Chapter 106

Anxiously, I rubbed my forehead.

“Kane Thome, I swear I despise you,” I muttered under my breath, frustration lacing my tone.

He had orchestrated this entire scheme just to ruin my reputation.

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How could he publicly spread such cheap gossip? Did he not care about his precious girlfriend? Or did he assume she wouldn’t hear about it?

That thought made me smirk. Without hesitation, I dialed a number.

“Hello?” A young woman’s voice came through the line.

“Where’s your boss? Give her the phone.”

She hesitated, clearly taken aback. “Who are you?”

“She knows me.”

A brief silence followed before I heard the voice I had been waiting for.

“Who’s this?”

“Your shameless boyfriend’s ex–wife,” I answered, grinning as if she could see me.

Ruby was silent for a moment, likely trying to figure out how I had gotten her maid’s number.

That day, when she humiliated me in front of Kane and his parents, I had taken note of the number she used to text me. It had belonged to his maid. Turns out, she wasn’t as smart as I had assumed–she hadn’t even bothered to change the number.

Not that I had told Kane about it. They deserved each other.

“Why are you calling me?” Ruby finally asked, breaking the silence.

“Guess you haven’t seen the latest headlines yet.

“What headlines?”

your boyfriend getting cozy

Why would he do that?”

chuckled mockingly. “Well, he said he wanted to make the

not after the

eyes. “Re…? What report are you talking about, Ruby?”

“N–Nothing”

in my chest. “Wait a second… are you talking about the DNA test

believe you’d accuse me of something like that! You have children with another man.

ignited my fury. “And yet, your so–called devoted boyfriend came to me last night. Maybe you’re not enough for him. Maybe

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dare you!” she

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boyfriend that question,” I shot back. “Here’s some advice–lock him down as soon as you

“Don’t you dar-”

the conversation in my head,

no intention of ever being with Kane again. I had only said those things to shake Ruby

what I wanted. With any

bed, I made my way to the bathroom to take a shower. I saw no reason to deal with the news myself. I had full confidence that Ruby would take care

After

my

beautiful white dress. I planned to explore the

applied my makeup, my eyes lingered on my reflection, particularly on the purple mark on my neck.

reached out to both Axel and

suggested we grab breakfast first, so we headed to the restaurant inside

hotel.

me about it last night?” Axel

irritation.

worry,” I replied,

deal

looking up. “You told

he saw the news himself.”

and gave a slight nod.

no stopping this conflict now. Kane had started it himself. At this point, I didn’t care how my brother

on Kane any further, I continued

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