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Julian’s voice came through the phone, thick with irritation.“Vivian is a rich heiress. The only reason I’m swallowing my pride and sucking up to her is for the company, for this family, and for you.“If you can’t understand that, fine, but you also keep holding me back.“Enough already! It’s just a minor surgery. Tell the doctor to postpone it for a while. Once I calm her down, I’ll head over to the hospital and stay with you, okay?!”He hung up impatiently.I did not call back. Instead, I dialed a number I had not touched in years.“Lucas, I lost. I’m willing to leave him now and accept whatever arrangements the family wants.”Lucas let out a quiet sigh.“You fought so hard for him back then. Can you really let him go?”I looked around the hospital room. Every other patient was surrounded by family members, while there was no one beside me.I put on a bitter smile.“There’s nothing left for me to hold on to.”Back then, my parents had strongly opposed my relationship wit

I could not help but laugh at how ridiculous it all was.Life had really become this pointless.I turned off my phone and ignored Vivian’s provocations. Instead, I went home and started throwing away everything that once symbolized our so-called love.While I was busy, Julian suddenly called.“Vivian left in a rush. There’s a mistake in one of the processes. Please handle it.”Previously, I would have dealt with it no matter how angry I was for the sake of the company.However, this time, I just said no.“I can’t handle it.”Julian clearly did not expect that and snapped immediately, “What do you mean you can’t? It’s a simple task.”Then, Vivian’s loud, arrogant voice came through the line.“So Ms. Lane still doesn’t get it after all this time. Skills don’t matter, background does.“Julian, I was being nice by asking my dad to give your company a hundred-million-dollar deal. If she doesn’t want it, don’t blame me.”I was startled for a moment.She was this arrogant, even

Without me, he would have ended up working in some factory, living the kind of dead-end life where you could already imagine the finish line.Julian stayed silent.His silence only made his friends even bolder.“Julian, you’ve already done more than enough for her. You fed her, spoiled her, and let her live in a luxury house.“Are you really going to waste your whole life on some washed-up housewife?”“Honestly, if we’d known things would turn out like this, we never would’ve played matchmaker just because she bought us a few meals.”“Seriously. Back then, she spent money so freely, I thought she was some rich heiress. It turned out she was just pretending to be wealthy.”“At the end of the day, we’re the ones who ruined your life. Don’t worry, we’ll help you get back on the right track.”I laughed when I heard that.Birds of a feather really did flock together.A few meals?Back in college, while chasing after Julian, I paid for all three meals a day for them throughout all

“We were blind. Who knew she was just a gold digger?”“It’s no wonder she only accepted gifts and never gave anything back. She never treated anyone to meals either. She always made us pay.”“A real rich heiress should be like Ms. Lane, spending money without blinking.”The moment they saw me walk out, they immediately tried sucking up to me again.I laughed and shook my head.“Oh please. Didn’t you all say I wasn’t even worthy of comparing to one of Vivian’s toes? I couldn’t possibly deserve compliments from people like you.”Their expressions immediately turned awkward.Julian’s face paled as panic flashed across it.“How much did you hear?”…“From the moment you said I was poor and not worth celebrating a birthday for. Everything after that, I heard it all.“Funny, isn’t it? All these years, I actually believed your excuses. I thought you really were busy with work.“It turns out you just thought celebrating my birthday was a waste of money.”Still, how expensive could

That was when I saw it.In the video, Vivian was holding a bouquet, proposing.Amid the crowd chanting “I do!” Julian accepted the ring and flowers with a bright, satisfied smile.Back then, I once wanted a romantic proposal.He said it was embarrassing. He even told me that if I ever tried something like that, he wouldn’t marry me.In the end, I was the one who compromised.Now it seemed obvious that it was not that he did not want a public proposal.He just thought that I was not presentable enough.The moment the video spread, Julian immediately jumped into the group chat, furious.[Delete everything. If you’re so free during work hours, then get lost. Stop chatting here.]His outburst reminded everyone at once.There were so many people in the group that they had forgotten he was in it too.They had basically exposed everything right in his face.Everyone immediately fell silent.Julian then privately messaged me to explain.[Lydia, it’s not like what they said.][V