LOGINThe day before Simon Miles and I were set to get engaged, he told me his true love was his childhood sweetheart. He secretly booked plane tickets for himself and her to travel abroad. For eight years, I would spend one day each year at the Capital Hotel. That was where my engagement to Simon was supposed to happen. Everyone thought I could not move on from him. Eight years later, he returned to the country with his childhood sweetheart for his career. He had learned that a tycoon’s mother, Laurel Windsor, loved dining at the Capital Hotel, so he immediately bought her a gift to curry favor. The moment he handed Laurel the gift, he saw me standing beside her. He frowned and snapped. “It’s been eight years, Clara. Why are you still clinging to me? You knew I was coming back, so you rushed over, didn’t you? “Listen here. I’m back for business. If you ruin this deal for me, I’ll make you pay!” I was baffled. Oh, so he still did not know why I was here. Laurel was my mother-in-law, and it was her birthday today. Every year, I would dine with her at the Capital Hotel for her birthday.
View MoreIris’ expression changed drastically. She refused to accept it and stepped forward to stop me.“Stop, Clara. You’re lying, aren’t you? There’s no way… How could you possibly be that lucky?”Simon also grabbed a hold of me.“Clara, it’s okay. If you just agree to divorce Justin and come back to me, I’ll treat you right. I won’t hold anything against you. But my company’s in a cash crunch right now. Could you lend me seven million dollars? Once I get things to turn around, I’ll definitely—”Before Simon could finish his sentence, his entire body was sent flying.Justin appeared with his subordinates behind him. The security guards at the entrance did not even hesitate. They moved in immediately. After a flurry of punches and kicks, Simon could only scream.Meanwhile, Justin looked at him with utter contempt.“Your company is finished. All these years, you kept that sinking ship afloat with connections and handouts. Now, it’s nothing but an empty shell. I was going to be generous
For the next two days, I stayed at home to care for Elio. After confirming that Elio had fully recovered, I accompanied Laurel back to the Windsor family’s mansion. I then headed to the company.As Windsor Group’s director of design, I had never made my identity public. I did not want to complicate my work environment. I enjoyed design, and I only wanted to focus on it.The moment I arrived at the company entrance, I heard a smug voice.“Clara.”I turned and saw Iris approaching from the side. She looked at me and gloated, “So? Now that I’ve exposed your little act, the Windsor family is kicking you out, right?“You call yourself Mrs. Windsor… I knew someone like you could never land the richest man in the country. I already had some inside people check your marital status. It says you’re still single. You and Mr. Windsor never even got married. Hahaha!”Iris laughed arrogantly. She was overjoyed as if she had just heard the most ridiculous joke.“You must’ve used some nasty t
After leaving the hotel, Justin and I took Elio for a more thorough examination. We soon discovered that the lilies in the hotel had been laced with a substance that induced asthma.Justin’s face turned grim. He requested for the surveillance footage to investigate the entire incident. Unexpectedly, the hotel reported that their surveillance system had been maliciously damaged. The footage from the entire past week was lost.I laughed coldly. “They really went all out to impress Laurel. They set this up a whole week in advance. They were just waiting to put on that little show today.”Justin turned and instructed his subordinate, “Pull everything on Simon’s company. I want every single detail of his business investigated. I’m not letting trash like that exist in my territory.”“Yes, Mr. Windsor!”Laurel was even more distressed over Elio. She insisted on staying with Elio in the VIP ward for two days. She would only return to the Windsor family mansion with the family doctor once
I could understand Simon’s shock. After all, when he broke up with me, he was certain that I was inferior to Iris in every way.In the eight years that followed, he was convinced that I still pined for him. He even arrogantly assumed that I would never marry and would always wait for his return.However, I was not only married. I was married to the heir of the Windsor family, and I had even given birth to a son. Seeing this, he naturally could no longer maintain his composure.At that thought, my eyes were filled with scorn.“What else? I’m married to my husband. What? Did you think I’d still be pining over some social climber like you?“You survived back then on the money I was supposed to spend on a dress for myself. The second you got that scholarship to study abroad, you couldn’t wait to run back to your childhood sweetheart. What makes a pathetic piece of garbage like you think I’d wait around for you?”“But you came to this hotel every single year—”“I come every year for












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