Alle Kapitel von I Dumped My Ungrateful Husband and Stepson: Kapitel 1 – Kapitel 8

I tilted my head up and gazed into Charles Zimmer’s eyes as he plotted schemes against me. In the other timeline, Charles and Jacob Zimmer had abandoned me and humiliated me. I had felt so much resentment for that.I did not nod shyly as I did the last time. Instead, I sneered.“I don’t intend to cling to someone beyond my station. I can’t be a townsperson either, let alone be someone’s stepmom. I’m not worthy of it.” As if someone had rained on his parade, Charles instantly stopped smiling. I had always obeyed him, and he probably never anticipated such words from me. He patiently cleared his throat and acted like a superior college student again.“Have you thought it through, Sophia? You’ll be a townsperson if you move to North City with me. I’m going to college, so I’ll have a prosperous future. Of course, you won’t end up suffering with me.”I could not stop sneering inwardly.“Stop making yourself sound so great. You just want a free servant to serve you and your kid. T

In a few words, Charles had easily portrayed me as a greedy woman. It sounded like I had performed some shameless acts with him, and I was refusing to take responsibility after.People started gossiping about me in a louder tone. “Sophia, Charles is the most promising young man around here. He’s going to move up in the world. Why are you this picky?”“Just stop making a scene. It’s already a stroke of luck to marry someone so capable.” “If you keep making such a scene, no one would want to marry you.”Charles appeared to be smug. In front of everyone, he gave me a promise again. “Trust me, Sophia. If you marry me, I’ll make sure you’ll enjoy a good life.”He was confident of making me yield. After all, a woman’s reputation was everything.I looked at him and suddenly burst out laughing. “Fine. Since you two insist on slandering me, I don’t mind going to the police station with you now. Let’s see how they handle a case of defamation and harassment. I’m nobody. At most, I’

A shriek tore through the night’s stillness.“Where is it?”“Where did it happen?”Neighbors rushed from their homes in alarm.Gasping for breath, I pointed toward the pitch-black cornfield. “I saw someone sneaking in there!”A few men grabbed whatever tools were at hand.Inside the cornfield, Charles and Summer broke out in a cold sweat at the shouts.By the time they scrambled to pull their clothes back on, they realized their pants were gone.Soon, the villagers’ angry cries morphed into a different kind of uproar.“Well, I’ll be darned! A pair of lovebirds!”“Folk, come look at them! The Zimmer boy, the college kid, and Summer are fooling around in the cornfield!”Gossip, it turned out, was far more exciting than catching a thief.In no time, the cornfield was surrounded by a wall of onlookers.Charles and Summer, stripped bare from the waist down, stood there half-naked, and covering one part of themselves only exposed another.Charles’ face flushed a deep, mortified

“You’re calling me an embarrassment? But you sneaking around with your ex-wife isn’t? If you don’t open your mouth and explain yourself to me clearly, I swear I’ll march right over to Ruby’s man and tell him myself! We’ll see who’s more embarrassed then!” Her words struck a nerve.He raised his hand and slapped Summer.“You vicious witch! You’re poison!”Summer staggered, stunned for a second, then came back with a fury. She swung her hand back and delivered a hard slap that sent Charles stumbling. “I’m vicious? I’m not half the snake you are, you two-timing louse!”Like a lioness unleashed, she pummeled Charles with her fists. Years of farm work had made Summer strong, while Charles, the bookish intellectual, was no match for her. After a few wild swings, he was pinned flat to the dirt. He could only curl up and take the beating.The villagers watching from the sidelines let out mocking laughs and jeers.“Stop it, you madwoman!” Charles cursed from his undignified posi