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My Boyfriend Rejected Harvard Offer, I Rejected Him Chapter 10
"Understood. Go ahead and file it."News of Felix's death reached me while I was reviewing next quarter's financials.My assistant brought it to me gently, like she wasn't sure how I'd take it.The pen in my hand paused for a fraction of a second.Nothing stirred in me.I gave her back a light, unbothered instruction.A man like that didn't deserve another minute of my life.I walked to the floor-to-ceiling window and looked down on the city.Cars streamed, lights blinked, the machinery of life kept turning.I didn't linger on the personal victory.After two lifetimes, I had come to understand something.There were still, right now, thousands of other versions of me out there.Brainwashed by the idea of "childhood sweetheart" and "love conquers all."Burning themselves alive trying to rescue men who were never going to be worth it.Working themselves to the bone just to buy him a pair of sneakers.Giving up their own futures to fund his.And getting nothing back but betrayal and a line
My Boyfriend Rejected Harvard Offer, I Rejected Him Chapter 9
"Felix Davenport. You are under arrest for extortion and commercial defamation. Come with us."The ballroom doors opened again.Officers walked in, unhurried.Cuffs clicked around Felix's wrists. The sound carried.Felix finally broke.His knees went out from under him. He fell to the floor."Iris — Iris, I'm sorry!"Snot and tears streaked his face.He crawled toward me without dignity."It was Naomi — she tricked me, she put me up to it!""We grew up together. Please. I don't want to go to prison!"He looked up at me.For the first time, there was no arrogance left in his face.Only fear. And regret.The flickering fragments of his other life had finally beaten him into real despair."I admit it. I admit everything!"He was sobbing, hysterical."In my first life I was useless. I was the failure — not you!""I hated you for dragging me into success because I was jealous. Because you were stronger than me!""My biggest tragedy was losing you. You were my only salvation!"It all came ou
My Boyfriend Rejected Harvard Offer, I Rejected Him Chapter 8
"Mr. Davenport. Your suit still has the tag on it."In the face of Felix's ranting, I didn't get angry. I smiled instead.I adjusted the microphone.I said it almost kindly.Every head in the room dropped to look.Sure enough, swinging from the back hem of Felix's suit was a tacky white retail tag.Laughter rippled through the crowd.Felix went crimson. He ripped the tag off in a flash of anger."Don't change the subject!""No amount of smooth talk is going to cover for your crimes today!"He tore open the folder and started shoving fake invoices and photos at the media."Look! This is the proof!"I sighed."Well — if you're in this much of a rush to go down in flames, I'll help you."I turned to my assistant."Put it on the screen."The enormous display behind me came to life.It wasn't dirt on me. It was a crisp piece of surveillance footage.In the clip, Felix was sitting in a back-alley print shop directing the shop owner through the forgeries."Make the company seal darker. Yes —
My Boyfriend Rejected Harvard Offer, I Rejected Him Chapter 7
"Once it's done, the remaining nine hundred thousand will be in your account."The voice on the other end came through a voice changer, cold.The dirt Felix was offering was manufactured. All of it.Using the fragments of memory from his other life, he'd cobbled together fake financial statements from Fairfax Group's early years.And paid someone in the backpacker circuit to doctor photos of me with various business executives into fake "pay-for-play" tabloid material.The man on the phone didn't hesitate.A hundred thousand dollars in cash hit Felix's account as an advance.Felix stared at the long string of zeroes on his balance.For the first time in a long time, his back straightened.He took the money and picked up a cheap suit at a department store in the CBD.Got his hair cut and blown back at a walk-in salon.He stared at himself in the mirror — the bone-deep exhaustion didn't go away, but now at least he looked like someone.That cheap, false previous-life swagger came back to
My Boyfriend Rejected Harvard Offer, I Rejected Him Chapter 6
"Ms. Fairfax, everyone wants to know — how did you achieve all of this in just five years?"Five years went by.In those five years, my company had gone public. Its market cap cleared ten billion.I was one of the most talked-about female CEOs in the country.And Caleb was, officially, my husband.We stood on equal ground. Neither of us had to shrink for the other.On the screen, I sat in a tailored suit and talked, confident, about the next phase of global expansion.The interviewer was almost reverent.I smiled, just slightly."Let go of the urge to rescue other people. Everyone has to walk their own road.""Invest your energy in yourself. The world opens up."The next time I heard news of Felix, it was a small item buried in a local paper."Man in Western Sydney public housing estate hospitalized after fight over recycling bins."The photo accompanying the article showed a gaunt, weathered face.It was Felix.He'd never even made it off the working holiday visa. When it expired, he'
My Boyfriend Rejected Harvard Offer, I Rejected Him Chapter 5
"You — what did you just say?"Felix froze.His head snapped up. He was staring at me.His pupils constricted.His voice was shaking. The stack of useless paper in his hands rattled."Wasn't that clear enough?"I took half a step back and smoothed a crease on my sleeve."You thought your untouchable little angel was some pure-hearted innocent?""For the last six months, you've been working three jobs at that slaughterhouse to buy her handbags.""You've been destroying yourself.""She's turned around and spent every cent of it on sneakers for a trust-fund kid at the hostel."I watched the color drain out of his face."Felix. You're not supporting a relationship.""You're funding someone else's.""Shut up! Shut up!"Felix clapped his hands over his ears. His composure splintered."Naomi isn't like that. You're lying. You're trying to drive a wedge between us!"I laughed, without warmth.I pulled a stack of photos out of my clutch and flung them at his chest.They scattered.Clear images,
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