I pulled her hands away.
“You misunderstood. I’m not here as a volunteer. The repair fee is $100
“Do you want to pay by PayPal or Venmo?
After receiving Rosalie’s transfer, I didn’t stay any longer. Ignoring the rest of what she was saying. I left the complex directly.
When I saw her red, tear–stained eyes and felt nothing but calmness inside, I knew I had truly let go.
However, I soon realized that she had let go too.
A month after the project went live, I received a lawsuit notice from her company.
The lawsuit claimed that I had stolen confidential documents from the company
The evidence was quite complete.
In addition to paper evidence and some transfer records, there was also a video, which was recorded on the day I fixed the water pipe for Rosalle.
It had been edited, showing only my action of looking for tools in the room.
11.05 AM
Rosalie had taken it out of context, saying that I was looking for confidential documents at that time.
The video had been leaked online by someone and was spreading like wildfire. The project had originally been very popular, and many people who were already resentful took pleasure in spreading it further.
Some onlookers didn’t know the details, but when someone doxed me and revealed that I had jumped ship from Rosalie’s company to my friend’s company, they believed the story about me stealing core secrets and joined in the mass criticism.
I was taken to the police station,
When I saw Rosalie, her eyes were evasive when she looked at me.
“You didn’t break up with Tyler, did you?” I asked.
“The person who stole the secrets and almost bankrupted the company was actually Tyler. That day you lied about the broken water pipe, it was actually to make me a part of your plan.”
I calmly stated my guesses.
I noticed many unusual things at the time, but I didn’t think too much about it. Now thinking back, everything was predictable.
ursed her lips.
“I didn’t want it to be like this either,” she said.
“Tyler is still young, he has many opportunities ahead of him. We can’t ruin his future because of one mistake.
“What about me?” I sneered. “I was with you for nine years, helped you so much, and you can ruin me with a clear conscience?
“Rosalle, do you really not remember how I pulled you out of the gutter?
Rosalie’s body stiffened slightly, instinctively shrinking back a little.
I knew she still remembered.
She came from a poor mountain village where girls were discriminated against. If she made even the slightest mistake, her parents would beather.
She had worked hard to get into college, but her family wanted to pull her back for an arranged marriage.
It was I who used all my savings to buy her freedom from her family.
The moment she gained her freedom, she cried and hugged me, saying we would depend on each other for life.
She could have the freedom to love whoever she wanted, she could abandon me for another person, and I wouldn’t blame her. But I couldn’t tolerate that after I had helped her so much, she would kick me into the abyss for another person’s mistake.
I looked at her with one last glimmer of hope.
After a long while, she finally spoke.
The cold words fell from her red lips.
“I guess I’ve wronged you then,
With that, she didn’t say another word and turned to leave.
Watching her receding back, the last bit of affection I had for her vanished completely.
She didn’t know that the person about to be dragged into the abyss was her, not me.
A week later, we went to court as scheduled.
