로그인A few moments later, police officers walked in with Mr. Langford in custody."Which one of you is Ruby Kuntz?"The crowd instantly pointed her out."Her!"The police moved fast and cuffed Ruby on the spot."Come with us."The cold metal cuffs made her whole body shake. Panic flooded her face as she turned to Eric."Eric, save me! Our son needs his mother! Please save me!"But Eric didn't even look at her.He just kept staring at me.He lifted a hand like he wanted to touch me, but the second he saw the cold look in my eyes, he slowly pulled back. His eyes turned red with regret."Sandra, I failed you... I met Ruby at a bar after graduation. I was drunk that night. She had the child without telling me..." His voice shook. "But I love you..."I actually laughed.It was the funniest thing I'd ever heard."You love me?" I looked at him. "And while loving me, you slept with another woman, had a child with her, and raised him for seven years?"Eric instantly went speechless.
Love? How could I not?I'd been following Eric around since we were kids. By high school, I realized it wasn't some childish crush anymore. I was completely in love with him.Wherever he went, I followed.He glanced at a pair of sneakers once, so I spent all my allowance buying them for him. He liked Cristiano Ronaldo, so I flew overseas by myself just to get an autograph for him. He liked sports cars, so I begged my parents until they bought him one.He was handsome, at the top of the class, and basically every girl's crush.I always thought he only saw me as a little sister. I never dared to cross that line.But the summer after graduation, the guy addicted to adrenaline suddenly settled down. He stayed home. Stayed with me.He started following me everywhere instead. If I went to the movies with classmates, he tagged along too.He said he was protecting me. Making sure I didn't date too early.Then that same night, he knocked on my bedroom door.His face was red when he lo
The photo in my dad's hand showed Eric and Ruby entering the apartment complex together. Then he saw the one Ivy was holding, and his face turned terrifyingly dark.He strode over and slapped Eric hard across the face."You ungrateful bastard! I raised you, gave you a job, handed NovaCorp to you, and this is how you treat my daughter? You cheat on her? Push her to the point she almost dies?" His hands shook with fury.My dad had always treated Eric like his own son. Growing up, whatever I had, Eric had too. Food, clothes, everything. Dad never wanted him feeling like an outsider.And this was how he paid him back.Eric's eyes turned red as he rushed to explain. "Benjamin, I'm sorry. I know I hurt Sandra, but Ruby seduced me! She sent me flirty texts every day and kept throwing herself at me. I love Sandra. I just—I lost my head for a while."Ruby froze, staring at him like she couldn't believe what she'd just heard.Then everyone turned to look at her, this time full of disgust.
At that, every head turned toward Ruby."You're slandering me again! What did I ever do to you?" Her eyes instantly went red.And obviously, the second she looked ready to cry, everyone rushed to defend her."Even if Mr. Tyler brought Ms. Kuntz's stuff home, that doesn't prove anything. Everyone knows she's impossible to get close to.""Seriously. Ruby only cares about work. Outside of meetings, she barely says two words to Mr. Tyler. How would they even have something going on?""None of the last nine secretaries got involved with Mr. Tyler, so Ruby definitely wouldn't. I've worked here for years, and she's the most uptight woman I've ever met. She literally called him out in front of everyone last time he messed up.""Exactly. Those two can barely stand each other. No chance they're together."...With everyone backing her up, Ruby calmed down fast. She looked at me."Why don't we talk about you instead? You went to a hotel with Caleb. A love hotel. And you booked a king roo
Eric's face went dark the second he saw his nine former secretaries. "Sandra, what the hell is this supposed to mean? Accusing me and Ruby wasn't enough, so now you're saying I slept with all my old secretaries too?"You're the one who cheated, and you still keep trashing my name."Fine. Divorce. Even if you don't want it anymore, I do."He was practically shaking.My parents rushed over. "Eric, calm down. Divorce isn't something you decide in the heat of the moment."I let out a scoff. "Why are you panicking? You said I forced your last nine secretaries out, right? So I brought them back to ask."At my cue, the women started speaking one by one."I quit on my own. Mrs. Tyler had nothing to do with it.""Same. I resigned voluntarily. When Mrs. Tyler found out my family was struggling, she even gave me two extra months of pay.""Me too."...The NovaCorp employees clearly weren't buying it."Sandra must've bribed you guys. Did you forget how she made your lives miserable eve
It didn't take long for the whole company to hear I'd tanked a multimillion-dollar deal for NovaCorp.Then my mom found out. "Seriously, Sandra, what is wrong with you? Why are you suddenly demanding a divorce? And now the company lost a multimillion-dollar contract because of you. How am I supposed to help if you keep acting like this?"Stop making Eric miserable. He may be an orphan, but he's been part of this family since he was ten. Your father and I practically raised him. He's always given you whatever you wanted."You were the one who said you liked him. You were the one who insisted on marrying him. So what is this now? It hasn't even been that long, and you're already putting him through hell."I'm warning you, quit throwing tantrums and bullying him. Don't bring up divorce again. I just got off the phone with him, and he sounded devastated..."Do you hear me? If you don't stop this, your father and I won't let it slide."I stayed quiet for a long moment, staring at the







