All Chapters of I Wasn't Invited to My Boyfriend's Engagement: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

9 Chapters

Chapter 1

My class group chat was still blowing up with messages telling me to show some grace.Then my advisor, Sean Holland, called me directly. "Olivia, take my advice. Don't go ruining their big day."I swallowed the lump in my throat and forced out a question. "Jarrett and I have been together for four years. What was all that to him?"Sean sighed, his tone dripping with disappointment. "Why are you being so stubborn? Sienna started working before she even finished middle school just to pay Jarrett's tuition. Do you have any idea how hard she's had it?"You come from a good family and have a great degree. You can find plenty of good men down the road. Why steal from a woman who has nothing? Just show some grace. Don't make a scene. It won't look good on anyone."My chest throbbed so hard it hurt to breathe. "So everyone knew, except me? You all kept me in the dark like an idiot?"Sean went silent for a moment. "You've always had a temper. We were afraid you'd throw a fit and ruin the

Chapter 2

I listened and watched in stunned silence, the pain in my chest growing sharper.The suit Jarrett was wearing was a graduation gift I'd bought him with an entire year's worth of saved scholarship money.Now he was standing there in it, getting engaged to someone else.I wiped away my tears. Then, I dragged my suitcase out of the airport.I took a cab straight to the hotel where they were holding the engagement party.The moment I walked in, our class rep, Louie Fisher, stepped up first. He blocked the head table."Olivia Walsh, you seriously came here to cause a scene? We're all classmates here. Do you really have to be this cruel? Sienna and Jarrett are a much better fit anyway. Getting to this point wasn't easy for them. Have some grace!"I ignored him, my eyes locked on Jarrett at the main table.He walked over to me and let out a weary sigh. "Olivia, I explained everything to you on the phone. This is just a temporary compromise to keep Sienna calm. Do you really have to pu

Chapter 3

I was so sickened that I couldn't eat a single bite all night.Early the next morning, Sean called me into his office.Pointing to my graduate school recommendation form and Outstanding Graduate nomination, he said sharply, "Olivia, making a scene at the engagement party yesterday created a terrible impression."Jarrett is our department's student representative. He's about to start an internship at a top municipal agency. If you insist on spreading rumors to ruin his reputation, you'll be destroying his entire career before it starts."The department board will need to reconsider your graduate school recommendation."I squeezed my hands into tight fists. "Are you threatening me?""I'm teaching you how to act like an adult," Sean said, taking a slow sip from his teacup."I've met Sienna. She's a sensible woman. Since you already have so much, you should be gracious enough to let go. Don't throw away your future over a guy."I snatched my application off his desk and looked at h

Chapter 4

Swallowing down the nausea, I blocked Sienna's number.I spent the rest of the day running all over the city, swallowing my pride to borrow money everywhere I could until I finally put together 3,000 dollars.Grandma's surgery money was finally secured.But the moment I stepped onto the train back home, Grandma's neighbor, Mrs. Jordan, called me."Olivia, you need to get back here fast! Something's happened to your grandma! This afternoon, a young lady called her out of nowhere and told her that she and Jarrett had gotten engaged."She said you'd been dumped, but you were still shamelessly clinging to him and told your grandma to teach you some self-respect."She even sent a bunch of photos and videos right after! Your grandma passed out the second she saw them! She's in the ER right now. The doctors said she might not make it!"My head went completely numb. My phone slipped from my fingers, clattering onto the floor.By the time I rushed into the hospital, the lights above the

Chapter 5

Three days after arriving in Marlowe, I landed a job at an education firm.The supervisor, Bruno Smith, took one look at my resume and nodded on the spot. "Olivia, you've got solid credentials. We'll start you on a one-month probation."I gripped my employee badge tightly. "Thank you. I'll give it my all."That was the very first kind thing anyone had said to me since Grandma passed.I rented a small apartment and set Grandma's urn right beside my bed. "Grandma, as soon as I settle down, I'm taking you to see the ocean."Yet after just two days on the job, Bruno called me into his office. He pushed a termination letter across the desk toward me. "You don't need to come in tomorrow."I froze. "Why?""The company can't afford any trouble."He placed his phone on the table. "See for yourself."On the screen was a viral post with over 100 thousand likes. The headline read, "Prestigious Grad Steals Partner as the Other Woman, Deliberately Angers Grandma to Death for Attention."My

Chapter 6

The post gained more and more traction. My phone blew up with calls and notifications non-stop.Former classmates rushed into the comment section to pitch in as witnesses.Louie was the first to speak out. "I was her classmate for all four years of college. Olivia is extremely possessive, always forcing Jarrett to cut ties with other women."Ava chimed in right behind him. "I lived in the same dorm room with her for four years. She looked down on everyone just because she had good grades. She bullied Sienna horribly."Even Sean gave an interview to an influencer's account.He let out a heavy sigh toward the camera. "Olivia has decent grades, but her character is deeply flawed. Before graduation, she went so far as to crash a classmate's engagement party. The university counseled her, but she refused to change her ways."Their accounts were so detailed and seamless that the internet ate it right up.When I went downstairs to grab some food, the shop owner recognized me and yanked

Chapter 7

The very day the legal notices were sent out, Jarrett called me.The moment I picked up, he started barking down the line, "Olivia Walsh, haven't you made enough of a scene? Sienna's too terrified to even step outside because of you."She's fragile as it is. Do you really need to drive her to her grave to be satisfied? You ruined your own grandma's life with your wicked games, and now you want to drag down innocent people too? Olivia, how did you turn into such a monster?"I let out a cold laugh. "You haven't even read the legal notice, and you're already here playing knight in shining armor for her?"He cut me off completely. "I don't need to read it. The screenshots prove Sienna's innocence. You know damn well what kind of messages you sent her."Retract those legal notices right now and publicly apologize to her. Otherwise, I'm releasing every single one of our old chat logs. I'll let everyone see how you demanded my location and forbade me from talking to other women."I stay

Chapter 8

The second that voice recording went public, the internet exploded.Sienna's die-hard fans still tried to double down."Voices can be synthesized!""Olivia would do anything just to save her own skin!"But Kyle quickly released the complete raw log. The timestamps, phone numbers, and exact message contents received on Grandma's phone were all laid out in plain sight.Mrs. Jordan recorded a video of her own as well. "I was the one who rushed the poor woman to the hospital that day."Before she collapsed, someone was constantly sending nasty texts on her phone, insulting her granddaughter. Olivia was miles away on a train, completely clueless about any of it."The hospital's payment timestamps matched my train ticket perfectly. I was literally on my way home when it happened.The claim that I had sent videos to trigger Grandma was completely unfounded.Right after that, the platform posted an official statement.The screenshots Sienna shared had been digitally manipulated. The

Chapter 9

Once the truth came to light, Bruno reached out to me. "Olivia, firing you earlier was a lapse in judgment on the company's part. You can come back anytime."Before shutting down my laptop, I sent him a reply. "No need. What your company needs isn't an employee. It's someone completely free of controversy. I'm not a fit."Freya came over as well, carrying a basket of fruit. "Olivia, I hired someone to scrub that paint clean off the door. You can stay without worry. I'll even cut your rent in half."I didn't make things hard on her. "Thank you, but I'm already planning to move out.""Where to?""Overseas."Back in college, I had applied for an international study program. The professor abroad had seen everything unfolding online and sent me a new email. He was willing to hold my spot and even helped me secure a scholarship.The email closed with a single line. "Your academic record and talents shouldn't be buried under a mountain of rumors."I accepted the offer.The day before

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