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Florence stumbled backward with every accusation I hurled at her, eventually collapsing to the ground, her face wet with tears.
I didn’t help her up. I didn’t offer any comfort. I just stared down at her coldly.
“How do you plan to make it up to me? Are you going to slap yourself and keep donating blood? Are you going to torture yourself every day?”
Florence shifted her eyes nervously, unsure how to respond. All she did was cry.
“Sienna, I let you down…”
That wasn’t what I wanted to hear. All I had ever wanted was to be treated right.
Ignoring her, I turned away and headed back to Elijah’s house.
Later, when Shaun called after Tyler’s and Florence’s visits, I thought it was to apologize. He owed me that much.
I answered the call, but all I got were angry accusations.
“You worked with your brother to kick Jenna out of the family and made your mother cut ties with her. Do you have any idea how much that hurt her? Do you know how hard she’s been crying?”
My grip tightened on the phone. “Do you know that she’s been faking her illness? She’s not even my biological sister! She deserves to suffer for what she’s done to me!”
“How can you say such horrible things? She was just a baby when she was switched–she didn’t choose this! Pretending to be sick was your mother’s idea. She’s just an innocent victim. You-”
I couldn’t take it anymore and cut him off. “Innocent? Fine. I hope your first child gets choked to death, and you end up raising someone else’s bastard. And I hope you become someone’s blood bag for the rest of your life!”
I hung up before he could respond.
I didn’t need an apology from him anymore–I wanted payback. Tenfold.
It wasn’t like I hadn’t given him a chance. He had been the one to refuse it.
Shaun had a younger brother, Wayne Reeves, with whom he didn’t get along. So I decided to call him.
Wayne had been eyeing Shaun’s position as the successor to the Reeves Group for years.
“My WhatsApp number is the same as my phone number. Add me, and I’ll send you proof of your brother sleeping with Jenna after we got engaged.
“Also, he’s trying to cozy up to the head of Austage City’s Urban and Rural Development Bureau to steal the Old City refurbishment project from you.
“And your girlfriend, Mavis Lyndon? She’s working for your brother. He knows the tender amount you’ve prepared and has already leaked it to your competitors. He plans to use that information to push you off the board of directors.”
Success meant everything to Shaun, and I was determined to destroy him. It wasn’t easy for me to climb the career ladder–it was far easier to drag him down.
In less than a month, news broke of Shaun two–timing me and attempting to sabotage Wayne. The company was furious, and he was forced out of his CEO position at the Reeves Group.
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During Old Mr. Reeves‘ eightieth birthday celebration, Wayne was officially named the next successor to the Reeves Group. Shaun was too busy dealing with the fallout to bother me anymore.
As for Florence and Tyler, after losing their jobs and cutting ties with Jenna, they focused all their attention on me. They tried everything to get back in my good graces.
I found it a waste of time. I sold the gifts they gave me and donated the money. Anything unsellable, I threw away.
Shaun, desperate, changed his number and called me again. “Why are you doing this to me? I’ve always seen you as my fiancée–the only person I trusted. That’s why I shared those commercial secrets with you!”
I blasted back, “Do you think you can hurt me whenever you want, and I’m just supposed to accept it?”
He deserved every bit of what happened.
Wayne, grateful for the information I had shared, bought me a villa when he found out I was looking to buy a house.
The day I moved in, Elijah and his family came over to celebrate with me. Among them was his grandson, Jordan
Hale.
Jordan was a strikingly handsome man, but his intimidating aura made him seem dangerous. He was a renowned photographer, but he looked more like a member of the mafia.
Elijah introduced him. “Jordan’s trained in kickboxing and Muay Thai. He once encountered a group of armed poachers while working in the rainforest and took down every one of them.”
Elijah smiled warmly. “I know your family’s been giving you trouble, so since Jordan’s free these days, I’ve arranged for him to stay in the house across from yours. If you need anything, he’s there to help.”
I wanted to refuse the offer. Jordan was far too intimidating–I didn’t dare to speak to him.
But before I could come up with an excuse, the doorbell rang.
I got up to open it.
Standing there were Florence and Tyler.
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