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“Look,that woman’s tooth,just fixed—I had your brother knocked it out!”
“We’re family.No one messes with my precious son!”
The other five nodded eagerly.
The hateful glares once aimed at me now targeted Fiona.
Fiona’s hair was a mess,dark circles heavy.
She’d been desperate for business.
But with no connections and a bad economy,she found nothing.
I was her only hope now.
Daniel kept badmouthing her in front of me.
Fiona snapped,losing it.
“Bullshit!”
“Husband,don’t believe them!”
“They’re not sorry—they just know currying favor with you means money!”
“They’re wolves in sheep's clothing, opportunistic scum!”
“Don’t trust them!”
Frantic,Fiona rushed to me,forcing a stiff smile.
“We’re…we’re husband and wife,we’re family!”
“Remember when we got together,we said we’d be forever?”
“I…I messed up,but they seduced me,I didn’t want to…”
“But I’ve changed,I swear!”
She pulled out her phone and opened her messaging app to show me.
“Look…look,I deleted them all.You’re my only pinned contact!”
“You’re my husband,we’re family!”
“…I won’t look down on you or take credit for your work anymore.”
“We’re family forever,no divorce,husband,no divorce…”
Before I could call her disgusting,Daniel’s wife acted first.
She slapped Fiona’s phone away,standing protectively in front of me.
“Don’t try to trick my son again!”
“You’re a dog who can’t stop eating shit!”
…
The divorce was finalized.
Daniel’s six-person crew dragged a reluctant Fiona with me into the courthouse.
Sign,confirm,collect the certificate…
With the certificate in hand,the six tossed Fiona aside like garbage,grinning at me.
“There,my son’s free from that hell,rid of that scum!”
“She never deserved him—unworthy of my brother!”
“Exactly,Evan’s so capable,built a company on your own.She’s nothing!”
“Evan,what’s next?”
“You’ve rested long enough. It’s time to start planning. Maybe we should launch a new company?”
Daniel’s son’s eyes lit up with excitement.
“Yeah,bro,a new company?”
“No outsiders this time,just us family—better than before!”
Fiona,who felt like she’d been thrown away like trash, panicked.
“No,husband,our company’s still there!”
“Come back,we’ll fix it together!I’ll listen,all to you!”
All eyes turned to Fiona with icy glares.
Six voices spoke in unison:
“Shut up!”
I took it all in and spoke coldly.
“You shut up!”
Their gazes shifted to me.
I stared back.
“You’re not worthy!”
Fiona,who had been standing on the sidelines, suddenly perked up.
She squeezed in,smiling.
“Husband,I knew…”
I cut her off.
“Shut up!You’re not worthy either!”
“You seven pieces of trash—don’t dream I’ll help you!”
“You’re not worthy!”
