LOGINI spent five years pursuing Derick Tucker before we finally set a wedding date. But in the 100 days leading up to it, he was off partying all over the place, barely showing his face. The night before the wedding, he said he was going to a bachelor party and never came home. Instead, I got a message from a girl he knew from college. It was a photo of them in bed together. [Sorry. He went a little too hard last night. Don't expect much from him on your wedding night. [Oh, wait, I forgot. He doesn't even love you. Who knows if he'll even be able to perform? Looks like you can't even settle for my leftovers.] I held up the message and confronted Derick. He didn't even flinch. "She's not wrong. I'm not married until tomorrow. What's the problem with having some fun before that? "You're used goods yourself, and you expect me to stay pure for you? "If you can't handle it, then don't marry me. But can you really walk away?" After humiliating me, he stormed off, convinced I would swallow it like I always did. But this time, I was done. I picked up my phone. "What you said before, about taking responsibility. Does that still stand?"
View MorePhilip stood, still holding my hand, and looked down at the broken father and son."Tucker Group will be taken over and liquidated by Smith Enterprise, effective immediately. Mr. Gordon, for what you've contributed to Airlington, you can keep your old house for retirement."His gaze shifted to Derick, cold and merciless."As for you… Everything under your name like your assets, shares, and even that limited-edition car will be used to cover your debts. Starting today, you're no longer a Tucker heir. You're just another man buried in debt, figuring out how to survive on your own. Go ahead and see what you are without the Tucker name.""N-No, this can't be happening… It's not supposed to go this way…"Everything Derick had built his identity on, his pride, his arrogance, his obsession with purity… All of it collapsed in an instant, leaving nothing but regret and despair.Philip's voice didn't change. "You like pigs so much? Then go raise them."Derick had never been so humiliated.
Derick went rigid, the color draining from his face. His whole body shook under the weight of it. When he looked at me, his eyes were a mess of hatred, regret, and something weaker, something almost pleading."Summer… I mean, Mrs. Smith… I-I was wrong. Please… just let the Tuckers go…"Philip's hand closed gently around mine, a quiet signal that I didn't need to say anything.He looked at Derick like he was nothing."Let you go? When you arranged that pig for my wife, did you think about mercy? When you called her trash, used goods, and said she wasn't worthy of your family, did you leave yourself any way out?"Derick flinched, then lifted his head, clinging to the last bit of defiance he had left."She betrayed me first! She didn't keep herself pure!"Philip let out a short, cold laugh and raised a hand."Play it."The screen lit up again.This time, it was the police's follow-up investigation. The footage was clear.Less than five minutes after Teresa helped me into the ro
Derick pointed at Philip and me, shouting at the security guards who had just rushed in."Grab them! One's a fraud, and the other's trash. And they think they can cause trouble in my territory? Beat them!"The guards hesitated, exchanging uncertain looks.Derick's face twisted with anger. "What are you standing around for? Do you think we pay you to do nothing? Move! My dad's on his way. Let's see who dares disobey me!"Right then, a furious, commanding voice cut through the noise in the hall."You useless brat! I'd like to see who dares lay a hand on Mr. Smith!"Everyone turned.Gordon Tucker, head of Tucker Group and Derick's father, stood at the entrance, his face dark with anger.And then, in front of everyone, he lowered his head to the so-called "fraud.""Mr. Smith, my son was out of line. I apologize to you and Ms. Burrows. However you want to handle this, we'll respect it."The entire hall went silent.Derick's smug expression froze, then shattered into disbelief."
The truth hit the room like an explosion, tearing straight through the polished calm of the wedding. The entire hall erupted."Teresa's that vicious? Oh, my… She's been with that many men? Doesn't she worry about getting sick?""And she had the nerve to call someone else trash? She's no better.""Mr. Tucker really got played. The woman he was about to marry has been with who knows how many people!""So what does that make her? A community property?"Every stunned, disgusted, mocking stare turned on Teresa at once, like blades closing in. Camera flashes went off nonstop as reporters swarmed, drawn in like sharks smelling blood."No, this isn't real! It's fake!" Teresa screamed, completely unraveling. "Derick, you have to believe me. Summer must've made it up! She's just jealous of me. It's all fake!"Derick looked like he had been struck by lightning. His eyes locked onto the screen, then snapped to Teresa, then to me, standing behind Philip, cold and unmoved.What filled his fa






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