All Chapters of Dumping My Cheating Husband at His Mom's Party: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

"Mrs. Allen, why don't you give me a toast?" Right in the middle of the lively birthday party, my husband Joshua Allen's intern, Lila Deleon, pushed a glass over to me.The relatives around us fell dead silent.Lila was wearing a white dress, sitting right on my mother-in-law Matilda Holmes' right, while I was sitting on Matilda's left.It was quite the seating arrangement. Anyone walking in would think this was a party welcoming her into the family.Joshua frowned. "Shannon, don't just sit there staring. Lila's young. She's just messing around."I looked down at the glass. The sparkling cider inside was barely settled, the ice still swirling in the heavy pour.Lila's eyes welled up with tears. Her voice was soft and fragile as she asked, "Mr. Allen, did I say something wrong? I just thought Mrs. Allen Senior was so nice to me, like a mother. I wanted Mrs. Allen to accept me, too."Matilda slammed her spoon onto the table. "Shannon Lott, Lila's just trying to be polite. What's

The moment I agreed, Joshua froze instead. He probably expected me to cry, to throw a fit, or to swallow all the humiliation just to keep this family together—like I'd done for the past seven years.Instead, I simply had the waiter gather all the takeout boxes.The manager asked me, "Ma'am, would you like to take the onion soup as well?""Yes," I replied. "It'll come in handy for throwing in someone's face tomorrow."Joshua's face turned as dark as thunder.Matilda pointed a finger at me, screaming, "If you dare walk out that door, don't you ever come back!"I didn't even turn around. "I've already thrown the keys in the trash. If you don't mind getting your hands dirty, feel free to dig them out."Once outside the hotel, my phone buzzed endlessly. Every single call was from Joshua.I ignored them all.Just then, my best friend, Abbie Holland, called. "Shannon, did you really just wreck the birthday party?""Yeah.""Did it feel good?"I thought about it for a second. "Not g

I didn't regret a single thing. In reality, the only one filled with regret was Joshua.Three days later, instead of my returning home to admit fault, all he got was a court summons and a notice that the company's accounts were frozen.After getting married, I had always managed the company's finances.Later, Matilda complained that I was showing my face too much in public.Joshua had chimed in too, "Shannon, you're working way too hard. Just stay home and rest. I'll take care of you."So I stepped down. However, I kept every single set of books.Joshua thought I was only good for making soup and mopping floors. He forgot that I had handled all the company's earliest taxes, loans, and contracts.Abbie laughed hard after reviewing the documents. "Is this even a divorce case? You're handing Joshua a pair of handcuffs."I shook my head. "Not just yet. I want him to spit every penny back out first."Things were just as lively on Lila's end. Her ex-boyfriend heard she had managed t

Eric wasn't the sweet-talking type. After helping me haul in the coffee beans, he sat down on the couch, flipped open his laptop, and got straight to auditing the accounts.When I poured him a glass of water, he said, "No need."I cut up some fruit for him, but he simply told me not to bother.In the end, I just sat down.Eric said, "Your ex-husband is dumber than I thought."I almost choked on my water. "Do you always speak like that?"He adjusted his glasses. "I'm holding back."As I stared at the endless list of bank transactions on the screen, a headache began to creep in.Eric, however, looked at them as if he were reading a menu."Right here." He tapped the screen. "Your ex-husband used the company account to pay for Lila's condo renovations, categorizing it as office equipment procurement."I frowned. "Can we recover that?""Yes. And here. He bought her a car with the invoice issued under the company name.""That can be recovered too?" I asked."Yes." He glanced at

The lawsuit dragged on for eight months. Joshua lost 20 pounds, and Matilda aged remarkably, too.When I ran into them in court, I almost didn't recognize them.Lila was handled in a separate case. Her ex ran off with the cash, leaving her to shoulder the debts all by herself.She tried reaching out to Joshua several times to get back together, only to be chased off by Matilda with a broom every single time.Abbie was the one who kept me updated on all this, but I didn't care much to listen.Finally, the final verdict came through. The house was awarded to me, and Joshua was ordered to compensate for my losses of marital property. As for the forged signature, he faced separate legal accountability.The company suffered a devastating blow after the investigation and was ultimately sold off at a bargain price.It was only on the day the buyer's representative arrived to sign the paperwork that I learned Eric had set up the deal for me.The buyer was his uncle.I asked him, "Di