Lahat ng Kabanata ng After Eight Years, She Left Me at the Altar for Her First Love: Kabanata 51 - Kabanata 60

Lucas seemed to sense her staring.He looked up.Fiona quickly lowered her head and pretended nothing was wrong.She did not want him to see how shaken she was.She set the folder on the coffee table, put in her earbuds, and opened the video on the tablet.The date in the corner showed that it had been recorded three years earlier.In the footage, Lucas stood in a hallway, blocking Rachel’s path.He was demanding to know why part of his pay had been withheld without explanation.Rachel barely seemed bothered. She gave him some careless excuse and tried to brush him off.Lucas wouldn’t let it go. He insisted on getting a real answer.Rachel crossed her arms and gave him a mocking look.“I just don’t like you. Slap yourself a few times, and maybe I’ll release it.”“Aren’t you worried I’ll tell Fiona?”Rachel laughed as if he had said something ridiculous.“Go ahead. Who do you think Ms. Shaw will believe? You or me?”Lucas turned to leave.Rachel’s expression darkened.S

Rachel regretted it.She raised her hands and hit herself in the head again and again.What was she supposed to do?How could she make Fiona let her off?Tears of regret kept streaming down her face.Through her tear-blurred vision, she saw a pale, slender hand pick up her phone from the floor.Then a gentle male voice reached her.“Ms. Tate, why are you crying like this?”Rachel looked up.Zac’s face slowly came into focus.She could hardly believe it. She rubbed her eyes hard, then asked hoarsely, “Mr. Carter?”Zac smiled gently and handed the phone back to her.“Yes. It’s me.”Rachel wiped her tears and quickly took the phone.Seeing that he was still leaning on a crutch, she hurriedly got out of bed and pulled over a chair for him.“Please, sit down.”Zac sat with a smile, quietly studying the woman in front of him. A faint glint flashed through his eyes.Rachel stood there awkwardly, her cheeks flushed.“Mr. Carter, what brings you here? Did you need something?”

Lucas lifted a brow but didn’t answer.It wasn’t because he had no manners. It was because back in college, Wade had talked trash about him behind his back plenty of times.Wade was all smiles to Lucas’s face, then tore him apart the second Lucas turned his back.Wade had that act down to an art.Lucas had always stayed far away from people like him.“Lucas, come on. We’re old classmates. No need to be so cold.” Wade grinned. “I just saw you coming out of Shaw Corporation. Don’t tell me you went back to beg Fiona Shaw for another chance and got rejected.”Instead of getting angry, Lucas laughed.“Wade, maybe you should keep your mouth as empty as your bank account.”The fake smile on Wade’s face twisted for a split second.But he recovered quickly, slipping right back into that cheerful expression. Only this time, his words came with a blade.“Lucas, what are you still acting so proud for? Fiona ditched you at your own wedding for Zac Carter. Everyone in the city is talking a

Lucas didn’t believe Wade right away.He had missed that annual gala because something had come up, so he didn’t know the full story.What if Wade was lying to him?Wade’s expression turned serious. “There’s no way it was a coincidence. The accident happened around ten that night. And…”He paused, as if debating whether he should keep talking.Lucas glanced at him. “Do you want me to hit you again?”Wade’s face went pale, and he rushed to explain. “Later, I used what I knew to threaten Zac Carter. He must’ve been guilty, because he actually wired me the money.”After Zac saved Fiona, his life changed overnight. He went from an unknown performer to a household name.Wade had been jealous enough to lose sleep over it.At the time, he was about to graduate and couldn’t find a job, so he took a gamble and sent Zac an anonymous email.In it, he vaguely hinted at what Zac had done and demanded two million to keep quiet.Wade had only been testing his luck. He never expected Zac to

Lucas stared at him, at a loss for words.“So let me get this straight. I’m supposed to contact the Quinn family, apply to be a bodyguard, and somehow use that to find out who’s behind this? Isn’t that a little roundabout?”Kenneth sighed. “Lucas, honestly, there is one much simpler way. You could ask Fiona for help.”Lucas fell silent.“If you tell Fiona everything you know, I’m sure the Shaw family has the resources to find out who was really behind it.”Lucas shook his head. “No. Fiona and I are over.”He knew exactly how important Zac was to Fiona.If he went to her now and told her Zac had been behind the accident, he would only be humiliating himself.She might even think he was jealous of Zac and trying to frame him on purpose.Kenneth could probably guess what he was thinking, so he didn’t push the topic.His expression turned serious. “Lucas, there’s another reason I suggested applying to be the Quinn family’s bodyguard. Fiona clearly doesn’t want to let you go. If y