My Cat Said I Was Cheated On Chapter 08
Mr. Bennett and the Board Chair knew exactly whyÂ
Chloe had been fired, so they didn’t buy theÂ
rumors.Â
I smiled calmly and looked between them.Â
“Don’t you think this is actually a perfect marketing opportunity?”Â
They both froze.Â
“Everyone online is watching this right now.”Â
“All I have to do is show the evidence and clear myÂ
name.”Â
“Once public opinion flips, all that attention can give our new product and event massiveÂ
exposure.”Â
After hearing my plan, Mr. Bennett and the BoardÂ
Chair nodded in agreement.Â
The Board Chair gave me his full backing.Â
“Go for it.”Â
“You have the company’s full support.”Â
I’d already prepared the evidence.Â
Ginger’s inner voice had told me before that AdrianÂ
kept a private cloud drive.Â
I’d logged into it long ago.Â
What I found inside made my stomach turn.Â
There were years of intimate photos and privateÂ
videos of Adrian and Chloe.Â
Some of them were extremely intimate.Â
And the timeline stretched across all seven yearsÂ
Adrian and I had been together.Â
I backed up everything.Â
Then I pulled up years of old messages.Â
Every single time Adrian had given me a gift, I hadÂ
proof that I’d paid him.Â
Designer handbags.Â
Jewelry.Â
Small gifts.Â
All of it.Â
I’d bought every single thing from him.Â
None of it had been free.Â
Once I had all the evidence organized, I posted itÂ
across every major social media platform.Â
The truth finally came out.Â
The internet exploded.Â
Angry comments flooded Adrian’s and Chloe’sÂ
accounts.Â
[Girl, that’s way too far! That’s disgusting!]Â
[They actually tried to frame her? That’s disgusting!]Â
[He gives his girlfriend a gift, then makes her pay him back? What kind of boyfriend does that? And that so–called best friend can’t do anythingÂ
without Serena helping her.]Â
[These two are straight–up leeches!]Â
[Poor Serena. Imagine getting stuck with twoÂ
people like this!]Â
Within an hour, Adrian’s and Chloe’s social media accounts were flooded with backlash.Â
It got so bad that they deleted their accounts.Â
Meanwhile, Brightwell Consumer Group’s event started trending everywhere.Â
The next day, the turnout was huge.Â
Thanks to all that free publicity, the new product.Â
sold like crazy.Â
Sales hit a record high.Â
The entire event was a massive success.Â
The results went far beyond what Brightwell.Â
Consumer Group’s executives had expected.Â
The Board Chair was grinning from ear to ear.Â
He immediately called a meeting of the Board ofÂ
Directors.Â
Then he and Mr. Bennett nominated me for theÂ
final Executive Vice President position.Â
I was also given a 5% equity stake.Â
No one objected.Â
After all, the marketing campaign had been a hugeÂ
success.Â
And because the product had taken off, the major multibillion–dollar funding round Ginger hadÂ
mentioned went through without a hitch.Â
Online media outlets and bloggers credited all of itÂ
to me.Â
I suddenly became a hot topic everywhere.Â
That evening, when I got home from work, ChloeÂ
came rushing out of the building.Â
She looked exhausted.Â
Gone was the polished, put–together woman I wasÂ
used to seeing.Â
“Serena!”Â
“Please!”Â
“Please help me!”Â
“Everyone online is tearing me apart!”Â
“I lost my job.”Â
“I lost my friends.”Â
“My life is over!”Â
“It’s all Adrian’s fault!”Â
“He came after me first!”Â
“He talked me into betraying you!”Â
“I lost my head!”Â
“I regret it.”Â
“I really do!”Â
“I know I was wrong!”Â
Tears streamed down Chloe’s face.Â
I was just about to speak when someoneÂ
suddenly rushed in from my right.Â
Adrian.Â
He rushed over and kicked Chloe to the ground.Â
“Bitch!”Â
“Get the hell out of here!”Â
Chloe doubled over, clutching her stomach andÂ
crying out in pain.Â
Adrian ignored her.Â
Instead, he turned to me, suddenly lookingÂ
desperate.Â
“Serena, don’t listen to her.”Â
“She was the one who kept coming after me.”Â
“She seduced me.”Â
“She manipulated me every step of the way.”Â
“I was stupid.”Â
“I let her get in my head.”Â
“But you’re the only one I love!”Â
I said nothing.Â
Adrian’s hands were shaking.Â
He tried to grab my hand.Â
“Serena, I was wrong.”Â
“I know I was.”Â
“I really do!”Â
“Can we get back together?”Â
“I’ll listen to you from now on.”Â
“I’ll treat you right.”Â
“I’ll never screw up like this again!”Â
“Please!”Â
At last, he understood what he’d thrown away.Â
He’d lost me, someone with a bright future ahead of her, and chosen Chloe, a woman full ofÂ
schemes.Â
With his own hands, he’d destroyed seven years ofÂ
genuine love and a life of wealth that had once.Â
been right within reach.Â
The moment Chloe heard him, she snapped.Â
She stared up at him in disbelief and screamed,Â
“Adrian!”Â
“Have you got no shame?!”Â
“You were the one who came after me first!”Â
“You were the one who talked me into tricking herÂ
into resigning!”Â
“And now that everything blew up, you’re dumpingÂ
it all on me?!”Â
Slap!Â
Adrian backhanded her across the face.Â
“Shut up!”Â
“You’re the greedy one!”Â
“You were always guilt–tripping Serena…”Â
“Enough!”Â
I cut him off.Â
“You’re both the same.”Â
“You’re both rotten.”Â
“When the two of you teamed up against me, didÂ
you ever think this day would come?”Â
Adrian and Chloe fell silent.Â
They weren’t sorry.Â
They were only panicking because they knew theyÂ
were about to lose everything.Â
Without me, there was no one left for them toÂ
bleed dry.Â
I took a deep breath and looked at them coldly.Â
“Don’t come looking for me again.”Â
“Otherwise, I’ll take legal action over the lies youÂ
spread.”Â
Then I turned and walked away.Â
“Serena…”Â
Adrian reached after me.Â
He wanted to follow, but he didn’t dare.Â
Instead, he turned all his anger on Chloe.Â
“This is all your fault!”Â
“All of it!”Â
“Why were you never satisfied?”Â
“Why did you always have to want everything?”Â
“Serena and I were fine!”Â
“We could’ve been happy!”Â
He grabbed Chloe by the collar, barely makingÂ
sense as he yelled at her.Â
“Go to hell, asshole!”Â
Chloe glared at him.Â
“You had a girlfriend, and you still came after me!”Â
“How the hell do you get to blame me?”Â
“Those stupid plans were your idea!”Â
“If it weren’t for you, Serena and I would still beÂ
best friends!”Â
Their argument got louder and uglier.Â
Then they started fighting.Â
People gathered around to watch.Â
Everyone said the two of them were tearing eachÂ
other apart.Â
I stood by my window with Ginger in my arms, quietly watching it all unfold below.Â
Let them stay trapped in the mess they’d made.Â
And let them watch me rise higher and higher.
