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\u201cThe doctor also said,\u201d Rain continued, \u201cthat genetic disorder test yesterday doesn\u2019t even exist! And that testing center has no legitimate credentials!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cVivian Hartwell!\u201d Rain pointed at me, her eyes full of hatred. \u201cYou deliberately lied to us! You just wanted to break us up!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSo what if I did?\u201d I finally dropped my mask, looking at her coldly. \u201cA homewrecker thinks she deserves the truth?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you think I\u2019d let a cheater\u2019s child come and claim a share of the Hartwell family fortune?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then Dad spoke up. \u201cMarcus, as a man, you should take responsibility for your actions.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMr. Hartwell, could you please, for the sake of our years of cooperation\u2026\u201d Marcus made one last appeal to Dad.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cCooperation?\u201d Dad sneered. \u201cDo you think we could possibly continue cooperating? From now on, Hartwell Group terminates all business relationships with your company.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFurthermore, I\u2019ll notify all our partners and let them know your true character.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hearing this, Marcus was completely devastated.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He knew that once the Hartwell family blacklisted him, he\u2019d never work in this industry again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cTime\u2019s up,\u201d I said coldly. \u201cSign the papers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Marcus looked at Rain, then at the divorce agreement, finally picked up the pen and viciously signed his name.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThere! It\u2019s signed!\u201d He slammed the pen on the desk. \u201cVivian Hartwell, we\u2019re even now!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cVery good.\u201d I collected the agreement with satisfaction. \u201cNow please get out of my house. Take all your belongings\u00a0<\/p>\n
today.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd,\u201d I added, \u201cleave the car keys. That\u2019s my family\u2019s car.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Marcus\u2019s face turned ashen, but he had no strength left to resist.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He silently placed the car keys on the desk and stumbled toward the door.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMarcus!\u201d Rain chased after him. \u201cYou can\u2019t just walk away! What about our baby?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s that got to do with me?\u201d Marcus didn\u2019t look back. \u201cThat kid isn\u2019t even mine!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cYou bastard!\u201d Rain screamed in breakdown.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But Marcus had already left the office.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rain turned to me, her eyes full of hatred. \u201cVivian Hartwell! This is all your fault! You destroyed everything I had!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDestroyed you?\u201d I sneered. \u201cYou chose to be the other woman. Now you\u2019re facing the consequences-who else is\u00a0<\/p>\n
there to blame?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou fucking bitch! I\u2019ll kill you!\u201d Rain charged at me like a madwoman.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But she forgot she was pregnant-after just a few steps, she tripped herself.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAh!\u201d She cried out in pain, curling up on the floor clutching her belly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I looked at her with no sympathy whatsoever.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cCall an ambulance,\u201d I told the security guards. \u201cTake her to the hospital.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAs for the medical bills,\u201d I looked down at the suffering Rain, \u201cfigure it out yourself.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
With that, I picked up my bag and prepared to leave.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cVivian Hartwell,\u201d Rain called out weakly, \u201care you really this heartless?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I stopped and looked back at her. \u201cHeartless? When you were seducing my husband, did you think about my feelings? When you were gloating over your victory, did you think about my heartlessness then?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRain Sullivan, there\u2019s no love without reason in this world, and no hatred without reason either.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYour fate today-it\u2019s all the result of your own choices.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
With that, I walked out of the office without looking back.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Behind me came Rain\u2019s desperate sobs, but I didn\u2019t want to hear them anymore.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Everything was finally over.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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