Mag-log inOver the weekend, I went with my best friend to one of the premium auto shops owned by my company to get her car serviced. Just as we were about to leave, someone stopped me and ordered me to wipe down her car. I explained that I didn't work there, but she got angry anyway. She flipped a 10-cent coin at my face. "Consider it an honor that I'm letting you wash my car. A broke girl like you has probably never even seen a luxury car in her life! I'm trying to broaden your horizons, and you're not even grateful?" I shot back, "You're right. I've never met a car owner who can only spare 10 cents. Consider my horizons broadened." She exploded on the spot. "Do you even know who I am? The chairman of the Penzo Group is my mother-in-law! Scared now?" I paused for a beat, then calmly called Leo Penzo. "I hear your mother went behind my back and found you a new wife?"
view moreThe police and ambulance arrived quickly. The scene was sealed off at once, plunging everything into chaos.Leo was lifted onto the ambulance, his fate still unknown.And from the driver's seat of the wrecked black sedan, the person dragged out was… Lily.She had somehow gotten out of the detention center.Blood streamed down her forehead, yet her face twisted into a bizarre, deranged grin.Pinned to the ground by the police, she still shrieked in my direction, "Samantha! You bitch! I came here to kill you! Didn't expect it, did you?! How could I have missed! I missed!"So her target… had always been me.She hated that I had destroyed her family, hated that I had driven her into ruin. She was willing to pay any price to drag me down with her—no matter what it cost.Leo was nothing more than a pitiful casualty in her frenzy for revenge.At the hospital, the light above the emergency room stayed on for what felt like an eternity.Leo's parents rushed in. In a single night, they
I stormed out of the banquet hall, so furious I even forgot to grab my coat.The cool night breeze brushed against my skin, easing the tight knot of irritation in my chest just a little.Carmen had already arranged the car and was waiting at the entrance.I strode toward it, wanting nothing more than to escape this wretched place at once.But just as I pulled the door open, ready to get in, a figure suddenly lunged out from the shadows nearby and clamped down on my arm.It was Leo.I had no idea when he'd chased after me. His hair was a mess, his shirt wrinkled—he looked completely unhinged."Samantha! Don't go!"He grabbed me with everything he had, his nails digging so deep into my flesh that it hurt."Listen to me! It's not what you think! I just love you too much! I can't live without you!"His cracked, desperate shouting drew the attention of the security guards and several guests lingering by the doors.Humiliation and disgust washed over me."Let go!"I yanked hard,
The night before I left Grebour City, several of its top business tycoons organized a farewell banquet for me.Halfway through the event, I stepped onto the terrace with a glass of wine to get some air. Carmen approached, her expression strangely tense."Samantha… Leo is here."My brows pulled together. "How did he get in?"At an event of this level, security was airtight, and invitations were strictly tied to real names.Carmen sighed. "He begged an old family friend of the Penzos to use their invitation slot. The security guards just realized it. Do you want me to have someone escort him out?"I shook my head. "Forget it. Let him be. I don't want tonight turning into a spectacle."I thought he only wanted to see me from a distance. I underestimated how shameless he could be.When I left the terrace and returned to the banquet hall, a waiter "accidentally" spilled an entire glass of red wine down the front of my suit jacket.I took off my jacket and headed for the lounge to
One month later, my personal attorney placed two copies of the divorce agreement neatly on my desk, his posture respectful and solemn.Leo came alone.He had grown noticeably thinner. The once-handsome contours of his face carried a sickly pallor, his eyes swollen and red. He wore a simple, pale shirt—the style I used to love seeing on him."Samantha."The moment he walked in, he called my name in that hoarse, trembling voice I once found irresistible.I sat at the head of the table, my expression unreadable. I pointed to the chair across from me."Have a seat, Mr. Penzo. Time is precious. Once you sign, our ties are severed."The words "Mr. Penzo" cut into him like a blade.His body swayed, his face draining of color.The lawyer slid the two documents toward him.He didn't look at the contents. His eyes stayed locked on me."Samantha… must you be this heartless? Three years of marriage—doesn't any of it mean something to you?"I know I was wrong, I really do! Please… give












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