Chapter 3

My phone buzzed wildly in my pocket. I did not need to check the phone to know who was trying to call me. I ignored the call and turned off my phone.

"How about I give you a lift home?" Celeste looked at me worriedly.

"I'm not going home." I got into my car and replied simply, "I'm going to Justin's company."

Celeste was taken aback. "Now? What are you going to do there?"

"Now that I've caught them cheating on me, I need to settle everything once and for all." I looked out at the scenery flying past me and continued calmly, "He used my money on a mistress while we were engaged. I’m sure there are even worse things on the company accounts."

Celeste took a sharp breath while giving me a look of mixed emotions. "Are you going to do something to his company?!"

"He brought it on himself when he betrayed me." I smiled coldly. "I'll make sure he suffers."

The car sped toward Justin's company, and we arrived thirty minutes later.

Justin ran a small company. It just barely managed to afford the rent for an office in this building, mainly because of my help. It was late at night, but several offices in the building still had their lights on.

I had the codes to his office doors and had no trouble getting in. Justin's computer was still on, and the screen was on a messaging platform, which I started reading.

Justin: [I'll pretend to have too much to drink later and go out for some fresh air. After you're done having fun at the party, meet me in the garden. There’s a hidden pathway we can use.]

Callie: [Got it, buddy! Are you thinking white or black pantyhose tonight? Do you have a position in mind? I lost the bet, so I'll do anything you want tonight.]

They kept calling each other ‘buddy’ and talked about losing bets as if they were doing something legitimate, when the truth was they had just left evidence of cheating on me with each other.

I sneered. If I had not found out about it sooner, they would have spent another passionate night in the garden, and Justin would have returned to our bedroom after that to sleep with me.

Just thinking about it made me want to throw up.

I snapped out of it and inserted a flash drive into the computer. I started typing quickly on the keyboard, copying financial reports, real account ledgers, and tax evasion evidence onto the flash drive one by one.

These were just basic documents to me. It was not that I did not understand them, but I had trusted him, which was why I had been willing to let him take charge of everything. However, he had now proven himself unreliable.

When the copying was about 90% done, the office door was suddenly pushed open, and Justin appeared breathlessly at the door. His hair was a mess, and his eyes were red. It was clear that he had made a mad dash here.

Justin stared at the flash drive with a menacing look. "What are you doing, Elise? Put the flash drive down!"

How did he arrive so quickly? Who told him what I was doing? A thought quickly flashed in my mind, but I remained stoic as I put a halt to the copying.

"What am I doing?" I looked up at him and replied sarcastically, "I'm here to check on the company I invested in to find out just how much it’s been emptied by parasites."

"This is my company!" Justin roared as he lunged at the computer, trying to grab the flash drive.

Celeste shielded me behind her right away. "How dare you try to hurt her, Justin? Don't forget that I'm here to stop you!"

"Get out of the way!"

Justin pushed her, but his eyes never left the flash drive in my hand. The contents inside could ruin him for life.

There were not many guests at our engagement party, and most of them were close friends and family. No one would spread the scandal between him and Callie even if it were made public there, but he knew that whatever was in my hands now could not leave with me.

Justin's eyes turned red as he lunged forward to snatch the flash drive. "Give it to me, Elise. Otherwise, everything between us will be ruined, and I won't hold back against you."

"Everything between us?" It sounded like a joke to me. "Is there anything still between us? What's the point of you mentioning this to me? Your best buddy is still waiting for you to whisk her into a passionate embrace."

If it were not the fact that the transfer was stuck at 98%, I would never waste my breath on him. Even talking to him was disgusting.

Justin started to panic when he realized that I was stalling. He reached out to grab me, but I was ready for him. I took a quick step back and pulled the flash drive out of the computer in one quick move.

His hand grabbed the air, and he stumbled forward.

The copying was 100% complete!

I gripped the flash drive and looked at how disheveled he was coldly. "You're done for, Justin. You're finished."

Justin stood up, breathing heavily with a murderous look in his eye. He suddenly smiled sinisterly, as if he had suddenly thought of something. "Do you really think you've won, Elise?"

He slowly straightened up to tidy his collar, speaking in a weird tone. "Do you know why you've taken those birth control pills for a long time without realizing anything strange about them?"

My heart sank, and his smile became even wider. His malice toward me became even more obvious. "It's because the person who swapped your pills wasn't me. It's someone you could never guess."