Semua Bab The Choices We Made: Bab 211 - Bab 220

An account named "Teas_For_Everyone_Everyday" posted a comment, and its likes were climbing quickly. [Some men look polished and full of grace on the outside, but they're completely rotten on the inside. I hope Samantha won't ever look back. Anyone who takes that kind of filthy man back will regret it.] The top reply read: [Exactly. Her ex-husband is so filthy!] Samantha's eyes rested on those words for a moment. She could not say exactly why they struck her. Perhaps it was because the word "filthy" was too accurate. She thought back to the past few years of her marriage with Channing. Before she had known Sydney existed, he would travel abroad to be with her, then return home as if nothing had happened, then wrap his arms around Samantha with the same hands that had touched someone else. In hindsight, it really was filthy, was it not? She put down the coffee cup and picked up her phone again. Her fingertip gently tapped the thumbs up beside the words, [Her ex-husband is so

Many people in the alumni chat group knew about the triangle between Samantha, Sydney, and Channing. Dylan was no exception. In fact, Dylan had even learned through his social circle that Sydney was the McQueen heiress who had pushed Samantha aside to get engaged to Channing, only to be exposed online as the mistress. However, Sydney told Dylan that she was not the mistress. Samantha was the one toying with the two men. Dylan had no doubt that Sydney was a legitimate heiress, and her generous gifts proved how powerful her background was. Back in college, Dylan had investigated Samantha's background. He knew she was only a young woman from the countryside, and she had no one else except her grandmother. He had pursued her relentlessly because he assumed her lonely upbringing would make her easy to manipulate, only to be beaten up by Channing. Later on, it had been indeed Dylan who anonymously reported Samantha about her international placement. Although Samantha was now the

Evan's teaching assistant had obviously already watched the video in advance. Some alumni had come forward and claimed they did not know about anything else, but Evan had indeed had an improper relationship with Samantha back then. Many people had known about it at the time. They claimed the matter had been reported and handled, preventing Samantha from going abroad to study. They did not expect that Samantha and Evan had even started a company together after so many years. The alumni called them lovers and accused Samantha of being unfaithful even after marrying into wealth. The teaching assistant warned Evan because he worried the old scandal would be revived and damage Evan's future, dragging him down along too. "This is defamation. It's bad enough that he's defaming me and Samantha, he's even spreading sexual rumors about her. But now, I finally know who wrote the anonymous complaint back then," Evan snarled. The person in the video knew so much about Samantha going to h

Dylan glanced at it and did not reply. Even if that was really Samantha, he felt that she could do nothing to him. Samantha saw the story early that morning and remained composed. At once, she recognized that Dylan was the one spreading rumors about her. At first, she thought it was only a minor rumor that would fade quickly. Then she discovered that the rumors were spreading and causing more damage to the point of affecting Photon Technology. Samantha realized Dylan was not acting alone. Someone wanted to target her and had put him up to it. Using such petty tricks against her was pathetic and laughable. Samantha considered the likely mastermind. Was it Finella, Sydney, or Channing? The reason she suspected the three of them was that she had clashed with all of them at the hospital. It was possible that Finella wanted revenge, or that they were using her to shift attention away from the scandal. When she saw Sydney's selfie avatar among Dylan's top patrons and understood

Dylan's inflated confidence drowned out whatever sense of foreboding he had. He reached out to take the food delivery, his tone subconsciously easy going. "Thanks." Before he finished speaking, the other man's hand let go. It was not a normal handoff. It was not that Dylan had failed to hold it steady. The man had released it early the instant Dylan's fingers had only just touched the edge of the bag deliberately. The delivery bag fell straight down, and the plastic bag hit the ground. The lid of the plastic container inside flew off, and the liquid from the clam chowder splattered everywhere. Soup splattered across the floor with pieces that looked like clams and shells. Hot liquid seeped between the tiles and splashed the edges of his slippers. Dylan lowered his head and stared at the mess on the floor, stunned for two seconds. Two seconds later, anger shot through him, and his temples throbbed. He had just gained four hundred thousand subscribers by exposing Samantha. He