All Chapters of A Fabrication of Seven Years: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

There was a soft thud as my backpack fell to the floor. When I crouched to pick it up, a prenatal report slipped out and fluttered down beside my foot.It said the mother was twelve weeks pregnant. Under the "Mother's Name" bracket was Quinn's full name.All this time, Quinn had told me she was busy and could only answer my calls once a week.There was a time when Quinn finally agreed to a video call, and I saw a hickey on her neck."It's just a mosquito bite," Quinn explained at once. "Have you ever seen anyone else around me during all these years?"I believed her. I even apologized and said I was being too suspicious. Now she had become someone else's wife. She was even carrying his child.The man took the prenatal report from my hand and thanked me with a smile. When he saw me standing there, frozen, he asked, "Are you here to see Quinn too?"I nodded."Then let's go up together. My wife always takes forever in meetings."The words "my wife" hit me without warning, driving

When Quinn came home to the villa and saw my eyes red from crying, she immediately hugged me with her eyes full of guilt. She started with an apology, "Conrad, I'm sorry. Back then, after my father passed away, I had no choice but to return to Oceanton and inherit the family business. Your social status was too low. The elders in my family would never have let me marry you."I could not listen anymore and shoved her away. "So you married someone else? Quinn, what did those seven years apart even mean?"Quinn looked at me, her expression settling back into calm. "Conrad… You must understand I'm the heir to the Summers family. I have my own duties. Hector and I are on the same level, and our marriage benefits both families. Hector said that as long as you behave, he can turn a blind eye and let you stay by my side.I looked up at her as tears rolled down my cheeks. Quinn then raised her hand and wiped the tears from the corners of my eyes. "Conrad, we've been together for so many year

Hector arranged for me to apologize on a livestream from a TV station.After I signed the nondisclosure agreement, I faced more than a dozen cameras and read from the script like a machine. "Hello, everyone. My name is Conrad Brown. Regarding the recent controversy online, I'm here to formally apologize to Mr. Hector Gomez and Ms. Quinn Summers..."I fabricated the chat records for attention. Quinn and I were only classmates."The number of viewers soared, and the comments were full of abuse. Netizens flooded the screen, telling me to get out of Oceanton. Every comment felt like an invisible bullet. By the time I came back to myself, my heart was already full of holes.After the livestream ended, Hector took out several stacks of cash and tossed them onto the floor. "Oops. My hand slipped. Pick it up yourself."The bills were scattered across the floor."Hector, don't push it!" I yelled. Just as I was about to charge at him, his bodyguards managed to grab me first. Someone kicked

When I dragged my luggage to Edgeworth Hospital, my dad had already finished his surgery and was now in stable condition.The moment I walked into the ward, more than a dozen pairs of eyes turned toward me. They had the same sneers I had gotten used to in Oceanton."Conrad, what were you thinking? Why didn't you just get married properly? Why did you have to become some woman's boy toy?""Do you even need to ask? It must be because it pays well. Otherwise, how could he have come up with fifty thousand dollars?""What did our family do to deserve such a family member? You made your dad so enraged that he ended up in the hospital!"I felt numb as I faced my relatives' accusations. Then, I looked straight at my mom. Her hair had gone a little whiter as she sat beside my dad's hospital bed, her eyes red from crying. Her voice was hoarse, and resentment filled her eyes. "Conrad, that fifty thousand dollars... Was it..."Even with the savings I had built over the years, I could never h

Half a month later, my dad was finally discharged from the hospital. We returned from the city of Edgeworth to our home in the countryside.After learning the truth, my dad finally stopped being angry with me and loudly cursed Quinn for being so heartless. But the villagers who had already heard the gossip were convinced I was a homewrecker and no explanation helped.Every time I went out, someone would point at me behind my back and whisper among themselves.When I opened my social media app again, I found that my account had been unbanned at some point. My inbox would show lots of notifications every day after that, all of them abusive.Gossip accounts treated me like content and posted about me every few days. Many bloggers also maliciously edited the original videos and made their own spin on them.The labels "rumormonger" and "homewrecker" had been branded onto me, and I could no longer get rid of them.Every time I went online, those awful posts and comments would drown me,