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It All Amounts to Nothing

It All Amounts to Nothing

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By:  Candy PopCompleted
Language: English
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After being married for five years, my husband, Harvey Jepson, brings his first love, Debbie Grayson, home after a six-month business trip. Debbie is over three months pregnant. Harvey says it's hard for her alone, so she's temporarily living with us. I say no, and Harvey warns me to know my place. His scornful tone seems to hint that he's forgotten this villa was a wedding gift to me. He and his family have been leeching off me for the past five years. This time, I'm cutting all of them off. I smile and call my assistant. "Draw up a divorce agreement for me now. To think a live-in husband would have the nerve to bring his mistress home so boldly."

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Chapter 1

After learning that Harvey Jepson was coming home today, I woke up early in the morning and brought out all the souvenirs and little trinkets from all over the world that I'd bought for him, lining them up neatly on the table to welcome him back.I also told my housekeeper, Fiona Zeller, to prepare all of his favorite dishes for dinner.Just then, the front door opened, and Harvey entered the house with his first love and ex-girlfriend, Debbri Grayson.I was completely shocked. Debbie strode over toward me and greeted me while gently rubbing her belly."It's been a while, Belle."I stared at her belly, slightly protruding now, and felt a rush of anger.Debbie seemed to have noticed the change in my emotions and hurriedly came over to grab my wrist, saying shyly, "Don't get angry, Belle. Everything is my fault. If you must blame someone, blame it on me. Don't lash out at Harv and hurt him."That was all that Belle said, but it was enough to ignite the bomb that exploded in my min...

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27 Chapters
Chapter 1
After learning that Harvey Jepson was coming home today, I woke up early in the morning and brought out all the souvenirs and little trinkets from all over the world that I'd bought for him, lining them up neatly on the table to welcome him back.I also told my housekeeper, Fiona Zeller, to prepare all of his favorite dishes for dinner.Just then, the front door opened, and Harvey entered the house with his first love and ex-girlfriend, Debbri Grayson.I was completely shocked. Debbie strode over toward me and greeted me while gently rubbing her belly."It's been a while, Belle."I stared at her belly, slightly protruding now, and felt a rush of anger.Debbie seemed to have noticed the change in my emotions and hurriedly came over to grab my wrist, saying shyly, "Don't get angry, Belle. Everything is my fault. If you must blame someone, blame it on me. Don't lash out at Harv and hurt him."That was all that Belle said, but it was enough to ignite the bomb that exploded in my min
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Chapter 2
I locked myself in the master bedroom and didn't come out for the whole afternoon. The sounds of laughter coming from the living room were too piercing for my ears.Later that afternoon, Fiona knocked on the door and let herself in. She told me that Debbie had insisted on taking over the master bedroom, but Sandra stopped her."She said that you came from the Sallow family, after all, and they still needed your help with other things around the house, so they couldn't afford to get on your bad side. She even said…"Fiona had been my nanny growing up in the Sallow household. She knew my temperament well, so she paused midway through and looked at me, trying to gauge my expression before she continued.Seeing that I didn't interrupt her, she said, "She even said that all of Debbie's postnatal expenses will be borne by you, since you can't give birth, so this was one of the ways that you could be part of the pregnancy too."When Fiona said this, my face darkened immediately. I adjust
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Chapter 3
And, with that, Debbie continued living under my roof, without anyone else ever consulting me for my opinion. That night, Debbie knocked on my door asking me to go down for dinner. After rejecting her thrice, she started crying loudly outside my door. She continued wailing like a banshee outside my door, attracting Harvey's attention at once. She then told him, "I think Belle hates me. I asked her to come down for dinner and she started yelling insults at me."I opened my door with a dark expression, staring at Debbie, who was crying her eyes out.Harvey immediately rushed up and pulled Debbie into his arms. "Don't cry anymore. Leave this to me."Debbie then pulled out a hair clip from her pocket and handed it to me. "Belle, this is something I made myself. Please accept it. Can't we just get along well after this?"Before she could even finish her sentence, I interrupted her, saying, "In your dreams. What's the point of your pretense? Who do you think you're trying to fool?"
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Chapter 4
This caused a huge stir at the company. I didn't bother explaining any further. After the meeting, I got Joanne to cascade down the news to everyone else in the company.If Harvey wanted his child to have a good life, then he was going to have to use his own money!However, I never thought that Harvey had planted a huge trap for me to walk into.As soon as I went back to my old office and sat down to go through the financial reports over the past few years Joanne prepared, I was shocked beyond belief.He had planned all this from the start. He had set up another different company under his name and moved the core of my business over there.The current Sallow Group was seemingly still doing well with business and orders as usual, but its only client was actually Harvey's shell of a company.Harvey would secure business deals with new clients and have them sign a contract with Sallow Group under the guise of a "partnership".Sallow Group might look like it was growing and prosperi
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Chapter 5
I felt a wave of mixed emotions, mostly guilt and remorse, hit me like a tidal wave. At once, I burst into tears and started to sob aloud.Mom walked over to me and hugged me gently. "It's okay. Cry all you want, Belle. You'll feel better after you've cried it all out."I had always been treated like a princess in my own home. Nobody else ever dared to pick on me, so I rarely cried in front of Mom.Meanwhile, Dad was smiling lightly at me, but I could tell that his eyes were solemn.It was obvious that they'd already found out about the situation at the company. However, they still tried to play it down and maintain a light atmosphere with me."Don't cry anymore. You must be starving since it's so late at night. Come on, let's have dinner. I made all your favorite dishes."Mom brought me to the dining room. I saw that the table was filled with all of my childhood favorites.Every single dish reminded me of the precious memories I had in this home."You rascal, you're the kind w
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Chapter 6
"Harvey Jepson, how dare you—"Half of my sentence rolled out just as I swung the door open, but when I caught sight of the man at the door, I stopped and swallowed my words back down.It wasn't Harvey at the door, but Adrian, whom I hadn't seen in a very, very long time."What? How dare I do what?"Adrian didn't seem angry at my mistaken outburst. Instead, he had a mischievous grin on his lips."Sorry, I thought you were…"Since I hadn't seen him in such a long time, I was at a loss for what to say to him. As the words rolled off my tongue, I suddenly thought that they weren't that appropriate after all and stopped talking again.Whatever happened between me and Harvey should just stay within my family, after all. I didn't want any outsiders to meddle in this."Who did you think I was? Prince Charming? Or the Frog Prince?" Adrian asked, cocking his head to the side and giving me another teasing grin."Oh, it's Adrian. You probably haven't eaten yet, right? Come in. We were ju
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Chapter 7
Now, I was no longer the headstrong or aggressive character Adrian used to know. In fact, I was starting to get anxious with him."You used to hold your head up real high in the past. How did a few years of marriage turn you into such a softie? Did the crybaby come home to find her mommy?"Adrian chuckled when he saw that I was still saying nothing. He then stabbed a roast potato with his fork and popped it into his mouth, saying in a laid-back manner, "You need to exact revenge on whoever wronged you! "You never behaved like this whenever you ran into a tight situation. Why don't you just get back at them the same way you used to get back at me?"It was only then that I knew Adrian must have also learned about the situation at Sallow Group and that my marriage was on the rocks. I saw hints of tenderness in his eyes even though he seemed to be poking fun at me with his words. Deep down, he was feeling sorry for me. I felt my heart twisting up in knots. I hadn't wanted him to wit
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Chapter 8
Adrian stayed for a long time after dinner that day, and we talked about a lot of things.I told him everything—from my marriage with Harvey to him bringing home his ex-girlfriend to live under my roof, and from when I withdrew from the company operations to now when Harvey had basically hollowed it out, leaving nothing but a shell behind.We talked for hours, catching up with each other ever since we lost touch years ago, making up for lost time. Meanwhile, Adrian listened attentively. He just smiled at me throughout and didn't mind that I kept going on and on about my life.Some time close to midnight, my phone, which had been silent all day, finally rang. It was Harvey. He'd finally caved and called me.I held the phone in my hands, looking at Adrian sitting opposite me.I suddenly realized that the gentle and understanding Adrian I'd just been talking to earlier had changed—his entire demeanor was icy. He just nodded at me briefly when I looked at him.At that very moment,
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Chapter 9
I quickly tidied myself up, fixing my disheveled hair and clothes, looking embarrassed the entire time."Why are you so embarrassed all of a sudden? You're acting as if I'd never seen you fast asleep before," Adrian said with a wicked grin. Instantly I was reminded of another past memory.Back then, we used to travel together with our families, and we often shared a room and a bed together. It was just the same now as it had been back then—I would wake up to see Adrian staring at my face the next morning.Everything felt like it had just happened yesterday. "Pervert. You don't know what you're talking about," I said, my face turning red with embarrassment as I threw a pillow in his grinning face."Alright, alright. I won't tease you anymore. I've already made the necessary arrangements and will be going back to my company for a bit. Wait for me to contact you before you go back to your home."Adrian stood up, straightened out his clothes, and looked at me seriously as he said th
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Chapter 10
It was close to midday by the time I drove back to my villa. I sat in the car for a while, but I still never got any news from Adrian. I knew then that I couldn't rely on anyone else anymore. I had to face this on my own.Before getting out of the car, I called Joanne and gave her a few more instructions. Then, I finally opened the door to my own home.I caught sight of Harvey sitting on the couch in the living room with a face as black as thunder. He glared at me and said nothing as I entered the house.When Fiona saw that I had returned, she hurriedly pulled me into a room and said, "You're finally back, Belle. Did you know, that woman kept crying and throwing a huge fuss about her Manuka honey last night after knowing you weren't coming back? She never let up until long past midnight! None of us managed to get much sleep.""So, Harvey called me up in the dead of the night because of that woman's tantrum?" I asked, completely speechless as I looked at Harvey on the couch.I ha
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