I guessed they had entered Sarah in the
competition.
Suddenly, Sarah’s name was trending, and the
previous mistress incident resurfaced.
Her reputation as a planner was completely
ruined.
“So, all her previous works were stolen?”
“She also stole Emily’s fiancé. Those two
were blind, praising a plagiarist like she was
something special.”
People mocked and watched the drama
unfold.
く
Mr. Jason was furious, but not a single
comment was deleted.
Jason and Alex seemed to relish the pain the
comments inflicted on them.
“Are you less angry now?”
They messaged me cautiously, no longer
arrogant.
“I would have won even without your help.
What you do has nothing to do with me.”
I replied calmly.
The chat window went silent.
I focused, quietly waiting for the results to be
r
Looking at my homeland after over a year, I
couldn’t help but sigh.
The hurt from that ridiculous wedding- turned–bachelorette party seemed to have
dissipated.
David swiped his card to enter our hotel
room, complaining half–heartedly.
“Those two Jason pests are here again,
kneeling at the hotel entrance begging to see
you.”
I opened the curtains and looked down. They
were stubbornly kneeling at the entrance.
Passersby were taking pictures.
“Jason is so devoted!”
“Wake up, she’s married! What’s with the
self–absorbed melodrama?”
I liked that comment.
Self–absorbed melodrama was useless, I had
learned that long ago.
The next morning, all accusations of me
cheating were erased.
The surveillance video from the wedding with
Jason had been released.
Everyone clearly saw how Jason and Alex had
humiliated their own fiancé for Sarah.
<
And at that moment, I was stepping onto the
podium.
Claiming the top prize in the global design
competition.
A forest landscape, stone steps covered in a
long floral path…
A dreamy scene like a paradise.
I held the vine–wrapped crystal trophy and hugged David.
But as we left the exhibition hall, I saw Sarah.
Security guards restrained her; she was
holding a bottle of sulfuric acid.
<
VITY uu you you to have ovaryumy: 1110
designs, the awards! And three men who love
you, why?!”
I shook my head. “Instead of seeking
validation from men, focus on developing
yourself.”
My past designs and plans were always
centered around Jason and Alex’s approval.
But looking back now, the world was much
bigger than the tiny Jason household.
She thrashed and cried, like a madwoman.
As for Jason and Alex, they disappeared from
my life after the awards ceremony.
I did see news about them occasionally.
Г
Jason and Alex let their company crumble.
Mr. Jason, who had retired, returned to
handle the mess, but he couldn’t stop the
plummeting stock prices.
Desperate, they messaged me, begging for
money.
“We’re atoning, this is what we deserve.”
“Emily, can you forgive us?”
Was I happy? I didn’t feel much of anything.
Even if the Jason family went bankrupt, it had
nothing to do with me anymore.
David and I decided to take a celebratory
<
cemetery.
David’s family had found a very secluded
place for my parents‘ ashes.
We were about to leave the country again,
