Business Of Loving Cheats 소설 & 이야기

I opened the unknown message first. "Nina, please, give me a chance to explain myself. What you saw wasn’t what it looked like. Please give me another chance. You can't throw away our years of relationship like that" Anger immediately filled my chest. Wasn’t cheating enough? Now he was trying to convince me that what I saw wasn’t real. A bitter laugh escaped my lips. Then I opened Liana’s message. Honestly, I already knew what she would say, but curiosity got the better of me.

My hand trembled as I clutched a pregnancy test. Inside the room, Grayson Brooke's and his friend's voices carried, clear and damning. Grayson let out a heavy sigh, his tone laced with bitterness. "Even if Kayla never loves me back, I'd still give her everything I have. Everything."

"Oh, right. You said high-society marriages are just business deals. That keeping a young mistress is normal. "So let's say, for argument's sake, I did cheat. Scott broke our vows first. That would just make me a woman who knows how to play by the rules." I took a step to the side, just enough to dodge Joel's hand reaching for mine. "Besides—" My voice stayed even. "You've all been dying to know who really owns Vespera since the buyout, right?" Joel's head snapped toward me. The cold night air bit at my skin as I met his stare, my voice quiet but detached.

Unable to bear the blow, I drove into a reservoir, lost in my despair. After my death, Zoey used my tragedy to gain millions of followers and became a top influencer. The day after my death, my fiancé collected all of my inheritance and compensation. He married Zoey and started a business, making a fortune. It turned out that Zoey was my fiancé's first love. And the child she was carrying had already died in her womb before she ate at my restaurant. To get famous, she and my fiancé had carefully orchestrated this entire scheme.

His violence is forgotten, my supposed infidelity isn't. "She doesn't deserve him," a bridesmaid whispers, not quietly enough. "After everything he's done for her." "The Blackwoods should be grateful he's still going through with it," another guest mutters loudly. "Most men would walk away." "Money talks," someone responds bluntly. "This merger is worth billions. No one walks away from that over a cheating bride." Finally, the truth. This was never about love. It's about power, money, and keeping the family legacy intact. My life, my future… just part of a business deal.

In the car beside me, I saw that one person who had hurt me the most, that one person who had put the nail in the coffin of not believing in love. Drew sat there in sleek back car with a laptop in his hand. He still looked that very same man who I had fallen in love with besides the long hairs brushing against the nape of his jacket. In a dark business suit, he looked as handsome as ever, someone who could make any girl fall to his feet but not me. Not anymore. I knew the true colors behind that devilishly handsome face. He was no one's lover, just a player who played me. I stared at his face while remembering that bitter taste of betrayal and heartbreak.

“But I just don't care.” It must have been the way I offhandedly brushed her off because almost immediately, her lips thinned into a pissed off flat line. “You didn't care that your boyfriend had been cheating on you and eventually left you for me.” I shrugged. “I have other pressing things to attend to other than caring about a cheating ex.” I sighed, already getting tired of this chat.

Smooth, confident, carrying that undercurrent of control. “I see you’ve been busy,” he said. “But let’s not kid ourselves—you’re playing in the minor leagues. You know how this ends.” Her grip tightened around the phone. “If you’re calling to intimidate me, Louis, you’ll have to do better than that.” “I’m calling to make you an offer,” he said. “Join ConnectUs. Bring your team. You’ll get funding, visibility, security. No more chasing scraps in an old warehouse. Imagine what you could do with real resources.”

“What actually happened to you? Liam cheated on you and you waited that long? We could’ve destroyed him immediately.” I folded my arms, my shoulders tightening as my gaze dropped to the coffee. The steam blurred my vision for a moment. “A lot of things happened. But I want to know what I can do with the company. I’m a co owner, but…” My jaw clenched. “I don’t want to lose the company to him. He’ll destroy it with his stupidity.” “Well…” He took a slow sip, eyes narrowing thoughtfully before he continued. “With the intention of tax evasion and stealing company money to fund his affair with his mistress, we could make things easier. However, we need strong evidence of him cheating on you. Do y

Instead, his focus was on who I was returning home with. "What's your problem? Why can't you mind your own business?" I hissed, trying to sidestep him, but he kept blocking me. "As if you don't know you're my business, Carena! I never thought you would change so much. You won't even look at me as if you ever loved me before. Yes, I cheated on you and hurt you in the worst way possible. But the fact that I still love you and you don't, it speaks volumes about whose love was real," his words shocked me as they spilled out.