All Chapters of After the Vows Burned: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

9 Chapters

Chapter 1

I stood in front of a massive nude portrait.The painting was so realistic that anyone could immediately see that the woman in it was me.The mocking voices around me never stopped.“Mr. Fuller, the Jackson Group just got involved in a tax scandal a few days ago, and a grave was accidentally dug up on the land they just bought. The project was halted and their capital is running low. Raquel Jackson is so broke that she might even have to sell herself soon. She wouldn’t have the money to win the bids now, would she?”“Exactly. With the crowd hyping it up, just this painting alone could sell for millions. Even if she wants to win the bid, she can’t afford it.”“But if Ms. Jackson is willing to spend a night with me, I wouldn’t mind helping her win one.”The moment he finished his sentence, the entire exhibition hall entered a state of uproar.Countless malicious gazes fell on me, as if I were some irresistible commodity on display.Matthew Fuller merely raised a brow at the comme

Chapter 2

For the sake of a poor student he once sponsored, he was willing to hurt his own wife like this?The hatred in Matthew’s eyes only deepened, but he did not answer.His assistant finally could not hold back. “Mr. Fuller, no matter what, you and Mrs. Fuller are still husband and wife. If these paintings are released, it won’t just be her reputation affected, but yours as well…“You wouldn’t really go that far, right?”My heart tightened in my throat.We had been married for two years. Most people would even develop feelings for a dog after that long.Matthew was utterly impatient. “Wane, you’re overstepping your boundaries.”“Matthew, don’t be upset. It’s normal for him to ask,” Tiara said with a gentle smile, as if soothing him. Then, she looked at me.Her gaze was filled with open provocation.“Raquel, you’re still wearing clothes from years ago. Is your credit running low? How are you going to win the bids like that?”Back when the Jackson Group was at its peak, I never wore

Chapter 3

Tiara held his hand. Only then did his gaze soften a little.He clearly cared more about her. To avenge the humiliation she had suffered years ago, he had spent two entire years planning all of this just to make me pay a thousandfold.He had won, completely.I had finally been hurt enough.My fingers clenched so tightly they shook. I refused to look at him again.Disgusting comments kept flooding my ears.“Damn! I love girls who get all slutty after drinking. Ms. Jackson, I’ll bid ten million for you. One night with me wouldn’t be too much to ask, right?”“You actually think you can sleep with her? If it’s real, I’ll join the bid with eleven million!”My hand trembled as I raised my bidding paddle. “I’m going to buy it out.”Everyone looked at me.The host sneered. “Ms. Jackson, you’re sure you want to buy it out? There are over five hundred paintings left.”I slumped back into my seat. “I’m sure.”“What a pity. I really like pool play.”“What are you scared of? The others

Chapter 4

“I don’t need it,” I said coldly.“Huh?” Tiara seemed genuinely surprised.I didn’t bother being polite.“It seems like everyone’s brains here are just for decoration. If my mother ‘stole’ her father from her mother, then she should be older than me, shouldn’t she?”“Sorry, but I haven’t fallen so low that I need help from an illegitimate daughter.”“Raquel Jackson!”Matthew finally spoke, but only to warn me for another woman’s sake.I glanced at him. “Buy it out.”Tiara sneered. “But Raquel, you don’t have any money left.”I chuckled.“How exactly do you know I’m out of money? I’m buying it out. Not just for this one. I’m buying out all 520 paintings in this hall.”Everyone burst into laughter. They looked at me as if I were a complete idiot.The host didn’t even acknowledge what I said and kept asking others for bids.“Anyone offering a higher price?”I glared at him. “I said I’m buying it out. Did you not hear me?”The men around me grew irritated.“Do you even have

Chapter 5

On the big screen, the balance that had shown twenty-five cents suddenly leapt from single digits to four digits, from four digits to nine — the total assets skyrocketing at a crazy pace.Finally, the number settled in the hundreds of billions.The man beside me pointed at the screen, stunned.“Impossible! Even if the Jackson Group weren’t bankrupt, it could never be worth that much!”“What the hell is going on? Is this some sort of hacker prank?”“It has to be… Among everyone in Astrid City, even Mr. Fuller’s assets don’t reach hundreds of billions, let alone someone like Raquel Jackson.”The host’s expression froze.Even the security guards who had approached to throw me out stopped blankly.I leisurely glanced around the room.“Sorry, due to the size of my transfer request, the amount took some time to credit to my account. Now that it’s here, I’ll use a tenth of my personal assets to play this game with all of you.”“With this amount, I’m qualified to buy out every bid, a

Chapter 6

Slap!The crisp sound echoed throughout the entire exhibition hall.Matthew’s head tilted to the side, his cheek instantly swelling red. He stared at me with a cold, murderous gaze.Everyone held their breath.I said calmly, “When the hell did I sell myself?”Before anyone could respond, I struck him again across the other side of his face.“You created paintings that violated my privacy and sold them?”Another slap landed.“You secretly filmed intimate videos of me, spread them around and thought I’d quietly buy them up one by one, didn’t you?”I raised my hand again.But this time, the slap didn’t land on the scumbag.Tiara suddenly lunged forward, gritting her teeth.“Raquel! Don’t!”She had moved into my sight, but I didn’t feel like stopping.My palm landed across her face. Her pale, delicate features immediately swelled, turning red.Her eyes flickered, and she let her body go limp, collapsing backward dramatically, as if I had tortured her half to death.Matthew’

Chapter 7

“Stop pretending to be the good one.” He glared at me. “I married you because I thought you were the one quietly supporting me…”“But now I know exactly who that person really was.”“Not only did you steal Tiara’s credit, you even leaked our company’s design drafts to a competitor. I gave you the dignity a wife deserves and you repaid me by cutting off every path I had. As such, sorry… letting the Jackson Group perish was my only choice.”I frowned in confusion. I had no memory of anything he just accused me of.The next second, I turned toward Tiara.Panic flickered in her eyes. She quickly tried to shut down the topic.“Raquel, I know you’re angry, but you can’t sell your body and hire thugs to torment us like this…“How about this? Let go of him, and we will try to help you pay whatever you borrowed.“After all, the Jackson family is already bankrupt…”I sneered and grabbed the host’s microphone, letting my voice fill the hall.“Tiara, you are just the daughter of a mistre

Chapter 8

Moments later, footage flashed across the giant screen. It was Tiara and the CEO of our rival company meeting in a hotel.Not just once.Not with just one man.She sometimes went with multiple men multiple times.The scenes were obscene.Her innocent persona collapsed instantly.Matthew stared at her in disbelief.“Why were you meeting with them?“So… you’re the one who leaked our company secrets?”Tiara did not dare meet his eyes. She stammered, “Matthew, she is just trying to destroy what we have. Please… don’t believe her.”However, Matthew had survived too many battles in the business world. He knew she was lying.I signaled the guards to release him.He sank to the floor, drained. He looked at me with a complicated expression like he wanted to say something, but no words came out.“That’s all about it. The two of you can wait for the court summons.”“Oh, and to everyone who attended this auction. Your recordings of exploiting underage girls and organizing group debau

Chapter 9

Back then, my mother used her family’s resources to turn that “gold-digger husband” of hers into the richest man in Astrid City.Naturally, I could take all of it back.Most of our family’s businesses were overseas anyway.After resolving all of the remaining problems in the country, finalizing the divorce and recovering all of my mother’s marital assets, I prepared to move abroad and live with my grandfather.The next time I heard about Matthew was through the news.The once-up-and-coming Fuller Group in Astrid City had collapsed completely in less than a year.The cause was that the rich heirs who attended that auction were investigated by the police for group misconduct, harming minors, drug involvement and other crimes.Many successors of major corporations ended up in jail.And the hatred ran deep. After all, the person who took their sons to that “art auction” was Matthew.One small company could not destroy the Fuller Group, but dozens or hundreds of companies together?

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