Chapter 15
Karena was quick to react. As soon as she saw the phone, she was so furious that she threw it across the room.
“Gavin! You bastard! And you said you wouldn’t cheat or have a mistress?”
I walked out of the conference room, satisfied with myself.
Ko it’s not yet time for us to meet, but
you’d better take care of yourself. Don’t let
your temper get the best of you before we have our confrontation!
In the days that followed, I stayed in close contact with Gavin.
Not only were we close physically, but we
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also had business dealings together.
The projects I worked on with him were quite profitable.
I could sense that Gavin looked at me with admiration, mixed with desire.
Meanwhile, Karena, obsessed with exposing me as Gavin’s secret lover, had no success and was growing desperate, like an ant on a hot pan.
It gave me immense satisfaction.
I had never realized how sweet it could feel to toy with someone like that!
When Karena used to manipulate Gavin as his hidden lover and treated me like a pawn, I’m sure she enjoyed that power back then!
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Now, however, it was her turn to face the
consequences.
And the consequences were just beginning.
One day, my assistant rushed over to report.
“Miss Coleman, our sales have hit a new record. Ms. Simmons‘ Sunny Day Cosmetics are tanking. They’re no longer a threat.”
“Good,” I replied.
I swiveled my office chair, gazing
ut at the view beyond the floor–to–ceiling windows.
Your husband is cheating, and the business you once prided yourself on is taking a hit. How stressed do you think you are, Karena?
Now is the perfect time for me to meet with my old friend.
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That evening, Gavin called me as usual, inviting me to the hotel.
Before I left, I had already paid off the driver to tip off Karena.
Afterward, when Gavin went to shower, his phone rang.
“Mr. Chambers, your phone!”
I knocked on the bathroom door and handed him the phone.
Through the door, Gavin’s angry voice rang
out:
“I’m on a call! Believe it or not!”
“So what if I’m having an affair? You’re my legally recognized wife, not my mother, so
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stop acting like you’re in charge of my every move!”
“If I hadn’t had an affair, how would you have gotten to where you are now? You think it’s fine for you to be a mistress but not anyone else? Karena, stop being so unreasonable!”
When Gavin came out of the bathroom, the doorbell rang.
“Who is it?” I called out.
“Gavin! I know
you’re in there! Open the
door!”
Karena’s furious voice echoed from outside.
She hammered on the door and shouted, “Open up! You think you can have an affair
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and not even open the door, huh? Open up now!”
I couldn’t help but smirk.
Karena didn’t disappoint me. Under my careful plan, she finally found out where Gavin and I were secretly meeting and came knocking at the door!
“Mr. Chambers, this trouble is of your own making. You deal with it,” I said, choosing to stay out of it.
“Carmel, I’m so sorry for dragging you into this,” Gavin said, giving me a comforting kiss on the cheek before opening the door to pull Karena inside.
“Are you done, Karena?”
He immediately began scolding her. “Didn’t
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I make myself clear on the phone? I’m working! I’m working! You’re here chasing me in the middle of the night when you should be at home with the kids?”
“What kind of business needs to be conducted in bed? Gavin, let me tell you, I’m not like Emonie! I’m not that stupid. If you’ve been cheating for five or six years, and even if she found out, she’d let it slide. I won’t do that!”
Arter a shrill scream of frustration, Karena
shoved Gavin aside.
Finally, I stepped out from behind him, revealing myself to her.
