All Chapters of Surprise, Surprise: I'm the Real Homewrecker: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

Nora Palmer's best friend, Jill Baker, rushed over to me. She looked anxious as she pulled me aside. "What's a disgraceful homewrecker like you doing here? If Nora finds out, she might cut off funding for you and your kid!"Noticing that I was silently staring at my phone in my hand, she seemed to have realized something.Her hands shot up to her mouth, and when she spoke again, she sounded shocked. "Don't tell me… you actually don't know anything?"Then, she began to look panicked. "Um, that was all nonsense. Don't mind me. I have some matters to attend to, so I'll be off now."As we watched Jill hurry off, my son, Rick Moore, tugged at my hand. Looking up at me, he asked in a confused tone, "Dad, what's 'a disgraceful homewrecker'?"I smiled wryly as I said in a soft voice, "I guess that's me."Maybe because it was my first time failing to respond to Nora's messages right away, my phone suddenly rang. It was a call from Nora.The other end of the line was extremely noisy, and

"Forget about him. Let's get inside," Nora finally said, but when she did so, she didn't even spare me a glance.Realizing that Nora was turning around to leave, Rick dashed up to her and wrapped his arms around her. "Mom, please don't leave me…"In the next second, Nora frowned in annoyance and shoved him away. Then, she said in a cold tone, "I am not your mom."With that, she headed inside the restaurant without another glance back.I couldn't remember how we left the restaurant. I only knew that when I rushed over to pick Rick up, Carl was standing in front of me.He was towering over me as he said, "You will always be beneath me for the rest of your life."…I had just put Rick to bed when I received a message from Nora. "Things got a bit out of hand today. Don't read too much into it."As I stared at the words on the screen, I felt an unknown bitterness welling up in my heart and spreading to my throat.Nora seemed to do this all the time. She would hurt me and then half-

As soon as I finished speaking, it began to rain heavily.Nora stood in the storm, a terrible sinking feeling suddenly washing over her. It was on a similarly stormy night when she learned that she was pregnant with my baby.But back then, I was on a business trip overseas. Her company was in dire straits, and she felt like she had hit rock bottom.She began to find fault with everything, and she frequently got sick. She even considered breaking up with me.It was also then that Carl showed up in her life.That day, she had gotten into a huge argument with me because I didn't respond to her messages quickly enough. She had just ended the call when Carl came knocking.After that night she spent with Carl, she began to hate the child in her womb, so much so that she even thought about getting rid of him.But every time she decided to abort the child, she would get a call from me. I sounded so excited over the phone as I talked about the baby with her.In the end, Nora decided to

I continued, "Later on, you told me you were pregnant. Did you know how happy I was back then? We finally had a child! So, I worked even harder. I even asked to be sent abroad for work, and I brought Rick with me so you wouldn't have to worry about him. "To see you sooner, and to make sure you and Rick could live better lives, I even took on some part-time jobs."As I spoke, I rolled up my sleeve and showed Nora my arm. "Look. I slipped and fell during a shift and had to get over 30 stitches."Then, I put on a self-deprecating smile. "How pathetic. Back then, I wasn't worried about my wound at all or how serious or deep it was. I was just worried that you might be upset when you saw it. And so, I was so arrogant that I tattooed your name over it to cover it up."This year, I finally earned enough money, and I could finally bring Rick back here. Our family could finally be reunited. But when I arrived at our rented place, it was already locked up and covered in dust. A neighbor tol

But before I could release the evidence online, a post related to Moore Group went viral overnight.It was a post written by Nora.In the post, she admitted that she had stolen from me the core technology and relevant documents on the high-sensitivity robot and given them to Carl. At the end of her post, she wrote an earnest confession meant for me. "I was at the age where I couldn't understand love, but I encountered a man who loved me with everything he had. Back then, instead of appreciating him, I turned his heartfelt love into a weapon aimed back at him. That was also how I brought about a disaster that I would never be able to forgive myself for."Adam, I'm sorry. I'm really sorry for everything I've done. Also, Adam, I love you. For the entirety of my life, I will only love you and only you."As I read the wall of text, I simply smiled. Then, I navigated to my draft and pressed the send button.I would get revenge for my son and me.…The next day, Carl's and Nora's nam