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Chapter 1 — Being Cheated On

“I’m busy right now. You should attend the boy’s parent-teacher meeting at his school.”
At the entrance of Four Seas Corporation.
Alex Jefferson had been standing on duty as usual, when his wife had suddenly rung him up.
Before he could utter a word, the line went dead. It was almost as abrupt as his wife’s tone.
Staring at the phone in his hands, a bitter smile spread across Alex’s face.
His wife’s recent attitude towards him had taken a toll for the worse. Whenever she looked at him, her gaze was always laced with coldness and disappointment.
For others, a relationship usually turned sour, at the age of thirty. Unfortunately, the perils of a failing relationship had arrived at his doorstep, four years early.
Raising his head to glance at the dark clouds that swept across the sky, he realized that there was going to be torrential rain very soon.
Regardless of whether or not he was going to attend the parent-teacher meeting, he still needed to pick his son up from school.
Thus, he put aside his phone and walked toward the manager’s office.
Meanwhile, the manager of the security department, James Langdon, was flirting with the pretty receptionist. He was visibly infuriated, at the sight of Alex barging in without warning, interrupting his romantic advances.
“I didn’t see anything. Do carry on.” Startled, Alex turned to leave.
However, the pretty receptionist was increasingly flustered, as she soon rushed out, before he could even take a step forward.
“Get back here!”
Leaning back on his chair, James pulled out a cigarette and lit it, with much annoyance. Then, he asked impatiently, “What are you doing here? Why aren’t you on duty?”
Alex turned around and replied awkwardly, “Um, Manager, I would like to take a half-day off.”
“Why?” James lazily puffed out a cloud of smoke.
“It’s going to rain any time now. I need to attend my son’s parent-teacher meeting...”
“All you do is laze around, all day at work. Do you think that this is your family-owned company?”
Slamming a fist on the table, James stood up in fury and pointed a finger at Alex, “Look at yourself! A live-in son-in-law of the Jenningses! You bring shame to us men, do you know that? All you do is laze around at work, without doing much. Do you think that this company is the Jennings family, where you can leech off from?”
Alex’s expression darkened, as annoyance crept up in his heart.
Nonetheless, when he thought of the scandal that he had witnessed earlier between James and the receptionist, he realized that the man was simply trying to intimidate him. Hence, he controlled his temper and muttered, “This is the first time I’ve asked for a leave, to attend my son’s parent-teacher meeting...”
“Attend your son’s parent-teacher meeting? Look at how useless you are. How do you have the audacity to attend your son’s parent-teacher meeting?”
James continued to hurl insults, “Henry Hale is a security guard, whom you’d personally mentored. He has simply been here for a year, yet he’s already been promoted to team leader. Look at you! You’ve been here for four years, yet you’re still a lowly security guard. Don’t you feel an ounce of shame, facing your wife and son back home? You’re not even worth a bucket of warm spit!”
“Enough!”
Taking a deep breath to calm himself, Alex curled his fists into balls, suppressing the urge to punch James and break his nose. “I just happened to witness your scandal, that’s all! What do you need to intimidate me for? You’ll approve this leave for me, even if you don’t want to!”
He angrily spun around to leave.
“Alex Jefferson, if you dare to step even half a foot out of the company today, you’re fired!” James was beside himself with rage. He’s a piece of trash living off of his woman! How dare he talk back to me?
Startled at his words, Alex clenched his fists tighter. Nonetheless, he still pushed open the door and walked out.
Outside the room, a few security guards were watching the fun. When they saw Alex coming out in a fit of rage, surprise flitted across each of their faces.
They were astonished that this loser from the security department would dare to talk back to the manager today.
Under everyone’s flabbergasted gazes, Alex strode out of the lobby. Even the pretty receptionist from earlier was too ashamed to look up at him.
Getting on his electric scooter, Alex drove to his son’s kindergarten without looking back.
Before he reached, the dark sky opened up. Plump droplets of rain started to fall. In a flash, the light pitter-patter turned into a heavy torrent, hammering on Alex’s body and dinging off his scooter.
However, he did not find a place to take shelter. Rushing through the unforgiving storm, he headed to the kindergarten as fast as he could.
“Miss, I’m sorry. The storm’s rather bad outside, so I’m slightly late.”
At this moment, a crowd of parents was attending the parent-teacher meeting with their children. Heads turned, as all eyes fell on Alex, who was standing outside the door, completely drenched from head-to-toe.
“Hey, who is this? He’s even late for his child’s parent-teacher meeting. How irresponsible is he?”
“He’s the live-in son-in-law of the Jennings family, and the famous parasite of Nebula City.”
“Oh, so he’s the one who’d made the tabloid headlines previously. He really brings shame to all men.”
“If my husband were like him, I would’ve kicked him out, without any hesitation!”
The group of parents gossiped amongst themselves as they insulted and mocked Alex.
“Everyone, please settle down. Let me make the introductions. This is Alex Jefferson, Stanley Jennings’ father. Alex, do come in,” urged Ms. Haden.
“Sure.” Alex shook off the water from his body and started to walk towards his son, who was sitting in the back row.
“Ms. Haden, you must be mistaken. Shouldn’t Stanley Jennings’ father carry the last name, Jennings? Why is his last name Jefferson instead?” A woman spoke up.
Everyone understood the implied meaning behind her words, as the crowd soon erupted into laughter.
“Even a parasite has to do something in return for its host, okay? The fact remains that he’s a dog of the Jennings family, used for breeding purposes only.”
Alex’s body stiffened when he heard that. With his eyes filled with flames of fury, his fists curled into tight balls out of anger.
Did I get up on the wrong side of the bed today? Why am I encountering such s***ty luck?
Although he had faced many insults before, he felt especially infuriated today.
“Daddy!” At this moment, Stanley called out, from his seat in the back row.
Seeing his son being boycotted and isolated at the very back of the classroom, a sense of guilt rose in Alex’s heart as he strode over to the little boy sitting all alone.
“Stanley, I’m sorry. I didn’t come late on purpose.” Alex sat beside Stanley, wanting to hug him. However, upon realizing that he was completely drenched, he had no choice but to pat the boy on the head instead.
“Daddy has to go to work. I’m aware of that,” Stanley obediently answered.
A tear formed at the corners of Alex’s eyes. Stanley was only four years old, yet he was already more thoughtful and obedient than most peers his age. However, Alex had not given him a better life or much attention at all. He suddenly felt a pang of remorse at his bad parenting.
Stanley, just wait for me, alright? Trust me! After some time, I’ll definitely groom you to become the most enviable rich kid in the entire world!
Alex clenched his fists together as if he had made a big decision.
During the parent-teacher meeting, the teacher criticized Stanley for not paying attention in class, but Alex remained unconcerned by her words.
He knew his son’s learning potential better than anyone else.
When the father and son duo returned home, Alex’s wife, Heather Jennings, admonished him upon seeing her son drenched by the rain, “It’s raining so heavily outside. Why didn’t you send Stanley home by cab instead?”
“What a useless man! It doesn’t cost all that much to call a cab anyway,” Alex’s mother-in-law, Carmen Jennings, née Garnet, spoke up as well.
Truthfully, the rain had subsided some time ago. The reason why Stanley was wet, was that he had leaned on Alex on the scooter, causing the rainwater on the latter’s body to seep into his clothes.
Nonetheless, Alex did not bother to explain; he took Stanley into the house to change his clothes immediately.
“Heather, Mr. Wallace has said that he’s willing to lend us thirty million, but he wants you to accompany him for three days...”
The color drained from Heather’s face. Glancing at the tightly shut door, she demanded, “Mom, what are you talking about? I’m not going to agree to it.”
The Jennings family had been tricked by others and suddenly found themselves on the verge of bankruptcy. The eldest son of the Wallace family, Walt Wallace, had agreed to lend thirty million without interest to them, but he requested for Heather to accompany him for three days.
Thus, the entire Jennings family had placed their hopes upon Heather.
Even her grandmother had begged her to go.
Although Heather herself had yet to agree, she felt her heart soften, at the thought of her family in danger.
Unfortunately, Carmen saying this in the house would only make Alex look bad.
“Heather, the entire Jennings family’s future is on you. How could you refuse?” questioned Carmen.
“We’ll talk later. I’m going to the company.”
Heather made her leave.
Then, she turned back and added, “Alex, I’ll be heading to the company first.”
Carmen hurriedly followed her.
At this moment, Alex’s hands which were busy helping Stanley change out of his wet clothes hung in mid-air.
His sensitive hearing had picked up the entire conversation between Heather and Carmen.
At this moment, his bloodshot eyes were filled with hostility.
The conversation had caused his emotions to rise and fall, as though they were restless waves that could not be calmed.
Opening his mouth silently, he really wanted to tell Heather that he was not good-for-nothing and that he was capable of solving the family’s problems.
He was a member of the rich and powerful Jefferson family from Lumenopolis, and his identity was immeasurably honorable!
Thirty million was nothing to him.
Unfortunately, he could not tell Heather the truth.
After all, he had his reasons.
Eight years ago, the Jefferson family had undergone drastic changes. His father’s fate was unknown, while his mother was strangled to death by his stepmother. Alex himself was hunted down, by his stepmother’s minions.
Ultimately, although he had escaped to Nebula City, he had suffered severe internal damages.
To evade the Jefferson family, he hid away here and attended college in Nebula City. After graduating from college, he married into the Jennings family and became their live-in son-in-law.
His main aim was to wait for his internal energy to recover itself before returning to take revenge.
“Heather, trust me! I won’t let you do something crazy like that!”
After putting his son to bed for a nap, Alex rushed out, leaped onto his electric scooter, and hurriedly drove to the Jennings family company.

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Chapter 2 — The Decision Made By Heather

“Granny, I’m willing to borrow thirty million from Walt...”
Inside a private suite at Hyatt Hotel, Heather looked at the members of the Jennings family and finally agreed to her grandmother, Demi Jennings’ request.
In order to persuade Heather to accompany Walt Wallace and get the thirty million, Demi promised to give Heather’s younger brother, Lucas Jennings, ten percent of the company shares, as well as her son, Stanley, five percent of the shares.
The temptation from this, accompanied by her unwillingness to see her family go bankrupt, caused Heather to agree.
“Right, that’s great!”
Before Heather could finish speaking, Demi nodded in satisfaction. “Heather, you do have the family’s best interests at heart and you’re willing to sacrifice yourself for the sake of the greater good. You’re the best granddaughter after all!”
The others who were present grew excited as well. However, disdain rose deep within their hearts. It seems as though the top beauty of Nebula City isn’t that faithful to her husband after all.
“Granny, I’m not done yet.”
Heather stared at her grandmother and continued, “I can accompany Walt for three days, but I have another condition. Before I leave, you’ll have to give me a million in advance!”
Everyone was stunned by her request. Demi frowned and asked in confusion, “What do you want it for?”
“Me accompanying Walt means that I’ll be cheating on Alex. Nonetheless, he hasn’t done anything wrong so far. If I force a divorce on him, I’ll need something to compensate him with, right?” Heather answered with determination.
“Heather, you’re being silly. That piece of trash Alex Jefferson doesn’t deserve anything! It’s good that you’re getting a divorce anyway.”
Demi’s eyebrows furrowed tightly. She was able to fork out one million, but she refused to give it to that good-for-nothing, Alex.
“Yeah, Heather, what are you thinking? If you have one million, you should pay your brother’s debt, not give it to that piece of trash!” Carmen chimed in, with a look of displeasure.
“Heather, are you crazy? Why would you want to give that idiot more money?” Lucas spat out, his tone full of contempt.
Ignoring Carmen and Lucas, Heather gazed straight at Demi stubbornly. “Granny, this is my last condition. If you don’t agree to it, then you may get someone else to accompany Walt. After all, plenty of girls in our family are still unmarried and available.”
At these words, her female cousins immediately turned against her unhappily.
“Granny, Mr. Wallace specifically asked for Heather. Even if we were willing to sacrifice ourselves for the family’s sake, he wouldn’t be willing to accept us!”
“Yeah, Granny, why don’t we just agree to Heather’s request? Consider that one million to be a dismissal check for that dumba** Alex. When we obtain that thirty million and get the company back on track, we can earn it back any time we want!”
Heather’s female cousins quickly tried to persuade Demi to agree.
If Walt were to ask for their hand in marriage, they would definitely accept his request with joy.
However, if they were only to accompany him for three days, they wouldn’t want to!
Frowning deeply, Demi finally agreed. “Fine. I’ll give you the money today. But you’ll have to accompany Mr. Wallace three days later. I don’t care how you do it, but you have to get me that thirty million!”
The other girls heaved collective sighs of relief.
At this moment, Heather’s phone rang loudly.
Fishing it out, she saw that it was from Alex and answered it after a moment of hesitation. “What’s up?”
“Where are you now?” Alex’s anxious voice resounded over the phone.
“I’m at work. Why?” Heather lied.
“I’m in your office at the company!” Alex’s tone was rather chilly.
Flustered, Heather was suddenly at a loss for words.
“Tell him that we’re in private suite 354 at the Hyatt Hotel!” Hearing that it was Alex calling, Carmen shouted from aside.
Before Heather could utter another word, the line went dead.
“Mom, why did you let him come?” Heather frowned at Carmen.
She felt slightly unsettled. After all, although she had become increasingly resentful of Alex, he was still someone whom she had used to love deeply.
Otherwise, why would she have married him in the first place?
It was just that Alex had become less motivated and ambitious as a whole, making him appear unreliable in her eyes.
Therefore, she had decided to break it off with Alex once and for all.
Nonetheless, she still wanted to prepare herself mentally, before discussing the divorce with him tonight.
“Why not? You can break things off with him in front of everyone right here!” replied Carmen callously.
Heather said nothing, but she still felt unnerved.
The Hyatt Hotel was relatively near to the Jennings family company, so Alex arrived in just under ten minutes.
Pushing the door open, his bloodshot eyes stared straight at Heather.
The latter dodged his gaze out of guilt, while everyone else put on a gloating look, rejoicing in his misfortune.
How shameful it is, to witness one’s wife cheating in public!
“It’s good that you’re here. You two should go and get the divorce immediately,” announced Carmen straightforwardly.
Alex simply gazed at Heather, ignoring his mother-in-law. Drawing several deep breaths to suppress his anger, he muttered to her, “Heather, do you really need to humiliate yourself for thirty million?”
“You piece of trash, my sister is making a wise choice. Being with you is the real humiliation here!” Lucas spoke up disdainfully.
“Yeah, if my daughter stays in this marriage with you, she’d be humiliating herself!” Carmen’s eyes were full of contempt.
“Alex, are you feeling tortured and worthless right now? Well, you can’t do anything about it because you’re useless! Haha!”
“Your wife isn’t even faithful to you. Where have you found the audacity to come and make a scene here? If I were you, I would’ve simply shot myself in the head, ending my life a long time ago!”
Heather’s cousin, Jacob Jennings, started to hurl insults at Alex along with everyone else.
Gritting her teeth, Heather finally lifted her head to look at Alex. “Alex, it’s not that I want to humiliate myself. But this thirty million is a life or death matter for my family. If you have even the slightest bit of ambition or capability, would other men dare to show interest in your wife? Do you even realize why I have to do this? It’s all because of you plunging into such an utterly hopeless state over the years that has forced me to make this decision! So, please don’t blame me for this. You’re the one to blame instead!”
Alex’s body stiffened as pain spread across his face.
Heather was right. Over the years, he had done nothing much to contribute to the family.
But he had his reasons!
“Alex, I’ll call up a lawyer and draft the divorce contract by today. Don’t worry, since I’m the one who’s asking for the divorce, I’ll give you one million as compensation. You should head back first.” Heather took a deep breath as her gaze turned determined.
“Heather, you want thirty million, right? I’ll give it to you!” Alex too drew a deep breath and spoke with determination as well.
The crowd erupted into laughter at his words as if he had just told them the world’s funniest joke.
“Haha, are you trying to make me die from laughter?”
“Thirty million! Do you even have any idea how much that is?”
“Not only are you useless, but you’re dumb as hell too!”
“Have you gone insane after you’d gotten cheated on by your wife?”
Everyone started mocking Alex, their words becoming more insulting by the minute.
Carmen shouted for him to get out and not humiliate himself any further.
“I can really give you thirty million!” Alex stared into Heather’s eyes, ignoring the derisive laughter from others around them.
“Enough!”
Heather bellowed in fury, her gaze filled with disgust. “Alex, you’ve really disappointed me! Although you’ve been a useless and lazy piece of trash over the years, you’ve never been boastful like this. But today, you’ve truly disgusted me! Don’t worry. Before we sign the divorce contract, I won’t accompany Walt, so as not to cheat on you. Furthermore, I’ll give you the one million right after we sign on the dotted line. After you get the money, you should just go and marry some farmer’s daughter and lead a peaceful life!”
Disdain flashed past Heather’s eyes as she spoke. Pushing past him, she wrenched the door open and left, slamming it after her in anger.

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Chapter 3 — I Swear I Will Marry You

“Heather, why don’t you believe me?”
Watching his own wife leave in a fit of rage, Alex stumbled backward, his heart convulsing in pain.
“Believe you? Whoever believes you will be unfortunate for the rest of their lives! Piece of trash! Don’t block the way!”
Carmen pushed Alex away and left, with her son Lucas.
The other members of the Jennings family started gloating at Alex’s lost and dejected expression.
“Heather, you’re my wife. I won’t ever let anyone defile you!”
Alex clenched his fists tightly, his gaze becoming resolute as he added, “Never!”
Leaving the hotel, he saw Heather and the others hailing a cab by the road. He soon approached them.
At this very moment, a luxurious Cadillac rolled to a stop beside the three.
The door opened to reveal a handsome young man.
“Heather, where are you going? Let me give you all a lift.” Lust grew in Walt’s eyes as he looked Heather’s curvaceous body up and down.
He was college mates with Heather and Alex.
While they were in college, Heather was the top beauty and he had pursued her ever since freshman year. Four years later, Alex had unceremoniously snatched her away from him.
Ultimately, she had chosen to marry Alex, who had nothing to his name. Walt was beside himself with rage back then.
Over the years, he had harbored hatred in his heart, and now, he could finally take his revenge.
“Mr. Wallace!”
“Mr. Wallace!”
As if they had just seen their savior, Carmen and Lucas both called out to him in a reverent manner.
“Mrs. Jennings, where are you off to?” Walt smiled at Carmen.
“We’re going home,” Carmen hurriedly replied with a smile of her own.
“Get in, then. I’ll send you guys back,” offered Walt graciously.
Carmen was about to board the car happily when Heather muttered coldly, “Walt, you don’t have to put on an act. Don’t worry, I’ll accompany you, three days later. I hope that you’ll keep your side of your promise then.”
Seeing Heather’s frosty look, Walt suppressed the rage within him and grabbed her wrist. With fake sincerity, he asked, “Heather, after all these years, you should be able to understand my love for you, right?”
Startled, Heather tried to withdraw her hand from his grasp, yet he held on to her with a death grip.
Upon seeing this, fury burned in Alex’s eyes. He shouted angrily, “Let her go!”
Turning to look at him, Walt chuckled with a hint of mockery, “Hey, weren’t you the class rep and top student of our class? How did you end up like a beggar though?”
“Let go of my wife!” Alex was apoplectic with rage.
“Let me go!” Seeing Alex, Heather tried to pry Walt’s fingers off her in a frenzy, yet it was futile.
Walt’s grip was so forceful that her wrist was badly bruised.
“Heather, you’ll become my woman in three days. So what if I hold your hand for a little while?” Walt looked at her, as though he was aggrieved.
Heather felt terribly disconcerted. She wanted to insult him, yet she was afraid that he would retract his thirty million offer.
However, if she kept silent, she was worried that Alex would grow increasingly upset.
Just as she was hesitating, Alex finally made a move.
His rage coursing through his veins, he lifted a fist and punched Walt in the face.
Walt did not think that Alex would dare to assault him, so he was unprepared for the punch and staggered backward, releasing Heather in the process.
Crimson blood leaked out of the corners of his lips.
Alex’s punch had successfully shocked Heather, Carmen, and Lucas out of their wits.
Heather was especially amazed. After all, Alex had always given her the impression of a weak, timid man. Him blowing up in wrath like that caused her heart to pound inexplicably.
“You piece of trash, what the hell are you doing? Will you be able to take responsibility for hurting Mr. Wallace?” Carmen was so frightened that she hollered at Alex angrily.
Lucas wanted to criticize Alex too, but upon seeing the wrath in Alex’s gaze, he suddenly felt slightly scared.
“Alex, apologize to him immediately!” Heather’s brows furrowed together. She was afraid that the two men would get into a fight right there and then.
Although Alex was a security guard, his body was not as muscular as Walt’s. If they fought, Alex would definitely lose.
“You really want me to apologize to him?” Balling his hands into fists, Alex’s heart dripped with pain at Heather’s words.
He had never thought that his wife would be on Walt’s side at this point in time.
Right now, he was so livid that he was about to tear Walt apart and rip his heart out from his body. How could I even apologize?
“You son of a b****, how f****** dare you!”
Carmen walked up, then raised a hand, slapping Alex across the face. She shouted furiously, “Get on your knees and apologize to Mr. Wallace right this instant!”
Glaring at Carmen, Alex’s fists tightened.
“What? Are you going to hit me?” Carmen lifted her hand to slap Alex again.
“You’re asking for trouble!” Incensed, Alex raised a fist at her.
Seeing Alex’s wrathful gaze that threatened to rip her apart, Carmen stumbled backward in sudden fear. She was rather frightened by Alex’s rage at this point.
“What are you doing? Are you going to hit my mother?”
Heather rushed up to block Alex, screaming at him, “Hit me if you dare!”
Seeing her frenzied look, Alex’s heart jumped to his throat, as his fury dissipated at once.
Letting his hand fall back to his side, Alex felt as though his entire body was about to wilt.
“You bloody trash, how dare you lose your temper in front of me? You’re going to get it when we get back home!” Carmen’s arrogance returned when she saw Alex’s anger dissipating.
“Are you alright?” Heather turned to look at Walt with a worried expression, as she noticed his bleeding mouth.
“I’m fine. For your sake, I’ll let him go this once.”
Walt stretched out a hand to wipe the blood away from his mouth, a killing glint appearing in his gaze toward Alex.
Then, he plastered on a sincere smile before turning to Heather. “Heather, if you divorce him, I swear that I will make you my wife. The condition I’d made before was not intended to humiliate you, but rather, to have you understand my love for you.”
Staring at the supposed sincerity in Walt’s gaze, Heather’s heart thumped quickly. The expression in her eyes grew panicked.
“Don’t worry, Mr. Wallace. In three days, I’ll definitely make them get a divorce!” Carmen was overjoyed.
If Walt really married her daughter, this would mean that they had marriage ties with an influential family. Who would dare bully the Jennings in the future?
“Heather, I’ll be waiting for your good news then. Trust me when I say that I’ll keep my promises!” Walt assured earnestly.
Nonetheless, Heather did not respond nor look at him.
Then, Walt turned toward Alex and mocked, “My dear class rep, I’m planning to give Heather a grand wedding ceremony in three days. Will you come and celebrate with us?”
“Don’t worry, I’ll definitely attend it!” A dark smile flitted across Alex’s lips. “By then, if I don’t manage to make you get on your knees and beg for my mercy, I, Alex Jefferson, will allow you to call me a dog!”
“Sure. Then we’ll meet again in three days. All our old classmates will be waiting for you along with myself, yeah?” Walt roared with laughter, then turned to get back into his car and left.
At Alex’s boastful and childish words, Heather’s face was full of nothing but utter disappointment.
Compared to Walt’s elegance, she found Alex terribly crude, like a hillbilly!

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