The CEO Went Bankrupt After His Mistress Humiliated his Wife

As the New Year's dinner concluded and we prepared to leave, Miranda Wells, the manager, blocked my path and forced me to pay the bill.

I firmly refused, but Miranda was tough. "I am doing you a favor by asking you to pay the bill! Who in this country would dare to defy anyone from the Harris family? Do you have a death wish?"

She sneered, rolling up her sleeves and pointing at me before I spoke. "Do you know who I am? Nikolas Harris, the CEO of the Harris Group, is my husband! I am Mrs. Harris!"

I was stunned. I was married to Nikolas, so why was Miranda claiming to be his wife?

In the next moment, I called Nikolas at the spot. "Why am I unaware that you have another wife?"

...

As soon as I hung up, Miranda flew into a rage.

"Bang!" She grabbed a stick and struck me. "Still dare to make calls? Believe it or not, I'll have you carried out of here!"

"How dare you!" My best friend, Yana Fowler, stepped forward and shielded me. "Is this how someone from the Harris Group behaves? You bully others with your power and even resort to violence."

"I am Mrs. Harris, and I am offering you a privilege to ask you to pay the bill. Don't be ungrateful. Are you trying to reason with me? My words are law!"

I scoffed and glanced at Miranda. "No matter how powerful the Harris Group is, it hasn't taught you extortion, has it?"

Miranda raised her eyebrows, took a cigarette from a nearby subordinate, and lit it. She looked like a female gangster. "I'm giving you a chance to maintain your dignity by letting you pay the bill. In Caelton, countless people plead with me, and I couldn't care less."

So did she try to maintain my dignity?

None of the Shaw family ever needed to beg for such opportunities in Caelton.

I glanced at Yana, who looked grim.

She was a woman from a prominent family in Osrebens and probably hadn't expected to be humiliated by a mere manager in Caelton.

"You two idiots, what I say goes in Caelton!" She then turned to her bodyguards. "Teach these two blind women a lesson!"

Instantly, a dozen bodyguards dressed in black filed in and encircled us.

Yana immediately stood in front of me and fought back.

But we were outnumbered, and she was soon subdued by a bodyguard attacking from behind.

"Yana!" I tried to rush over, but a stick hit my abdomen. I instantly felt dizzy.

As I struggled, I saw Yana cursing as she fought back.

"Bang!" The next second, a bottle smashed against my head, and blood trickled down my cheek.

A bodyguard pinned me to the floor and made me watch helplessly as Miranda thrust a lit cigarette into Yana's mouth. Miranda continued her tirade. "Dare to defy me? You'll learn your lesson today. The Harris Group is not to be trifled with."

Yana was force-fed an entire bottle of whiskey. She looked so miserable.

She had merely come for the New Year's gathering, yet found herself embroiled in this disaster, although she didn't do anything wrong.

I said sternly, "Miranda, I am Nikolas's wife, Rita Shaw." I pointed painfully at Yana and continued, "She is Yana Fowler, the daughter of a prominent family from Osrebens. You can still make amends if you apologize to us now!"

As my words fell, Miranda paused with the bottle in hand. Then she let out a piercing laugh. "You are Nikolas's wife, the daughter of the Shaw family? You both must be delusional!"

Her subordinates nearby laughed wildly, and even tears streamed down their faces. "Everyone in Caelton knows Miranda is Mrs. Harris. You two young women are really looking for trouble. How dare you say that? We've never heard of the Shaw family or Osrebens. If you're going to lie, at least make it believable."