sebastian kept blinders on for her. It was bad enough that Sebastian did not believe the hard evidence I had sent him. He even turned around and accused me of setting Rowena up. However, I had a backup plan ready in case he didn’t believe me again. To think he was actually convinced this time. The news threw me off a little. If Sebastian had kept a clear head right from the start, maybe my mother wouldn’t have died. “Happy now, Naomi?” The next time I ran into Roxy and Rowena, they were waiting to board the plane. I never thought our paths would cross again. We came face to face. “Not really,” I responded while checking Roxy, who was furious, out.My mother lost her life because of Roxy and Rowena. They were simply back to

  • A Clean Breakup   Chapter 7

    All things considered, Rowena took control of the family finances after my mother died, ruining my plans to study abroad and pursue my passion. Now that she was finally giving me what I was owed, I should be thrilled, right?“You can leave the gift for your daughter’s wedding. I don’t need it.” I declined indifferently. It was empowering to hold the reins instead of being led around. There was nothing quite like being in control. “What do you mean?”Rowena, who was strict with Roxy to curate the image, had molded Roxy into a picture-perfect lady. She was controlling of Roxy, tracking her curfew and her friend’s circle. However, she made one fatal mistake, and Ian somehow slipped through the crack. “Don’t you want to know the man Roxy was with? It was Ian. You went through all the trouble to steal Dad from Mom, and Roxy is now following in your footsteps by taking Ian from me. “I’m not my mother, though. She couldn’t move on, but I can. Since Roxy loves Ian so much, she can ha

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    I had always believed that women should be the ones to dump the men. Things were over between me and Ian. “You better be joking, Naomi. Did you inform Baron that you want out? He was the one who set us up together, and now, you call it quits out of the blue. Have you considered his feelings?” Ian was convinced that Baron had played the matchmaker. From his perspective, Baron was concerned that he wouldn’t go after me, given that he was a good catch. Unbeknownst to Ian, Baron thought the world of me. “Grandpa is aware, so save your concern.” I downloaded and saved a copy of the footage. The visuals were so jarring that I had to exit the surveillance app. After I ended the call, I pixelated the faces in the saved footage and shared the video across all my social media.I was an influencer with a decent following. My followers had been with me throughout the entire process of turning the new house into a home—from renovation to design and furnishing. Even with the faces b

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    Roxy had quite the nerve to make the remark. Had she been within my reach, I would plunge a knife right into her. I had to fight the violent urge back, seeing that I had a grandfather to take care of. I gritted my teeth, my mind a battleground between rage and reason.“Are you saying my mom should thank you and your mother for taking Sebastian from us?” I told myself that revenge was a dish best-served cold. Justice may be delayed but never denied. With my subsequent plan in mind, I exhaled long and hard to release the anger within me. “No need to thank us. We’d be pleased if you can accept us back into your life. “Ian said he can put the whole thing behind us so long as you come back and apologize to me, Mom, and Dad. He will carry on with the wedding, and we can be one happy family.”Roxy’s voice was laced with malice when she talked about an apology. “Pass the phone to Ian.” I gripped my phone, not wanting to waste another breath with Roxy. “Ian is taking a shower a

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    Baron found it hard to believe that Ian would cheat on me. Still, he trusted that I wouldn’t lie to him. He sighed as he poured me a glass of my favorite drink. Focusing on the bubbles in my drink, I recalled how Ian looked at me at the engagement party. He was furious, stunned, baffled, and ashamed. His patience and kindness toward me in the past were a stark contrast to the pettiness he had for me now. Rowena and Roxy were the reason my mother was dead. He had no idea about the pain I carried with me every day, yet he expected me to forgive and forget? I couldn’t. There was no chance in hell I could ever let things go. If Ian were in my shoes, and his stepmother left his mother with no will to live, I wondered if he would be so gracious to be family with his stepmother. As if that would happen. Human nature was selfish at its core, and Ian’s mask finally cracked after three years of deception. Despite that, I was relieved that things happened when they did. Lucky for me, I

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    That was right. Three days ago, I saw the shopping cart on Ian’s phone. While planning for our engagement, we had been staying in our new home for the past week. The shared living arrangement would make the engagement discussion easier for us, but we stayed in separate rooms.I stumbled upon his phone, purely by chance. At first, I assumed that he had bought something for me. However, I was never keen on the color red, and I didn’t want to compromise my preferences just to please him and the guests. Hence, I took it upon myself to contact the seller to talk about changing the color of the dress. To my dismay, I tapped on his order details to find he’d been buying two of every gift he’d given me in the past six months. One delivery was made to my former home while the other was sent to my rented place. The packages were addressed to me and Roxy. I recalled thinking it was a mere coincidence that the recipient shared the name of my half-sister. However, once I verified the phone

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