At the graduation ceremony, everyone focused on Shiloh and Easton.

“I heard Ms. Zoeller had Easton’s kid. But hey, they’re both single. They actually make a cute couple.”

“They’re probably getting married soon, right? Easton graduates today. The next time we see them, it’ll be to toast at their wedding!”

While I sat in a corner and listened, I realized that Shiloh had never mentioned her married status to anyone.

Was I so embarrassing to her that she could not even bring herself to say it?

Easton, wearing his graduation gown, did not hesitate to wrap his arm around Shiloh’s waist in front of the cameras.

He looked just like a husband in a long-term marriage.

Cheers erupted from the audience.

“Propose to her already!”

Easton soaked it all in. He stared at me in the audience with a smug smile.

Meanwhile, Shiloh seemed to have forgotten she was married. She looked at Easton with doting eyes, like a girl in the throes of first love.

I could no longer stand the absurd scene. I stood up, holding a wedding photo of Shiloh and me.

“Mr. Goodson, you’re awfully young to be a homewrecker. You got a married woman to have your baby. What exactly are you so proud of?”

The crowd erupted in shock.

Shiloh’s smile also froze on her face.

“Cillian! What are you doing?!”

The students near me saw the wedding photo and gasped.

“Wait, for real? Easton is the other guy?”

Easton’s face turned pale. He covered his face and ran off the stage.

Shiloh dropped the microphone and prepared to chase after him.

I grabbed her arm. “Shiloh, if you run after him, then we’re done for good—”

She struggled and shoved me away hard.

“Don’t you dare say it. How is he supposed to face anyone after this? Even his graduation is going to be ruined!”

For the first time, she addressed me with unbridled hostility. “Get off this campus. Now!”

She slammed into me without holding back and rushed out desperately.

I fell backward. My lower back directly hit the corner of a table in the aisle.

I instantly felt a tearing pain. Blood dripped down my pant leg onto the floor.

A wave of terror surged through my head. I passed out amid the screams.

When I opened my eyes again, my lower back had gone numb.

On the school’s official website, Shiloh personally came forward to “debunk the rumors.”

“The man at the graduation ceremony photoshopped the wedding photo and deliberately tried to frame Easton. I’m not married, and I will give Easton the complete family I promised him.”

The accompanying images included a photo of my mother in a psychiatric hospital and a detailed account of me being an “illegitimate child”.

Netizens completely turned against me. Anonymous insults flooded my phone nonstop.

I lay on the hospital bed and touched the five-inch wound on my lower back. I laughed exasperatedly, feeling hurt and pathetic.

I no longer cared.

Shiloh texted an apology and a promise, along with two plane tickets to leave.

The first thing I did after being discharged was go to the psychiatric hospital. I planned to take my mother away.

However, the moment I pushed open the ward door, I saw Easton sitting at my mother’s bedside while holding a child.

My blood instantly ran cold.

“Mrs. Jaques, this is Shiloh’s and my baby.

“I heard you were in the hospital, so I brought him all the way here to see you. This is your grandchild.”

My mother stared at the child blankly and yanked at her own hair desperately.

Easton ignored her condition completely. The more he spoke, the more excited he became.

“Mom!”

I rushed over to calm my mother down. I shouted at Easton, “My mom can’t handle any stress. Get out of here right now unless you want something bad to happen!”

Seeing me, Easton showed no fear at all. Instead, he grew even more smug.

“I’m just trying to be nice, Cillian. It’s not like you two have kids anyway. You can be Conrad’s godfather. We’re all going to be family sooner or later.

“Shiloh has already promised me that I’ll be part of the family.”

My mother grew more agitated when she heard this. My heart was racing with panic.

“Who wants your kid? Take him away now!”

At the next second, my mother broke free from my arms. She took a knife and held Easton hostage.

Her eyes were bloodshot with rage.

“I hate homewreckers the most!”

Shiloh burst in right at that moment and saw the scene.

“Dolores, this has nothing to do with Easton. Please don’t hurt him or the baby!”

However, my mother was already too worked up. She moved Easton toward the window, which was over ninety-eight feet above the ground below.

I inched closer. But she could no longer recognize anyone. She would not listen.

Easton turned pale with fear.

“Shiloh! Help me and the baby!”

Shiloh could no longer stay calm. She rushed over and pulled Easton and Conrad back.

She had not noticed that in the chaos, the knife had stabbed my mother in the heart.

The glaring red blood stained the hospital gown.

“Mom!” I screamed hysterically and was about to rush forward.

“Get out of my way. My mom is hurt!”

Shiloh turned her back to my mother and blocked me completely. She looked at me and blamed me, saying, “Easton is the one who got hurt!”

Easton only had a tiny cut on his neck. However, his cries drowned out my mother’s pained groans.

“This is all because of your crazy mother. You two teamed up to go after Easton and a baby. You’re both out of your minds!

“Cillian, I’m leaving all the family assets to Easton and Conrad. I’m not paying for your mother’s medical bills anymore. The two of you need to take a long, hard look at yourselves!”

After saying that, she held Conrad with one arm and helped Easton with the other as they left the ward.

My mother clutched her heart in pain. She struggled and fell from the building.

Her miserable screams grew louder and then faded into the distance.

“Mom...” I gripped the window frame and looked down in despair.

The loud crash rushed up to greet me. My heart shattered into pieces.

...

When I walked out of the crematorium, an extra-long Lincoln town car stopped in front of me.

When I saw the face I had been hating for a lifetime, I felt strangely calm instead.

“Make them lose everything and ruin their reputations. Could you do that?”

After receiving a confident reply, I got into the car with my mother’s ashes. There, I finally broke down and cried myself unconscious.