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But it didn’t end there.
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The Guthrie family ran into more trouble.
Zack, leveraging his own abilities and the Moore family’s reputation,
Maliciously shorted Guthrie’s stocks in the stock market late at night when no one was paying attention.
Several important cooperation projects of Guthrie Group also fell through due to Zack’s instigation.
By the time the Guthrie family realized what was happening, they were already in a major crisis.
Guthrie’s stock hit the limit down.
I heard that day, Mr. Guthrie slapped Ethan in front of all the employees.
And loudly berated him for being stupid.
Zack looked at the Guthrie stock market situation with satisfaction, and couldn’t help but boast to me.
“How about that? Aren’t I amazing?”
I said calmly:
“So, you’ve been staying at Moore Corp all this time just for this day? To use Moore’s reputation to help you deal with the Guthrie family?”
He smiled, saying nonchalantly:
“Moore Corp didn’t lose out either. I helped you take down the Guthrie family, so now the market share that originally belonged to them has been snatched by your Moore family, right?”
“Is that so?” I didn’t say much more.
This result was indeed a win–win for Moore Corp and Zack.
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But in fact, even without Zack’s involvement, the Guthrie family would have gone bankrupt sooner or later.
Zack’s appearance only accelerated the Guthrie family’s collapse.
As it was nearing the end of the workday, I was still in the office.
Ethan barged in, ignoring the security guards‘ attempts to stop him.
He looked very disheveled, his tie messily knotted.
He looked at me, his eyes full of rage.
“Stella, why did you do this? What’s your relationship with Zack?”
“Do you know that Zack has been deliberately targeting the Guthrie family using your Moore family’s name?”
“I’ve already kicked out that bitch Anna. Aren’t you satisfied yet?”
I looked at him calmly.
Zack used the Moore family to take revenge on the Guthrie family, wasn’t I also using him as a tool for revenge?
Ever since I learned that Ethan had once pushed me into the water, Ethan and I were destined to be mortal enemies.
“Ethan Guthrie, why did you try to kill me?”
Ethan froze, looking at me in confusion.
He didn’t remember such an incident.
For years, everyone had been saying he was my lifesaver, and even he himself had believed it.
“What are you talking about? When the hell did I try to kill you? If anything, I saved your life.”
I laughed coldly and played the video Zack had sent me.
In the video, I was playing by the lake.
Ethan appeared quietly behind me, then forcefully pushed me into the water.
I fell into the lake, struggling desperately.
And he just stood there watching.
Ethan was very young at the time, but the cruel yet innocent look in his eyes was chilling.
It wasn’t until he heard my mother’s voice that he pretended to jump in to save me…
Ethan’s pupils dilated.
He remembered.
He remembered it all.
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Back then, he was jealous because his father always praised me for being obedient and well–behaved in front of him, so he became unhappy.
So, he acted against me.
Thinking of this, Ethan’s face turned pale, and his body began to tremble.
“No… no, the video is fake. How could I want to kill someone? You forged it!”
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But now with this revelation, he knew that there was deep hatred between the Moore family and him.
The Guthrie family was finished.
“Do you have anything else to say in your defense?”
“I hate you and want you to pay the price. Isn’t that only fair?”
Ethan kept backing away until he finally leaned against the wall to barely stand steady.
“I… I didn’t mean to. I was still young then. How can you hold a grudge against me for something I did as a child?”
“Besides, didn’t I jump in to save you afterwards?”
I approached him with a cold smile:
“You know what, Ethan Guthrie? I used to like you because I thought you had saved me.”
“But later I found out it was all a lie!”
“You weren’t a hero sent by heaven to save me, but an executioner who wanted to kill me!”
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Ethan shook his head repeatedly, his eyes full of regret.
“Stella, I was wrong. I know I was wrong.”
“If you’re willing to forgive me this time, if you’re willing to help the Guthrie family, I’ll be your slave for the rest of
I found it laughable and said coldly:
“It’s too late. The Guthrie family’s bankruptcy is the retribution you deserve.”
I was about to call security to throw him out when Ethan suddenly knelt down, regardless of the onlookers.
By now, quite a crowd had gathered outside the office.
Everyone gasped at the sight.
But Ethan didn’t care.
“Stella, please forgive me. I can’t watch the Guthrie family go bankrupt. My… my parents won’t be able to take it.”
He knelt there, utterly humiliated, his past arrogance and playboy attitude completely gone.
I took a few steps back.
At this moment, the sound of hurried footsteps came from outside the office.
Zack walked in.
He saw Ethan and looked at him with disdain.
“You really are a disgrace, aren’t you?”
Ethan glared at Zack resentfully.
“Zack Lee, what grudge do you have against me that you’d target the Guthrie family like this?”
Zack let out a cold laugh and said slowly:
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life.”
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“My dear brother, of course it’s because I hate you all.”
Ethan looked completely confused.
At this moment, even Anna appeared.
Anna gave me a meaningful glare, then walked over to Zack and took his arm.
Even little Sky ran over.
Sky shrank back fearfully, hiding behind Zack, and softly called out.
“Daddy.”
Seeing this, Ethan finally understood everything.
Ethan’s expression went through several changes – shock, anger, and despair.
“You… you all… Zack Lee, who exactly are you?”
Looking at Zack’s face that was so similar to his father’s, Ethan felt his heart was about to jump out of his chest.
At this moment, he suddenly understood.
He also remembered the brother who had gone missing when he was very young.
But that brother was called Zack Guthrie.
As he grew up, he vaguely guessed what his mother might have done.
He had also heard stories about his father’s ex–wife.
Having grown up in a wealthy family, he could naturally sense the undercurrents.
Ethan’s voice trembled, “How long have you been planning this?”
Zack gently patted Sky’s head, ignoring Ethan. Then he picked up Sky and left.
Before leaving, Zack turned back, first giving me a meaningful look, then looking at Ethan.
“Ethan Guthrie, this is all retribution for what the Guthrie family has done.”
With that, he strode away.
As Anna passed by me, she didn’t forget to glare at me one last time.
And Ethan was left looking as pale as death.
A few days later, Guthrie Group announced bankruptcy.
After learning about Zack, Mrs. Guthrie went insane.
She became paranoid, saying the Lee family’s daughter had come for revenge.
Mr. Guthrie fell ill with anger and was bedridden.
In the entire Guthrie family, only Ethan was still somewhat intact.
But Ethan had also broken down.
How could he accept going from the glorious young master of the Guthrie family to a fallen nobleman despised by all?
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So he lived in a daze, drinking day and night, using alcohol to numb himself.
Meanwhile, the Moore family rose to new heights.
Just when I thought Zack and Anna were about to become a couple, news came that Anna had been sent out of the country.
It turned out that after everything was exposed, Anna had been pressuring Zack to marry her.
Anna had originally come from the same orphanage as Zack.
Anna loved Zack, so she was willing to stay by Ethan’s side for him.
But Zack was just a madman who had been using Anna from the beginning.
Once she no longer had any use value, he sent Anna away.
Little Sky was sent away too, because Sky wasn’t actually Zack’s child either.
Sky was the child of one of Mr. Guthrie’s other illegitimate children.
That night, Anna was drunk and didn’t know who she had slept with.
Zack deliberately didn’t tell her.
Half a year later, I met Zack at a business event.
Taking advantage of a moment when no one was around, he whispered in my ear.
“We meet again, poor little thing.”
Desire surged in his eyes as his thin lips parted.
“I still love watching you struggle and nearly die in the water. It’s truly captivating.”
I fled in panic.
In the following years, Zack and I were locked in fierce competition.
I snatched his projects, he cut off my funding…
One day, I was on the phone.
“Zack Lee, get lost. If you keep interfering with my business, I’ll destroy you.”
“Why don’t you try and take it back if you can?”
“Why are you doing this?”
“Can’t you tell? I’m pursuing you.”
“Are you sick in the head?”
As I was getting worked up, I bumped into someone.
It was Ethan.
He was wearing faded jeans, his eyes full of weariness and fatigue.
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When he saw me, a flash of something passed through his eyes, but he quickly lowered his head and hurried away.
He didn’t dare look at me. He was avoiding me.
wing passed through his eyes, but he quickly lowered his head and hurried away.
He didn’t dare look at me. He was avoiding me.
Zack’s voice was still buzzing incessantly.
The last rays of the setting sun fell on me, and all the past events had faded away.
