All Chapters of She Made It, Then Dumped Me: Chapter 1 - Chapter 8

After the awards ceremony ended, Laura Dawson had said something to me."I'm grateful for the six years we weathered together, but love can't be forced. The day you brought Leo home, I knew our relationship wouldn't last. But we can still be friends."The very next day, the internet exploded with a hate campaign against me.The six years I'd spent standing by Laura got twisted into a story about me holding her hostage with old debts.She stood in front of the cameras, eyes rimmed red."When he first confessed to me, I never meant to say yes. But he threatened me with Leo, so for six years, I did whatever he told me to."I took the terrible scripts, went on the terrible variety shows, and gave my fans a bad experience because of it. I'm so sorry."Six years had sharpened her acting until it gleamed. She bowed, and tears hit the floor right on cue.The young man I'd helped raise up stood at her side, his eyes red."Laura and I were afraid of what Will would do to us. For years,

I hadn't done anything like that. The authorities would clear my name eventually, I was sure of it.But while I cooperated with the investigation, every asset I had stayed frozen.That delay was going to cost Dad his life.And worse still, the internet had already broken the story that I'd been laundering money.Laura stood in front of the cameras, her eyes rimmed red."He's very controlling, and he's done a lot of terrible things to me and to Leo. But he really did help the two of us once, a long time ago.""I never imagined Mr. Chappell was this kind of person." Leo's eyes turned red. "Is it because Laura and I fell for each other that he lost control and did something like this? If I'd never fallen for her in the first place, would none of this be happening?"Laura gripped his hand tight."No. None of this is your fault."Photos of Leo's dramatic teary eyes went viral across the whole internet.A picture of Laura holding Leo's hand shot to the top of the trending list.An

"Leo, are you sure this is going to be okay? Will seems like he might actually have some real pull."In the room, Leo lay in bed with his arms around Laura.Laura pressed gently against his chest."No matter how much pull Will has, does he really compare to Arthur Maxwell? Don't worry. I've already had him blacklisted across the board. You don't need to worry about him getting back at you."Leo laughed and stroked her hair."You're so good to me."Laura held him, gazing into his eyes like she was lost in them."Silly. From the day he pulled you away from those debt collectors and brought you home to take care of you, I knew I was done for."Color rushed to Leo's face."The first twenty years of my life were miserable, but if meeting you was the reward waiting at the end of it, I'd let those debt collectors torture me all over again."A low, ragged breathing filled the room, along with the creak of the bed frame rocking."Thank you, Laura..."Leo said between breaths."I re

The story kept gaining traction.Someone even dug up the fact that my mother wasn't a local, twisting it into proof that I was a traitor to my own country.Meanwhile, public sympathy swung hard toward Laura.[No way. Will played the wronged boyfriend so well, I actually believed Laura was the one who betrayed him!][Looking at this now, a literal traitor reporting Laura for tax fraud? Hard not to wonder if he's persecuting an innocent woman.][Laura says she never committed tax fraud! It has to be that she stood up to him, and that's why he's trying to sabotage her!][I never stopped believing in Laura, not even when everyone was dragging her name through the mud. I knew she was innocent all along!][Death to the mongrel! He's the reason Laura spent all that time behind bars! Bring her back!][Exactly! Bring Laura back!]The authorities launched an investigation into me immediately.Not just domestically. My headquarters overseas got pulled in too.Every one of my closest pe