In the end, Wendy fell ill for several days, missed the competition, and lost her chance at the research program, whereas I successfully made it in.
Steven, wanting to stand up for her, filed reports to the college multiple times. They never did find any evidence of me sabotaging her, but he still firmly believed I was the culprit.
Because of this, he cut off all contact with me and even told Grandpa that he wanted nothing to do with my family anymore.
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Then, he spread the news of him and Wendy being together, which dealt a heavy blow to my reputation within our social circle.
I was heartbroken, so I left, not wanting to stay on the same campus as them.
Very quickly, I went abroad to continue my studies so I could stay far away from them.
However, when I returned home, I learned that Wendy was planning on going abroad too and had thus dumped Steven.
Steven, feeling despondent, drowned himself in alcohol every night.
He had gained his father’s attention by then, and his father, Jim Hough, intended for Steven to become his successor.
However, Jim eventually had enough of watching his son continue to do nothing but wallow in his sorrows.
During this time, I was the only one who stayed by his side. I even used the money Grandpa put aside for my wedding to help him start his business.
Yet, just as his business took off, he chose to return to the rescue squad. Initially, he had chosen to join the squad because Wendy’s father had once been a brave firefighter who had lost his life early on while in the line of duty.
Steven wanted to take on the job that his beloved revered the most.
By then, I had already decided not to love him anymore.
But on the night Wendy blocked his contact, he went to the bar to drown his sorrows once more. Then, he slept with me while drunk.
I assumed it was because he loved me, but later on, he accused me of being manipulative and taking advantage of the situation.
I wanted to leave him once again, but I soon found out I was pregnant,
Jim told Steven that if he wanted his inheritance, he had to marry me.
In my previous life, I parroted Jim’s words and used his precious inheritance to force him to rescue me and our child first.
This was because we had an agreement. If anything happened to me, not only would he not get anything, but he would also be exiled from the Hough family.
Only then had Steven agreed to save me first.
However, never would I have imagined how cold–blooded he could be.
Thankfully, fate gave me a chance to redo things.
This time, I refused to suffer any longer.
Chapter 5
