The Disgraced Novels & Stories

Diego, ever defiant, spat venomous threats as he was taken away in handcuffs. The betrayal didn’t just hurt; it humiliated him. Gabriel had built an empire on calculated decisions and careful planning, but this—falling for a manipulative woman—exposed his vulnerability for everyone to see. The media pounced on the story. Articles painted him as a naive billionaire, duped by a cunning woman. His grandmother, who had once adored Antonia, looked at him now with pity rather than pride.

He insisted that he wasn't in the wrong, as the unloved one was the third party. A woman in the bed beside him finally couldn't stand it and threw her slipper at him. "Stop justifying yourself, you freeloading man!" A video clip of the incident made its rounds online. After seeing it, Lester's family quickly issued a public statement, declaring they'd cut all ties with him and wouldn't pay a penny of his debts. Rosalie tried to avoid the court proceedings, refusing to show up, and burying herself in endless work at the office.

"I'm here to apologize." He placed the coffee on the corner of the desk and rubbed his hands against his clothes, uneasy. "It was my fault back then. I shouldn't have touched your machine and unplugged your monitor. "I really know I messed up. I've been out of work for two months, and nobody even replies to my applications. I heard Cloudwave is hiring junior operations engineers. Could you maybe…" I looked at Jake, the young man who once belittled me and called me an old fart, the so-called top student who once bragged online about cleaning up my hacky mess.

I still can’t accept that I’m just…this while the people who hurt me have been thriving and living their best lives. I gritted my teeth. “You know nothing,” I tell him before gathering my things to leave. I can no longer stand being in the same space as him. He reminds me of things that I want to forget. “Stop acting like you care because you don’t! You’re despicable. I despise you.”

But now that I think about it, Heather wasn’t exactly his girlfriend, right? Anton continues. “They were the power couple in Italy since he took over the company. I’m not sure about the details about her but she used to be a pharmacist in the company. Oh wait, do you know that Milano Corps used to be a pharmaceutical company before it transitioned to acquisitions, right?” I nod. “It’s all over the news.” “Well, there was stuff happening during that time when they were in a relationship. A huge scandal, I mean. But this biggest mistake happened to be Luca de Milano’s first failure. As a result, his company was nearly at the brink of bankruptcy.”

He smashed it hard onto the ground. The screen cracked, just like their frail relationship. "Very good, Rowena." Casey clenched his teeth as a chilling look filled his eyes. "You turned away from me back then because I was an illegitimate son with no future and shacked up with a senator without saying a word. "When I started thriving, you came back to me just to manipulate me into getting a divorce. Am I nothing but a dimwitted man to you, someone who's only worthy of being played for a fool by you?"

The vitriol was staggering. #DeLucaDisgrace Hope he rots. Disgusting predator. $DELC crashing. Good. Toxic company, toxic leadership. That poor girl. 19 is BARELY legal. He groomed her. Bet the “blackmail” is just her trying to escape. Where’s Vivian De Luca? Silent as usual. Knew her son was a monster. Each comment was a hammer blow. His reputation, meticulously built over a decade, was being reduced to rubble in hours. His company, the legacy of his grandfather, was hemorrhaging value.

“This… this doesn’t prove—” “Don’t insult me,” I cut in, my tone like ice. “You covered up a hit-and-run. You buried evidence. You sold your badge, your oath, your goddamn soul, for money. And now? You’re standing at the edge of the fire. You think Nathaniel will protect you? He’s too busy saving himself. You’re nothing to him. You’re already disposable. If… he even remembers you at all.” “I was following orders,” Griggs snaps, desperation bleeding into his voice. “You don’t know what it’s like—”

" Tomas' expression darkened. For the sake of keeping his job, Norbert's words could be trustworthy. But given his character, he wouldn't place all his trust in Norbert's words. "You mentioned that you're working with a friend. Who is that?" Tomas asked. Norbert seemed reluctant to tell Tomas the person's name. "Forget it. It's impossible for me to place my bet on you just because of the nonsense you just said," Tomas said coldly. With a bitter look, Norbert had no choice but to confess. "She's a disgraced disciple as well. But strictly speaking, she's different from me. "I made a mistake and got expelled by my mentor. But she was unlucky. Her mentor made a mistake and ruined his own reputat

My younger brother, Victor Bishop, has a silver tongue. That's why our parents, Paul Bishop and Jenna Cole, treat him like a treasure. I am socially awkward and blind to social cues, so they send me to the countryside to train. They even say there's no need to treat me well. They feed me scraps and make me sleep in the barn. After I turn 18, they put me in the family company to test me. Because of me, the Bishops become the richest family in Caldera. But Victor teams up with our parents and steals the credit that should've been mine. Everyone in the business world treats him like a star. Later, a building he cuts corners on collapses and kills dozens of workers. He makes me take the