All Chapters of Dumped After IPO: The Investor Girlfriend Strikes Back: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Michael Cosby called me the moment he saw the comments."Evelyn, don't get the wrong idea. Nothing is going on between Ms. Sutton and me," he said.Every so often, I could hear people cheering and teasing him in the background. I gave a humorless laugh."You two just had a wedding, and you're telling me nothing is going on?"Michael sighed, sounding both gentle and helpless as he explained, "Evelyn, you know how my parents are. They've never liked the idea of me marrying some sheltered heiress who's never had to take care of anyone. They insist I need a wife who's good at homemaking."There was no talking them out of it, so I had Lylia step in for you. I swear, it's all for show. We're not getting a marriage certificate. Come on, don't make a scene over this. She's just an employee."The longer he talked, the more reasonable he seemed to find his own explanation. Somehow, he'd managed to make cheating on me sound like a favor, as though he'd only done it to spare me from dealin

At 3:00 pm, Michael walked into my office carrying a cup of warm Earl Grey tea.He set it down on my desk.It was what he always did whenever he'd upset me. This was his usual way of smoothing things over."Evelyn, are you still mad? What happened this morning was my fault. I forgot about your peanut allergy. Lylia feels terrible about it, too. She's been crying for ages."My eyes remained on the stock prices moving across my monitor."What do you need?"Michael sighed and leaned forward, folding his hands on my desk. "It's about Lylia. Everyone back in her hometown thinks she's married now. A few of her older relatives might come to the city to visit her soon. The apartment she's renting is tiny, and it doesn't exactly make a good impression."My fingers stopped over the keyboard as I finally lifted my eyes to him."And?"Michael met my gaze as though what he was about to ask was perfectly reasonable."Don't you have an empty penthouse at Hillview Estates? I was thinking y

The second I accepted Conrad's proposal, Michael snapped."Evelyn, you're only doing this to hurt me, aren't you? You're angry because I took Lylia home with me, so you're putting on this whole performance just to make me jealous!"Come down here. Stop this, and let's go home, okay? I swear I'll never take her anywhere with me again!"Michael was convinced that after loving him for six years, I couldn't possibly walk away for real.What he didn't understand was that there were only so many times someone could hurt me before there was nothing left to hold on to.I looked down at him."Save all that devotion for Lylia."Then, I turned away.Conrad slipped an arm naturally around my waist and leaned closer. "Do you want me to have him removed?"I shook my head."No. He's not worth the trouble."By the time the reception ended, I'd barely gotten into Conrad's Maybach when Michael started bombarding me with messages."Evelyn, please answer your phone. I was wrong. I know I was w

Michael showed up on the fourth morning.He brought Lylia with him, and the two of them were standing in the lobby of Jenner Group while security refused them entry.Michael responded by shouting my name across the lobby.By the time I came downstairs, he was calmly straightening his cuffs.When he saw me, he sighed as though he were the one graciously giving me another chance."Evelyn, you look terrible."I slipped my hands into my coat pockets and ignored the comment."What do you want?""I'm willing to give you a way out," he said seriously. "I'll delete my post, and I can help get the stories about you taken down."I stayed where I was and looked at him."What do you want in return?"Michael reached inside his jacket, pulled out a sheet of paper that had been folded twice, and spread it across the reception desk."First, I want 200 million dollars in compensation. The company needs the money if it's going to survive. Second, transfer the Hillview Estates penthouse to Ly

A week later, public opinion finally began to turn.Conrad didn't release much. He only made four pieces of evidence public.First, it was the bank statement showing the eight million dollars I'd invested in Michael's company six years ago. Then, he proved that the address he'd originally used to register the business belonged to my mother.There were also messages from Winona begging me to help her get promoted, and an official investigation report confirming the company's fraudulent accounting.By the end of the day, a new hashtag was trending alongside Michael's name."Gold-digging social climber."The comments flipped almost overnight."So, Evelyn was the one who stayed with him all night when he ended up in the hospital.""She gave him eight million dollars to get started, and he turned around and called her a greedy capitalist?""The worst part is him giving his girlfriend's dress to his mistress. How disgusting."Winona was the first to lose her job.She interviewed w