Chapter 3

This was a critical time for the company to be listed. A cheating scandal like this would ruin all our hard work.

I immediately called for Alyssa to stop. “Get your clothes in order.”

Alyssa turned back fearfully. When she did that, I saw a flash of gold at her neck.

The first year I was with Magnus, I spent half of my annual salary to buy a pair of luxury rings. It currently hung around another woman’s neck, like a sign that our relationship was nearing its end.

I could barely hold myself upright. “Isn’t it bad enough that you bought her a villa? You gave her your ring, Magnus?”

“That’s just a trinket. She said she liked it, so I gave it to her.”

Magnus’ answer was so impetuous. “If you don’t like it, I’ll make her take it off.”

Once upon a time, when he had received this gift, Magnus had sworn to me that he would wear the ring forever and would not take it off even after he died.

I scoffed at his change of heart. It had only been a few years, but he had given that precious ring to another woman.

I rushed forward to grab the ring and rip it from Alyssa’s neck.

Alyssa shrieked. Her skin immediately reddened from the impact.

“Ouch, that hurts! Mr. Baird, look at this! It feels like my neck was almost cut off!”

Magnus held Alyssa as if his heart ached for her. He shoved me angrily. “You’re both women, Rhiannon! How could you treat her this way?”

I stumbled and crashed into the corner of the desk. My back hurt so much that I could almost scream.

Tears welled up in my eyes. “Magnus, I won’t stop you if you want to break up with me. But don’t you dare make me watch this depravity!”

I could see panic flash past Magnus’ eyes. He looked like he wanted to hold me up as I staggered.

Alyssa immediately snuggled further into his embrace.

“It hurts so much, Mr. Baird! I won’t ever be able to wear your favorite spaghetti-strap dress again!”

Magnus looked worried as he said, “I’ll take you to the hospital! Don’t worry. You’ll be fine.”

After that, he picked Alyssa up and walked out of the office without even looking back.

The noise around me finally died down. Holding my aching back, I slumped to the floor.

My eight-year relationship had come to an end. The love I had poured in could not win against the wiles of a new woman.

For a woman he had known for less than half a year, Magnus had ruthlessly broken my heart.

This time, I would not just sit by and watch.

I typed up my resignation letter and took it to the HR department personally.

The news of my resignation spread like wildfire through the office.

“Oh goodness, will the company even be able to go on without Miss Flynn?”

“Without her pulling in investors, the company will fail sooner or later! I’m going to start applying somewhere else!”

Once Magnus signed off, I would be able to leave the company completely.

When I got back to the company’s rental apartment, I packed up my things.

For the past few years, I had been living in a cheap apartment building. I thought that I could hold out until Magnus proposed, but our relationship had ended in such a way.

I could no longer keep treating myself so poorly just for him.

Pushing open the door, I suddenly realized that something was missing from the place. “Beanie? Beanie, where are you?”

My pet dog of five years was missing!

In a panic, I checked the security footage. I watched as Magnus used a sausage to trick Beanie into going with him.

Rage surged within me. I immediately called Magnus, but he had blocked my number.

I rushed outside anxiously and called for Beanie. I searched for a long time and finally saw that Alyssa had posted a video on her social media.