bankruptcy.
So I knew clearly that his apology wasn’t because he realized his mistake but because I
was his best option left.
After settling in, I visited Mama at the orphanage again. Compared to three years ago, she looked more weary, hunched over as she basked in the sun, her face more wrinkled
testament to the passage of time.
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She was delighted to see me and greeted me, immediately asking, “Mianmian, how have you been these years? Living alone in a foreign country for so long, you must have suffered greatly.”
I smiled and shook my head, “Not at all. Look, my career is doing well.”
But Mama just patted my head like she used to, “Silly child, how could it not have been difficult, spending all those years struggling alone in a foreign land?”
“I know what happened between you and Liam. He was in the wrong.”
I didn’t respond, afraid she would encourage me to get back together with him.
But to my surprise, she said, “It’s better that you divorced. He came to see me yesterday, asking me to persuade you. I chased him away. He didn’t cherish you, so he should face the
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My eyes welled up, “I thought you would advise me to give him another chance.”
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The old principal sighed: “As women living in this world, our lives are already difficult
enough. If our partner is unsatisfactory, it’s just a waste of our life. When you were young,
those bully kids picked on Liam Johnson, and you protected him every single time. There were so many people, and you must have been scared, but you still protected him. The you graduated, you two started a business. You graduated from a prestigious university and
could have easily found a wealthy family to marry into and live a comfortable life. But instead, you chose to struggle alongside him, biting on hard biscuits and drinking cold
water, until you achieved what you have today. If he could just think about the journey you’ve been through, he wouldn’t have done so many things to hurt you. If I tried to plead
for him, I would be disrespecting your sincere love.”
She pulled me into her embrace, hugging me like she did when I was young.
Time really flies. The little tree Liam Johnson and I planted at the orphanage on Arbor Day has now grown tall and lush.
He and I have both changed over the years.
After spending the afternoon with the principal at the orphanage, I went back home.
Unexpectedly, I became a hot topic online that night.
Someone exposed that I was involved with eight different men simultaneously.
The trending topic read:
#The Eight Boyfriends of the Chairwoman of Hengda Renewable Energy’s North
American Division#
#Shocking, a Billionaire Female CEO’s Eight Wolf–like Boyfriends#
#Female CEO’s Chat Records with Her Little Wolf–dogs Exposed#
The comments section even included chat records between me and one of the men, as
well as a photo of a French “little wolf–dog” hugging me at a hotel.
I casually skimmed through the comments:
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