บททั้งหมดของ The Heiress Who Lied: บทที่ 1 - บทที่ 9

I arrived just as the wedding reached its centerpiece moment.The lights flickered, but I recognized the groom at a glance. He was Victor Grosvenor, the campus heartthrob who had lived in the dorm next to mine in college.Applause thundered through the venue. Familiar face after familiar face cheered from the crowd."Rose really lucked out. Even Victor, the school's biggest heartthrob, fell head over heels for her.""Please, Rose is worth hundreds of millions. She could have any man she wanted.""You see that watch? Rose spared no expense on it. It's priceless. A rich heir and a noble lady? This couple already has my full support!"I stared at Rosalind Whitehall onstage in disbelief. Dressed in a luxurious wedding gown, she gently fastened the watch around Victor's wrist. Then the two shared a tender kiss.The diamonds sparkled so brilliantly that they nearly blinded me.Yet the Rosalind who had dated me had scrimped and saved on everything. She would rather pedal a rental bike

"Shameless bastard, get out of here! Who knows what filthy disease someone like you is carrying? You're probably about to turn this whole building into a pigsty!"Only then did I realize the story had exploded online.[Male College Student Sneaks Into Bed at Night, Throws Himself at the Whitehall Group's Female CEO]Someone had taken photos of Rosalind holding me in her arms and of me leaving the rented apartment late at night.Someone else had dug up photos of me from college and claimed that all my part-time jobs and tutoring work were nothing more than a cover for seducing women and hunting for a sugar mama.Countless vicious comments flooded the internet, and someone even threw trash at me.I slammed the door shut in a panic and called Rosalind, desperate for help.The call connected.Before I could say a word, Rosalind tried to calm me down. "Sam, I saw the trending post. Don't panic. I'll handle it. Don't open the door for anyone, no matter who it is. Keep yourself safe."

Rosalind had expected the press conference might bring a question like that. After all, those reporters made their living off scandals and shocking headlines.She had dealt with this sort of thing countless times since childhood, and she knew all too well how lonely it was at the top.The higher a person's position, the more eyes watched their every move. Whether something was a rumor or outright slander hardly mattered. As long as it could capitalize on public attention and draw more eyes, the media would exploit it at any cost.That was also part of the reason Rosalind had hidden her identity from Samuel for so long.In more than 20 years of life, she had never met anyone who could still treat her as an equal after learning who she truly was. Without exception, they eventually became obsequious, eager to please her and accommodate her every whim.Rosalind had never wanted Samuel to become like that. That was why she had kept the truth from him for so long.For this press confer

It was Jayden. His eyes were bloodshot, his hair was a mess, and his expression was taut, as if he were teetering on the edge of collapse.Jayden snarled, "You promised. You said if I helped you go after Samuel and ruin him, you'd delete all those photos of me. How much longer are you going to hold this over me?"What had Jayden so terrified and cornered were private photos of him that Victor kept on his phone.Jayden had once accidentally discovered the truth about Rosalind and Victor, and the fact that they were working together to deceive Samuel had enraged him.In a fit of anger, he had decided to tell Samuel the truth so that he could cut his losses before it was too late. But when he tried to call, Samuel had just finished more than ten hours of part-time work.Exhausted, Samuel had gone straight home and collapsed into bed.Jayden had called him more than a dozen times, but Samuel never answered.Impatient by nature, Jayden couldn't wait. He had headed straight to Samuel'

Rosalind said nothing. Only long after Jayden had been taken away did she let out a quiet, bitter laugh.Was she supposed to deliver Jayden's apology to Samuel?Rosalind did not even know if she would ever find Samuel, much less whether he would forgive her if she did.What right did she have to speak on Jayden's behalf at all?…Rosalind threw every resource she had into the search for Samuel: money, connections, everything within her reach.The whole affair eventually spilled into the public eye, and for a time, it dominated every major media outlet.In less than a week, the Whitehall Group's stock, once a market leader, crashed.Even so, Rosalind had no attention to spare for any of it. She poured every hour and every ounce of energy into finding Samuel. She lost all interest in managing the company and withdrew from its affairs entirely.…A year later, the Whitehall Group went bankrupt.Rosalind's situation only worsened from there. So much time had passed without any w