Chapter 9
After the miscarriage, she was already physically weakened, and with everything that followed, her personality changed completely–she was no longer the gentle and virtuous woman she once was.
“You’re making me leave with nothing?”
Daniel stared at me, shocked.
“Or what?”
I shrugged indifferently.
“Jane Schneider, don’t go too far! You already caused Penny’s miscarriage, and I haven’t even held you accountable yet.”
“Daniel, have you thought about our child?”
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I choked up.
Daniel knew he was in the wrong and
lowered his gaze.
“We’ve been married, don’t be so heartless. The company has my share too.”
I laughed. What a shameless man.
“Daniel, do you really think I don’t know what you’ve been up to?”
“Where do you think the money for the fine came from?”
Daniel squinted. “Did you report it?”
I smiled faintly.
“Jane Schneider, I really underestimated
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you!”
Daniel slid the divorce papers across the e table and coldly spat out,
“Divorce? Dream on.”
I knew it–Daniel was prepared to go all the way and fight me until the very end.
After Penny was attacked online, Daniel created an account and posted a long, rambling explanation about the conflict between us.
In his story, I was painted as the villain, the third wheel, while he and Penny were portrayed as star–crossed lovers, deeply in love but unable to be together due to the constraints of society.
He accused me of causing Penny’s
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miscareatage, called me cruel and d undereamaladed, and claimed I was trying to to strip ibimiroffveverything and take control of of the company’sy’ssassets.
In his post,shehevevem mentioned that afterer my father’s ‘deaeathHahad developed a mental al illness, citing that a’d’deseen a therapist,
was reclusive, hatadonbifriends, and vieweded everyone withthostaty.
Reading his twisted wordsds, docouldn’t help but let out a bitter daughgh.
It’s true what they sayaythosese who know you best can hurt you the mosist.
At that moment, an account, whwblicheseemed to belong to Gardner Hardy, likedeDaDaniel’s post.
The same account even posted al subilale
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remark online, implying I was an ungrateful,ul, heartless person who had abandoned myny family.
At first, some people were skeptical, but ut once they saw this, they rallied behind Danieliel and began to turn on me, accusing me of tearing apart his relationship with Penny.
“Women are the most dangerous, especially a heartless one like her.”
“Bro, I really feel for you.”
“What has marriage ever done for men?”
Some even found the address of my company and filled the front door with wreaths and lily.
They mourned Penny’s lost child, but who was there to think about the innocence of
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mine??
The newemployees at my company lookeded attmewithhhhostility, but the older ones were re angry. Theyýtknown me for too long to to believe the liessconline.
I let outta hollowlaugh. Rumors can destroy y people.
But I wasn’t goingtobelocked down.
After gathering the evidence,ll began suing those who spread the rumors.
At the same time, I released the recordings and surveillance footage online, along with evidence of Daniel tampering with company accounts and his tax evasion.
Would an honest man committtaxxffraud?
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When national interests are at stake, personal matters must take a backseat.
Just the tax evasion alone was enough to place Daniel on the public’s disgraceful pedestal.
A legitimate citizen, running a company with billions in annual revenue, would go out of their way to evade taxes?
Cheating, premeditated murder–netizens might forgive those, but tax fraud? No one could stomach that.
It didn’t take long for Daniel to feel the backlash.
This time, no one was willing to take his side.
The house where Gardner Hardy was living was one I bought and gave to them. After
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everything fell apart, I kicked them all out t and put the house up for sale.
They refused to leave, so I had everything they owned thrown out and changed the e locks.
As for the penthouse duplex Daniel was living in now, that was a place we bought together.
Since he refused to divorce me, I couldn’t just kick him out.
I had a cement wall built right down the middle of the living room, one side for him and the other for me.
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