All Chapters of Heartbroken Heir: Fortune After Farewell: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

During our fifth year together, my girlfriend, Erin Palmer, finally got the job she'd been dreaming of.At lunch, my coworker, Jared Monroe, nudged me and joked, "You know what they say—when people get a decent job, the first thing they do is dump their partner who is so-called ‘out of their league’. You'd better be careful."I laughed and punched him lightly in the arm. "Quit spouting nonsense. We're doing great!"That night at her celebration dinner, I showed up at the restaurant door with a bouquet in one hand and a carefully chosen gift bag in the other.Erin's best friend, Chloe Adams, smiled and asked her, "Erin, who's this?"Erin turned around, glanced at me, and said casually, "Oh, he's a classmate from university."I stopped dead in the doorway. My hand was half-raised in greeting. For a second, I didn't know whether to keep it up or pretend I'd never moved at all.I forced myself to walk over, set the flowers and the gift down on the table in front of her, and said, "C

From a distance, I snapped a photo of the two of them walking arm in arm, then watched them sit down in Room Six, a semi-private room that only VIP members could use."Excuse me," I asked a server, "is Room Seven taken? Can I move to a private room over there?"The server went to check and came back a moment later. "Room Seven's empty, but you'll need to deposit 100 thousand dollars to become a member before you can use it."I pulled out my bank card and spent all the savings I'd scraped together over the past year."Gavin, did you miss me?"The semi-private rooms were separated by dividers, so I could hear every word from the next room."Of course I did. Especially the way you are in bed—" The man let out a filthy laugh.Erin cut him off in a shy tone. "Stop it! You're so bad!"She was calling him bad, but her voice was sickeningly sweet.In the five years we'd been together, she'd never spoken to me in that tone.The way they flirted with each other afterward made my stomac

People always looked for a way up. I decided to just let Erin go. I wasn't about to stop her from trying to climb the ladder. I was the one who'd misjudged how things actually worked.I wanted to end things well, but not everyone was willing to let it go.After the Eastown project was successfully secured, Gavin only got more full of himself at work.It started with little snubs and petty tricks before eventually turning into open exploitation. I was working overtime almost every night.My coworkers would give me sympathetic looks whenever they walked past me, but no one dared to speak up for me.The only one who stood up for me was Monica, but the head of our department, Mike Pattinson, chewed her out so badly that she nearly got demoted.I messaged her in private. "Monica, don't stick your neck out for me anymore. I'll be fine. If you get dragged down because of me, I'll feel even worse."Monica had been with the company for years. With her capability and seniority, she should

Martin let out a low whistle. "So, you really did get dumped, huh? I told you not to leave with her back then, but you wouldn't listen. Look at you now. Even when you've got that face, she cheated on you?"Caleb clicked his tongue. "Man, that's rough."Damn it! They didn't even try to comfort me. All they did was rub salt in my wound....The next day, on our way to the reunion event, we passed the dorm where Erin used to live. Tyler sidled up to me with that annoying grin of his."Jason, remember this place? You confessed to Erin right outside that building, didn't you?"Martin jumped in when I didn't answer. "That's nothing. Remember that snowy morning? You dragged yourself out of bed at dawn to buy her breakfast and carried it against your chest the whole way so it wouldn't get cold. Every woman in that dorm knew exactly who Jason Ward from the finance department was!"Caleb clutched his chest dramatically. "Our devoted romantic hero ended up getting cheated on. What a traged

"Penelope, the people from headquarters will be here any minute. We should really get him out of here first," one of the staff whispered.Penelope stomped her foot in frustration and waved security over to throw me out. And so, I got kicked out of Evercrest Holdings' building yet again. It was so ridiculous that I didn't know how to react.20 minutes later, I walked back to the front doors of Evercrest Holdings, trailing right behind the delegation from headquarters.The moment Gerald and Penelope saw me, they grew so tense that their faces twisted. All the department heads were lined up at the entrance, holding flowers and banners, ready to welcome the higher-ups. But before they could use any of it, they saw me stroll right to the front of the line."Jason! What are you doing? Get out of here!" Gerald hissed, glaring at me.He clearly wanted to swear but didn't dare with the people from headquarters standing behind me.On the other side, Penelope kept shooting looks at the se