เข้าสู่ระบบMy boyfriend, Sam Gibson, had a childhood best friend named Tina Lincoln. She was a star medical student. On the day Sam and I were supposed to get our marriage license, Tina took one look at the tight top I was wearing and flat-out claimed I had been sleeping around for years. She pointed at my chest with obvious disgust. “If men hadn’t been all over you, there’s no way your breasts would be this big.” Sam believed her completely. He started cursing at me, calling me a slut who had sleep with anyone, and refused to go through with the marriage license. I tried over and over to explain, but Tina just sneered at me. “People may be more open-minded these days, but that doesn’t mean you can sell your body and make your chest that big.” She used me as some kind of “example,” started a livestream to lecture people online, and exposed all my personal information. After that, strangers kept sending me disgusting, harassing messages, asking how much I charged for a night. Some even followed me and tried to force themselves on me. I begged her to clear things up for me, but she just shrugged and said, “If you never did that kind of thing, why would people be asking you?” In the end, I was assaulted and killed. And she went on to become a nationally famous influencer doctor, gaining fame and money at the same time. When I opened my eyes again, I was back on the day I was supposed to get my marriage license with Sam.
ดูเพิ่มเติมChapitre 1
Clara
Quatre ans que je travaille pour Maël D'Aubry. Quatre ans que je connais ses habitudes, ses silences, ses humeurs. Quatre ans que je l'aime sans le lui dire.
Il ne m'appelle jamais Clara. Toujours Mademoiselle Laurent. Alors j'ai appris à vivre avec ce nom d'emprunt, à m'y blottir, à faire semblant que c'était assez.
Chaque matin, j'entre dans son bureau à huit heures. Je pose la tasse à sept centimètres du bord. Je dispose les dossiers dans l'ordre. Je souris. Je suis irréprochable. Je suis invisible.
Et à l'intérieur, je meurs un peu.
— Bonjour, Mademoiselle Laurent.
— Bonjour, Monsieur.
— Les rapports ?
— Sur votre bureau.
— Bien.
Trois mots. Quatre ans de trois mots.
Ce soir, c'est la soirée annuelle de l'entreprise. Je porte une robe sombre, choisie pour ne pas attirer l'attention. Je reste en retrait. Je surveille. C'est mon rôle.
Maël circule. Costume noir. Sourire aux actionnaires. Poignées de main. Je le regarde à la distance qui me sépare de lui depuis quatre ans. Cette distance exacte. Infranchissable.
Vers minuit, je monte à l'étage pour ranger quelques dossiers. Le couloir est désert. C'est là que j'entends sa voix.
Une porte entrouverte. Il parle à un associé.
Je devrais avancer. Descendre. Rentrer. Mais mes pieds se figent. Mon corps ne m'obéit plus.
— Franchement, Maël, depuis le temps, tu ne l'as jamais remarquée ?
Un silence.
— Qui ?
— Clara. Ton assistante.
Mon prénom. Dans sa bouche. Je cesse de respirer.
— Clara…
Il le dit lentement. Comme s'il le pesait. Comme s'il le découvrait. Ce n'est pas un prénom qu'il utilise. Jamais. C'est toujours Mademoiselle Laurent.
— Clara, répète-t-il, plus bas. Non. Je ne me suis jamais permis.
— Pourquoi ?
— Parce qu'elle est irréprochable. Parce qu'elle vaut mieux qu'un homme qui ne sait pas s'arrêter.
— Tu plaisantes ?
— Non. Si je la regardais, je ne pourrais plus m'arrêter. Alors je ne regarde pas.
Un silence. Mon cœur bat trop fort. J'ai peur qu'il m'entende.
— Et le pire, dit-il enfin, c'est que depuis quatre ans, je le sais. Chaque matin, quand elle entre, je le sais. Et je fais semblant.
Je recule. Mon dos heurte le mur. Le bruit est léger. Dans ce couloir, il résonne comme un coup de feu.
La conversation s'arrête.
Je fuis. Je descends trop vite. Je traverse le hall. Je pousse la porte. L'air froid me brûle la gorge. Je marche sans savoir où je vais. Je pleure sans m'en rendre compte.
Si je la regardais, je ne pourrais plus m'arrêter. Alors je ne regarde pas.
Il m'a vue. Il m'a toujours vue. Et il a choisi de ne rien faire.
Le lendemain, j'arrive à huit heures. Je suis épuisée. Je maquille mes yeux gonflés. Je pousse la porte de son bureau.
Il est là. Penché sur ses dossiers. Café à sa droite.
Il ne lève pas les yeux.
— Bonjour, Mademoiselle Laurent.
Mademoiselle Laurent.
Le prénom de la veille est effacé. Comme s'il ne l'avait jamais prononcé. Comme si la porte entrouverte, la conversation, l'aveu, tout cela n'avait jamais existé.
Je pose la tasse à sept centimètres du bord.
— Bonjour, Monsieur.
Ma voix ne tremble pas. C'est tout ce qui me reste.
— Les rapports de la réunion sont sur votre bureau.
— Bien.
Pas un regard. Pas un mot. Pas un signe. Il agit comme si rien ne s'était passé. Comme si je n'étais pas celle dont il avait dit le prénom doucement. Comme si son aveu n'avait été qu'une phrase lancée en l'air.
Je retourne à mon poste. Je m'assois. J'allume mon ordinateur.
Et je comprends que je ne peux plus rester.
Ce midi, je m'enferme aux toilettes. Je sors le test de mon sac. Je le fais, les mains tremblantes.
Deux lignes.
Nettes. Sans ambiguïté.
Je m'assois sur le rebord froid. Les mains sur le ventre. Je ne sais plus si je pleure de joie ou de terreur.
Un enfant. Son enfant. L'enfant de l'homme qui ne me regarde pas pour ne pas avoir à s'arrêter.
Je pourrais lui dire. Je devrais.
Mais je revois son visage ce matin. Fermé. Absent. Ce Mademoiselle Laurent tranchant comme une lame.
Il choisira encore de ne pas regarder. Il choisira encore de faire semblant. Je deviendrais un problème. Une erreur. Une de ces choses qu'on classe et qu'on oublie.
Alors non.
Ce soir, j'écris ma lettre. Une phrase. Deux lignes. Aucune explication.
Pour raisons personnelles.
Je la pose sur son bureau à six heures du matin. Avant qu'il n'arrive. Je regarde une dernière fois cette pièce où j'ai passé quatre ans à l'aimer en silence.
Je pose ma main sur mon ventre.
Puis je ferme la porte derrière moi. Sans un bruit.
Je ne me retourne pas.
Je ne lui dirai jamais que je suis enceinte.
En descendant les escaliers, une pensée me traverse, glaciale : je viens de lui offrir exactement ce qu'il voulait. Le silence. L'absence. Le droit de faire comme si rien ne s'était passé.
Dans son bureau, sur sa table, ma lettre attend.
Il la lira.
Il ne saura rien.
Without a moment’s hesitation, I posted the security footage online, along with more than a dozen restored intimate photos.The second the footage and photos hit the internet, they blew up.At first, some people still refused to believe it. They insisted I had edited everything and said I was jealous of Tina’s success, so I was trying to ruin her on purpose.But as more and more people came forward to confirm that the video was real, public opinion started to shift. One man even came forward under his real name and admitted he was one of the men Tina had been seeing.As the scandal kept growing, more and more people started speaking out online. Even the police statement from earlier became powerful proof. Tina’s reputation went into free fall.People dug up all kinds of dirt on her. Even her hotel hookups and abortions were exposed one after another.And just as I had guessed, that pregnancy report had indeed belonged to Tina. She had simply used my name on it.A lot of people c
Sam used his status as the so-called victim to build a huge following online.He and Tina were even praised by countless people as the perfect couple. A lot of commenters said the two of them were the reason they still believed in love.As for me, every time I went outside, I was met with hostility from other women and hit with one cruel remark after another.I was even fired from my job because they said my reputation had become too damaging. They refused to pay me the wages they still owed me.Not even my parents, who lived far away in my hometown, were spared.People dug up every detail about my family. Some even tracked my parents down, harassed them in person, and threw spoiled eggs at them.Our relatives blamed them for raising a shameless daughter and pressured them to cut ties with me.Even the neighbors banded together and demanded that my parents move out of the neighborhood. They said they refused to live next to a family with no morals.Once I had gathered enough ev
Tina used me as her star example during the livestream, flashing high-definition private photos of me across the screen. Mixed in were even a few intimate bedroom photos of me and Sam.The moment I saw those pictures, it felt like my whole heart dropped into ice. Nausea surged up from my stomach so violently that I couldn’t hold it back.I threw up on the spot. Only then did the crushing pressure in my chest ease a little.Those photos had only ever existed on Sam’s phone. And now Tina was putting them on public display without the slightest hesitation.Using my pictures, she started lecturing viewers on all the so-called ways to tell whether their girlfriend was still a virgin.She even pointed at my chest and said, “Any woman built like this has definitely been around.”The livestream comments instantly filled with disgusting remarks from male viewers. Countless people picked apart my body, and even Tina joined in.Some people in the comments cursed me out, asking if I was so
Out of the corner of my eye, I caught a glimpse of the inside of Tina’s raised arm. A faint butterfly tattoo peeked through.That was when I finally remembered.Sam had designed that butterfly tattoo especially for Tina. His initials were even hidden in the wings.Keeping my expression calm, I casually asked Sam whether the original tattoo design could have been leaked. When he flatly said no, a bold thought began to take shape in my mind.What if the woman in those photos wasn’t me at all?What if it was Tina?I zoomed in on the photos again and again, studying every small detail. The longer I looked, the more certain I became. All at once, everything that hadn’t made sense before suddenly clicked into place.If the woman in those photos was Tina, then it made perfect sense that she had that thick stack of hotel receipts.I pointed to the bit of tattoo showing in one of the photos and pretended to study it more closely.“Tina, I’m pretty sure you have that same tattoo too. It
Keeping my face cold, I pulled out a photo of me with my mother and held it up for everyone to see, asking Tina if she even knew what genetics were.The moment she saw the picture, she acted like her professional authority had been insulted. Flushed with anger, she snapped at me, “And how do we k
Tina stared at me in disbelief. She stumbled back two steps, then threw herself into Sam’s arms and burst into tears.He comforted her softly, but when he looked at me, his eyes were full of disgust.Turning around, Tina let tears stream down her face. “Xena, I wanted to keep this secret for you.
Later, I was raped and left dead on the side of the road, with no one even bothering to claim my body.Meanwhile, Tina became a nationally famous influencer doctor. She got everything she wanted: fame, money, Sam, and a picture-perfect family with both a son and a daughter.“Xena Spencer, you slut
“Sam, I had no idea you were so into fondling boobs. Just look at what you’ve done to Xena.”Hearing Tina Lincoln joke with Sam Gibson in that half-teasing tone, I dug my nails into my palms until tiny beads of blood rose to the surface.In my last life, I had deliberately worn a fitted top becaus












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