My Reunion Needed a Reality Check의 모든 챕터: 챕터 1 - 챕터 10

"Oh my God, our golden girl's sighing. What's wrong? Food not good enough for you?"Mandy covered her mouth, laughing, her eyes full of mockery.I sat at the tiny servers' table and ignored her.My eyes stayed glued to my phone."Willow, quit pretending you can't hear us," one of Mandy's friends called. "Dylan was nice enough to get you out of the rain, and you can't even thank him? So ungrateful.""Seriously. Look at that delivery jacket. Those grease stains are basically baked in. And she reeks like old fryer oil.""Good thing this room's huge. Anywhere smaller, that smell would kill us."I looked at them, totally calm.The guy talking used to be one of our school's student athletes. Back then, he'd practically begged to copy my homework.Now he stared at me like I was gross."I washed this jacket yesterday."I delivered food to collect real market data for Evermont Resources.Never thought it'd become their favorite insult."You washed it? With the cheapest bar soap you

I clenched my fists.These people used to be my classmates.This was the normal world I'd tried so hard to fit into after I turned ten.What a joke.I took a breath."I'm not taking it off. And I don't need your charity. If I'm ruining the vibe, I'll leave."I stood and headed for the door."Stop." Dylan grabbed my arm. "Who do you think you're fooling with that attitude? You think you're still some spoiled heiress?"You're a delivery driver now. When I tell you to do something, you do it."The look in his eyes made my skin crawl.He didn't want to help me.He wanted control.A voice came from the corner."Dylan, stop. You're hurting Willow."Sherry Parker.She'd been my best friend in high school.I'd even secretly paid her college tuition with my saved birthday money.She walked over and pulled Dylan's hand off me. "Willow, don't be mad. He's just trying to help."Then she hooked her arm through mine. "Seeing how hard your life is now breaks my heart."Everyone, st

His voice rang through the room, loud and respectful.Dead silence.Everyone stared at the stranger.He opened his briefcase and handed me a document, along with a custom diamond-covered fountain pen."Ms. Whitford, please accept full ownership of Evermont Resources before nine tonight. You can't keep pretending to be broke anymore."Please sign."Every face in the room froze.Dylan's fist still hung in the air, his jaw practically on the floor.Mandy dropped her compact. It shattered.Sherry looked like she'd seen a ghost.I shoved Dylan's arm aside and smoothed my delivery jacket.Then I took the heavy fountain pen."Mr. Golding, wasn't that entrance a little dramatic?"Alex Golding, Evermont's general counsel, adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses with a faint smile."Your father told me to make an entrance. He didn't want anyone bullying you.""I wasn't bullied. I just watched a bunch of clowns perform."I carried the papers to the table and dropped them beside the steam

With Dylan handled, I turned to Mandy.She was huddled in the corner, shaking.She'd been the loudest one all night.The second I looked at her, she went stiff. Tears filled her eyes."Willow—no, Ms. Whitford!" Her voice cracked. "I'm sorry! I was jealous because you're prettier than me, so I ran my mouth. Please, just let it go."I pulled out a chair and sat. "Mandy, didn't you say your fiancé works in building materials?"She froze at the random question, then nodded. "Y-Yeah... His name's Logan Pratt. He owns a building materials company...""Oh." I nodded. "Logan Pratt."I turned to Alex.He got it instantly and checked his tablet."Ms. Whitford, Logan Pratt's company is a second-tier supplier for Evermont's real estate projects. Eighty percent of its business comes from us."I nodded, a faint smile on my lips. "What a coincidence. Your fiancé's entire livelihood depends on me."Mandy went white.She knew it.One word from me, and his company was done.Right then, th

The private room finally went quiet.The classmates left behind barely dared to breathe.They watched me nervously, terrified they were next.I swept my gaze over them and scoffed."Relax. Spineless followers like you aren't worth my time."The whole room visibly loosened up. Everyone lowered their heads."You're right. We just went along with everyone else. We had no idea who we were messing with.""Ms. Whitford, please don't waste your time on people like us."I was done listening to them suck up to me.Just then, Dylan broke free from the bodyguards outside and charged back into the room.His face was streaked with blood and tears. He looked pathetic."Willow! Willow, I was wrong!"He dropped to his knees in front of me."Mandy and that bitch Sherry got in my head! I've always loved you!"He looked up at me, desperate and half-crazed. "I really liked you in high school. I was just too insecure to admit it."His voice grew frantic. "Please, give me another chance. I sw