All Chapters of The Comeback: How I Destroyed the Friend Who Ruined Me: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

Every time Evelyn went to meet her lovers, she told her husband Dominic that I needed her.Either I'd been hurt by male escorts and was too depressed to be alone, or I'd lost too much gambling and needed to hide from collectors. She used every dramatic excuse from every soap opera.If it hadn't been for the night Dominic showed up outside my office with his men, a gun pressed to my temple as he demanded answers in front of everyone, I never would have known my own life was supposedly so colorful.Right now, Dominic's phone calls were coming in non stop.The second I answered, his furious voice exploded in my ear."Scarlett, it's this late, and you're keeping Evelyn at your place again?""I've had it with you. You're a grown woman. Can you stop being such a parasite? You think the whole world revolves around you?""Evelyn is married. She's pregnant. Can you stop sucking the life out of her for five minutes? Do you have any idea how exhausting you are?""Or is this revenge because I dump

Dominic made some calls. He knew exactly who to reach. The biggest influencers. The most connected reporters.Within minutes, they showed up. Phones out. Cameras rolling. Streaming live to thousands of people."You are not going to believe this," one of them said, pointing the camera at my face. "Look at this woman. See her? Plain, simple, looks harmless? She is rotten to the core.""For years, she's been living off her best friend. Money, favors, whatever she wants. And her friend is pregnant, and she still treats her like a servant. Runs her errands. Holds her hair back when she's drunk.""And how does she repay that kind of loyalty? She spends her friend's money like water. When the cash ran out, she made her sell her wedding ring. Made her steal from her own husband. All to pay off gambling debts. To pay for male escorts.""On top of all that, her personal life is a disaster. She's engaged, but she sleeps around constantly. Heard she picked up something nasty. Got pregnant, didn't

The drive was dead quiet. No one said a word. The only sounds were the engine and the tires on the road.Finally Dominic spoke. "Enjoy your last few hours, Scarlett. If I find out you really killed my kid, I'll make sure you wish you'd never been born."After what happened in my past life, I didn't doubt him for one second. I had seen what he was capable of. I had felt it.But I'd learned my lesson.I wasn't going to make the same mistake twice.I just smiled coldly and kept my mouth shut. There was nothing to say anyway. He would see the truth soon enough.Ten minutes later, we pulled up to Vincent's place. It was a big house in a quiet neighborhood. The kind of house that was supposed to look respectable. But I knew what went on behind those walls.I led them straight inside. I knew exactly where to go. I had been here before, in my past life. I had seen what was waiting.There they were. In the master bedroom. Vincent was kissing Evelyn like his life depended on it. His hands were o

The police changed everything.Dominic, who had been running the show all night, was suddenly the one getting handcuffed. His wrists were yanked behind his back. The metal clicked tight.And me. The woman he was about to lock up. I was the one who had called them.Julian ran toward me before I could say a word. He wrapped his arms around me and held me tight. His face was buried in my hair. His whole body was shaking."Scarlett, I'm so sorry," he said. His voice was raw. "I didn't leave because I didn't believe you. I left because I needed to find help. Real help. The kind that could actually stop him."I didn't say anything. I just let him hold me.I had always known Julian came from a good family. A connected family. His father knew people. His mother sat on boards. But Julian never talked about it. He never flashed his money or dropped names. He just lived his life like a normal person. That was one of the things I loved about him.He pulled back and looked at me. His eyes were red.

He looked different. Thinner. Older. His face had lines that weren't there before. His eyes were hollow, like someone had scooped out everything inside him. His hands didn't stop shaking."Scarlett," he said when I opened the door. Just my name. Like a prayer.I didn't let him in. I stood in the doorway with my arms crossed. The chain was still on."I know everything now," he said. His voice was rough. "I know what she did to you. What I did to you. I was blind. Stupid. I believed every lie she told me.""You ruined my life," I said. "You humiliated me in front of millions of people. You had your men strip me on the street. You were going to send me to Mexico."He flinched like I had hit him. "I know.""You almost had me killed.""I know." His voice cracked. "And I'll spend the rest of my life trying to make it right. Come back with me. Let me take care of you. Let me give you everything I should have given you from the beginning. I'll sell the house. I'll leave the outfit. We can go a