My Online Girlfriend Humiliated Me, So I Chose the Heiress のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 1 - チャプター 10

The next evening, I stood in front of the bathroom mirror and carefully styled my hair.Right on cue, the translucent comments appeared again, giving me a perfect live feed of what was happening at Polaris.Chloe had already started streaming everything to the massive group chat she shared with hundreds of gaming friends.‘Holy shit, Chloe really went all out! This isn't a first date. It's a public execution!’‘Ethan printed that old photo of him at over two hundred pounds on a huge welcome board and put it right by the entrance! I'm dead!’‘And look at that disgusting bowl of slop they made as a special dinner for “Big Guy.”’‘That ugly coat plus the pig slop? They're really trying to destroy him tonight!’A few saner comments appeared every now and then, only to get buried almost instantly.‘This is hilarious. A bunch of idiots celebrating early. Let's see who's laughing in a minute.’‘You people seriously have no idea what Pumpkin looks like now...’‘Everyone talking shit

More than a dozen pairs of eyes snapped toward me at once.The drink in Chloe's hand sloshed over the rim and spilled across the leather couch.She didn't even notice.She just stared at me.Her gaze started at my black dress shoes and slowly traveled upward, over my legs and lean waist, until it finally stopped on my face.Her eyes widened in shock.Beside her, Ethan's smile froze.He instinctively took half a step back and bumped into the table, knocking over a glass.In the corner, Yara calmly set down her drink.She lifted her eyes.There was no shock in those dark eyes.Only quiet appraisal.“You... who are you?”Chloe finally snapped out of it and shot to her feet, knocking over the fruit platter in front of her.Apples and cherry tomatoes rolled across the floor.The corner of my mouth lifted.I rested one hand on the table.“You sent me a photo yesterday and told me to pick my girlfriend.”I looked at her.“And now you don't recognize me?”“P-Pumpkin?”Etha

The night air cleared away the stale atmosphere from Polaris.Yara ushered me into the passenger seat of a black Maybach.The car pulled smoothly onto the main road.Inside, it was quiet except for the low hum of the engine.I leaned back in my seat, stealing glances at the woman behind the wheel.“I owe you one for tonight.”Yara eased onto the brake and brought the car to a smooth stop in the driveway of a sprawling house.She turned toward me, her dark eyes fixed on mine.“Aiden.”She said my name slowly.“I don't need favors.”“Then what do you want?”I eyed her warily.“I may have used you back there, but that doesn't mean you get to call the shots now.”Yara's hand paused on the door handle.Then she turned and braced one hand against the back of my seat, leaning toward me.She was close.But there wasn't a trace of arrogance in her eyes.If anything, there was something almost cautious in the way she looked at me.“Call the shots?”A quiet laugh escaped her.

The ballroom erupted.Every head turned toward me.Some guests looked disgusted. Others looked openly entertained, as if they'd just been handed the night's best gossip.“Oh my God. Gold diggers really have no shame these days.”“Seriously. How did someone like that even get near the Henderson family?”I listened to them pile on.Instead of panicking, I calmly took a glass of red wine from a passing server's tray and sipped it.The floating comments were practically laughing themselves sick.‘Oh, this is hilarious. Chloe and Ethan actually think they've found some devastating dirt on him?’‘Do they have any idea that back then, one set of Aiden's in-game gear was worth more than what some people pay for a car?’“Are you done?”My cold voice cut through the ballroom.The crowd automatically parted.Yara emerged from the other side of the room with one hand in her pocket, her expression icy.She came straight to my side.One look from her was enough to make Chloe's knees s

Half an hour later, we walked into the top-floor conference room at Apex Capital.Chloe stood at the front in a business suit, confidently pitching to a room of executives.“Mr. Leedon, this project is practically guaranteed to turn a profit...”The conference room doors flew open.“Too bad she doesn't own the rights to it.”I walked in, my expression cold.Yara followed behind me with an entire legal team.The second Chloe saw me, all the color drained from her face.“Aiden? What are you doing here? Where's security?”I dropped a stack of certified documents onto the conference table.“The underlying technology, data, and system architecture for this proposal were registered under my name two years ago.”I looked directly at her.“Chloe, you really thought you could take my work and use it to bail out your sinking company?”Victor Leedon shot to his feet the moment he saw Yara.“Ms. Henderson, this is...”Yara pulled out a chair and sat down, leaning casually against th