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When I was seven, my father brought home a beautiful lady who gave me a box of mangoes. That day, my mother watched me happily eating those mangoes while she signed her name on the divorce papers. After that, she jumped off the roof of our building. From then on, mangoes became the nightmare of my life. So on my wedding day, I told my husband, Alan Holt, "If you ever want a divorce, just give me a mango." Alan pulled me into his arms, quiet. From then on, mangoes became off-limits for him, too. On Christmas Eve of our fifth year of marriage, Alan's childhood sweetheart, Larissa Fennimore, left a mango on his desk at the office. The very same day, Alan announced he was cutting ties with Larissa and fired her from the company. That day, I truly believed he was the man I was meant to be with. Half a year later, I flew back from overseas, having just closed a partnership deal worth about 200 million dollars. At the celebration dinner, Alan handed me a drink. After I had finished half the glass, his so-called childhood sweetheart, the woman who had been kicked out of the company, stood behind me with a big grin and asked, "Does the mango juice taste good?" I stared at Alan in disbelief, and he was trying hard not to laugh. "Don't be mad. Larissa insisted I played a little joke on you. I didn't actually give you a mango; I just gave you a bottle of mango juice. But I think she's right. The fact that you don't eat mangoes is a real problem. You were really enjoying that juice just now." My face went cold. I lifted my hand and threw the rest of the mango juice in his face, then turned around and walked away. Some things are never a joke. I wouldn't kid around with mangoes or divorce.
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Fruit of Ruin Chapter 11
Losing the Vespera project was already a disaster, but the scandal I exposed about Alan cheating on me with Larissa, made everything even worse.His company's reputation tanked, and his own name became poison in the industry. Nobody dared work with him anymore.At first, Larissa still had some fire left in her. She worked overtime, trying to write proposals while secretly stalking my progress overseas.But the better my career became, the worse her jealousy grew.By the third month, when Holt Enterprise couldn't even afford payroll and was patching financial holes by borrowing everywhere, she finally exploded."For hell's sake, do you even know how to run a company?! Keep this up, and we'll crash! Forget being Mrs. Holt, I'll be out on the street begging for scraps!"Alan was already frustrated, staring at his laptop full of business terms he didn't even understand. Larissa yelling at him only made it worse."Oh, you're yelling at me? What exactly do you have that compares to My
Fruit of Ruin Chapter 10
"I'm sorry, Myra. I didn't know. I'm sorry for the joke. Please forgive me. It's all my fault. You can hit me. Go ahead, hit me."He grabbed my hand and started forcing it against himself over and over.My anger flared instantly. With no hesitation, I slapped him hard across the face and snapped, "Have you lost your mind?! I'm not telling you this so you'll apologize to me. I'm telling you because we're done. Mangoes are my bottom line, and you crossed it for Larissa. That means we can never go back. Do you understand that?"However, he looked at me like he really didn't understand at all. His voice was thick with pain."Do you hate me that much? Enough to take the Vespera project and let Holt Enterprise collapse? Just to get back at me?"I shook my head. "You're overthinking it. I was already in charge of Vespera. I'm just taking something that was mine from the start. Now, stop pestering me."Alan didn't hear a word. He looked hollow, as if his soul had slipped out of his body.
Fruit of Ruin Chapter 9
Alan never had to put in effort for anything, so what would he ever need to beg anyone for?I suddenly became curious about what other hurtful nonsense he could possibly churn out with that mouth that had anything good to say. So instead of pulling away again, I let him hold my hand and walked into a café nearby.I checked my watch and set a ten-minute timer in my head."Myra, where have you been all this time? Do you know how long I've been looking for you?"Alan was still the same as always, spinning pretty words like they were nothing.When I abandoned the Vespera project and officially joined another company, even a clueless fool would've known where I was. Yet, he was acting like I had vanished into thin air just to make himself look devoted.I lifted my wrist and glanced at my watch."If you're going to spend all ten minutes talking nonsense, then we don't need the remaining eight."Alan froze, caught off guard. He swallowed his irritation and said, "Why are you being
Fruit of Ruin Chapter 8
"And also what?" Alan asked, his face dark as stone.The secretary swallowed hard and whispered, "And… The social media posts Ms. Fennimore had made about you that were only visible to Ms. Mendez."Her voice got smaller and smaller until it nearly disappeared, but everyone understood anyway.It was only then that Larissa snapped out of her fantasy. She rushed forward and grabbed the secretary's arm, half shouting and half panicking."What did you say?! Who gave her the right to do that? That witch!"Since Larissa dared to be someone's mistress, she had to know that if the truth ever came out, the public would drown her in spit.And my post, with the divorce papers and her secret posts attached, was basically the nail in the coffin.So, the public didn't think of me as ruthless for taking the Vespera project. Instead, they were praising me for being smart, calm, and refusing to let myself be walked all over.The moment Larissa finished screaming, Alan slapped her hard. Her cheek
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