This was a critical time for the company to be listed. A cheating scandal like this would ruin all our hard work.

I immediately called for Alyssa to stop. “Get your clothes in order.”

Alyssa turned back fearfully. When she did that, I saw a flash of gold at her neck.

The first year I was with Magnus, I spent half of my annual salary to buy a pair of luxury rings. It currently hung around another woman’s neck, like a sign that our relationship was nearing its end.

I could barely hold myself upright. “Isn’t it bad enough that you bought her a villa? You gave her your ring, Magnus?”

“That’s just a trinket. She said she liked it, so I gave it to her.”

Magnus’ answer was so impetuous. “If you don’t like it, I’ll make her take it off.”

Once upon a time, when he had received this gift, Magnus had sworn to me that he would wear the ring forever and would not take it off even after he died.

I scoffed at his change of heart. It had only been a few years, but he had given that precious ring to another woman.

I rushed forward to grab the ring and rip it from Alyssa’s neck.

Alyssa shrieked. Her skin immediately reddened from the impact.

“Ouch, that hurts! Mr. Baird, look at this! It feels like my neck was almost cut off!”

Magnus held Alyssa as if his heart ached for her. He shoved me angrily. “You’re both women, Rhiannon! How could you treat her this way?”

I stumbled and crashed into the corner of the desk. My back hurt so much that I could almost scream.

Tears welled up in my eyes. “Magnus, I won’t stop you if you want to break up with me. But don’t you dare make me watch this depravity!”

I could see panic flash past Magnus’ eyes. He looked like he wanted to hold me up as I staggered.

Alyssa immediately snuggled further into his embrace.

“It hurts so much, Mr. Baird! I won’t ever be able to wear your favorite spaghetti-strap dress again!”

Magnus looked worried as he said, “I’ll take you to the hospital! Don’t worry. You’ll be fine.”

After that, he picked Alyssa up and walked out of the office without even looking back.

The noise around me finally died down. Holding my aching back, I slumped to the floor.

My eight-year relationship had come to an end. The love I had poured in could not win against the wiles of a new woman.

For a woman he had known for less than half a year, Magnus had ruthlessly broken my heart.

This time, I would not just sit by and watch.

I typed up my resignation letter and took it to the HR department personally.

The news of my resignation spread like wildfire through the office.

“Oh goodness, will the company even be able to go on without Miss Flynn?”

“Without her pulling in investors, the company will fail sooner or later! I’m going to start applying somewhere else!”

Once Magnus signed off, I would be able to leave the company completely.

When I got back to the company’s rental apartment, I packed up my things.

For the past few years, I had been living in a cheap apartment building. I thought that I could hold out until Magnus proposed, but our relationship had ended in such a way.

I could no longer keep treating myself so poorly just for him.

Pushing open the door, I suddenly realized that something was missing from the place. “Beanie? Beanie, where are you?”

My pet dog of five years was missing!

In a panic, I checked the security footage. I watched as Magnus used a sausage to trick Beanie into going with him.

Rage surged within me. I immediately called Magnus, but he had blocked my number.

I rushed outside anxiously and called for Beanie. I searched for a long time and finally saw that Alyssa had posted a video on her social media.

Beanie was reluctant to follow Alyssa, but was dragged forward by the leash. Off-camera, she gave the leash a firm tug.

“Hey, why isn’t it going with me? Mr. Baird, what do we do now?”

Magnus did not care about the dog.

I raced to get a cab and headed to where Alyssa supposedly was.

‘Beanie,’ I thought, ‘I’m coming to save you. Please hold on a little longer!’

I rushed to the location. The moment I walked inside, I saw Beanie on the floor.

I picked Beanie up and left without saying a word.

Magnus called me and handed me a document.

“I’m planning on giving Alyssa 10% of the company’s shares. You need to sign off on it. Once she has the shares, no one can kick her out! After this is settled, you’ll both have equal standing in the company. Don’t cause any more trouble!”

A wave of icy coldness washed over me. I laughed bitterly as I flung the document away.

“I’d rather die than sign that! She’ll never have the same standing as me! She’s not worthy!”

After that, I left with Beanie.

When the company was established, Magnus and I went through a lot of challenges.

At one point, I was severely depressed. During those harrowing days, it was Beanie’s companionship that had helped me the most.

To me, Beanie was family.

After Alyssa bullied Beanie, I felt my heart turn stone-cold.

“I’ll avenge you, Beanie!”

After moving my things to a hotel, I lay down to sleep. The moment I did, I was disturbed by the incessant ringing of my phone.

One of my colleagues was calling me. “Miss Flynn, you need to check the city’s entrepreneurship group chat!”

Someone had reported me anonymously and alleged that I used seduction and illegal methods to profit while bringing in investments for the company.

There were even intimate photographs of me with several executives. The photos were very realistic.

I was shaking as I scrolled down. “This is impossible! These are all fake!”

In an instant, all the important people in the group doubted and undermined everything I had done in the past few years.

“It’s no wonder that she managed to win an investment from TR Group worth 300 million dollars. She must have slept with its president!”

“I can’t believe I didn’t see it before! Rhiannon looks so innocent, but who knew she was so wild? This photo shows six people in it, doesn’t it?”

Seeing all the gossip flooding in, I could barely hold onto my phone.

Half a minute later, Magnus texted me.

[If you agree to sign the document, I’ll undo what I did with the photos!]

It was Magnus! He had done this!

Who would have thought that Magnus would be capable of ruining my reputation for Alyssa?

I clenched my fists and fought hard to maintain my composure.

If this was the level Magnus was willing to stoop to, I would not hold back any longer!

Magnus thought that he could manipulate me, but I would show him who would come out on top. He would regret this!

Three days later, we had the ceremony to formalize the partnership of our company with the investing company, TR Group.

The president of TR Group, Gabriel Montag, delayed the signing when he realized that I was not there.

Magnus’ face darkened. He was forced to wait along with Gabriel.

When I got out of the car, the crowd of reporters quickly aimed their cameras at me.

“Miss Flynn, are the photos in the entrepreneurial group chat real?”

“Was this partnership with TR also something you slept your way into?”

“We know that you’ve been in a relationship with Mr. Baird for eight years. Does he know what you’ve been doing?”

From afar, I saw Alyssa standing next to Magnus. She was smiling at me in delight. I knew she was trying to provoke me.

It was as if she were waiting for me to beg her for mercy.

Unfortunately for her, she would never see me debase myself like that in her lifetime.

I stepped over to Magnus’ side. When he looked over at me, his stern expression shifted. “It’s good that you’ve made the right decision, Rhiannon.”

Before I could say anything, Magnus stood up and announced, “Friends of the media, I hereby announce that Miss Alyssa Cillian will be the Baird Group’s vice president!”

As everyone snickered and enjoyed the show, I walked onstage with a neutral expression. I spotted Gabriel, who had been quiet all this time.

Then, I held my chin up and said decisively, “It is true that I have been in a relationship with Mr. Magnus Baird for the past eight years. However, we broke up two days ago.”

Instantly, the smile on Magnus’ face vanished. He rushed forward to shut me up, but Gabriel’s bodyguards stopped him and held him in place.

I smiled and met his furious eyes.

I continued, “As for the fake photos and rumors about me in the group chat, I will be reaching out to the justice system. I have already given the evidence to the police, and I’m sure I will be able to reveal the truth of the matter one day.”

When I finished speaking, Gabriel walked over to me. Without hesitation, he announced, “TR Group will be pulling the investment that it promised the Baird Group. We will also be completing a complete buy-out of the Baird Group within a month!”