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When Conrad's phone screen lit up for the third time, he finally glanced down casually.Someone had sent a photo to the company Slack channel.The photo was taken from a highly compromising angle. He and I were walking side by side out of the same house, and his hand was resting on my waist.The messages in the group started rolling in crazily."Why is Celine walking out of Conrad's house?""Oh my god, have they been living together? Are they sleeping together?""Ivy is going to lose her mind when she sees this."I stared at the words on the screen. My fingertips slowly went cold.In my previous life, this was the exact same photo that blew everything up.Back then, my palms were sweating with panic. My first instinct was to look to Conrad for help.He gently rubbed my shoulder and coaxed me in a soft voice."Celine, don't be afraid. Just let me handle it."I foolishly believed him.But ten minutes later, he stood under the spotlight at the company anniversary gala and announced to eve

As soon as she said this, the faces of quite a few executives in the room changed.Ivy, however, seemed to have completely thrown caution to the wind.She clung tightly to Conrad's arm, large drops of tears rolling down her face."Celine, no matter how obsessed you are with Conrad, you can't just make up a lie like this to force him to marry you, right?"Ryan immediately chimed in from the side."Exactly. Look at how successful Conrad is. Do you really think you are in his league?"The employees around us started whispering."Celine's behavior has indeed been very abnormal lately.""Is she trying to use a scandal to move up?"I listened quietly.In my previous life, these vicious speculations sliced me up like knives.Now, they just sounded completely ridiculous.Conrad finally yanked his arm back forcefully.He strode up to me, lowering his voice into a harsh command."Celine, go to the lounge and wait for me."I stood my ground, not giving an inch.He warned me, practically gritting

The other end of the line was silent for a second.Then the operator's voice turned serious."Please stay safe and avoid any further physical contact. Officers will be there shortly."I hung up the phone. No one in the restroom made a sound.Jessica, who was just arrogantly laughing at me, was now pale with fright. She huddled in a corner with her head down.Conrad was the first to snap back to reality.He strode up to me, dropping his voice to a harsh whisper. "Celine, are you crazy? Do you know what kind of nonsense you just told the police?!"I met his violent gaze without backing down."I was just stating the facts."A vein pulsed in his forehead. "We're a legally married couple!"I curled my lips and smiled coldly."Darling, that isn't what you said ten minutes ago. You publicly claimed my marriage certificate was forged. Since we aren't married, you taking advantage of me constitutes sexual assault."As soon as those words came out, even Ivy forgot to squeeze out her tears.She p

On the screen, Conrad's message stayed up for a long time.No one spoke in the conference room.Ivy's lips trembled."It's not like that! Conrad kept lying to me. He told me himself that he never loved you."I interrupted her. "But you knew he had a wife."She jerked her head up."Celine, you didn't win either. He never loved you!"I twitched the corners of my lips and laughed out loud."Do you think after going through all this, I still care about his cheap love?"Ivy was instantly silenced, as if she had been slapped.She couldn't see reality clearly even now.The me in my previous life might have truly cared.I cared about whether Conrad's eyes lingered on me, cared about whether he would turn over a new leaf, and cared about whether he had merely made a mistake that any man could make.But after crawling back from hell once, all I had eyes for were conclusive evidence, hard cash, and making them pay the price.Before the meeting ended, the ruling was announced."In light of this se

The company's upper management structure went through a massive overhaul.At first, the whole circle was sipping coffee and waiting for me to make a fool of myself.Those arrogant venture capitalists asserted that a woman who had just gone through a messy divorce and public scandal couldn't possibly achieve anything great.There were also peers who posted mocking articles, saying that no matter how terrible Conrad was, he was a good face for the company, and kicking him out was tantamount to playing with fire.I didn't even issue a PR statement.I just reorganized the core team, laid off all the useless yes-men, and directly promoted the core members who truly understood the technology to the board of directors.The business elites who had once been sidelined by Conrad using office politics finally got back the opportunities they deserved.Facts proved that no one here was truly irreplaceable.Especially after completely rooting out a scumbag who only knew how to market and package him