Chapter 4

How do I know? You told me yourself, of course.

Only after marrying Julian in my past life did I learn all the dirty secrets of his family.

I coldly pushed him away, pulling out my phone to call his mother.

"What are you doing!"

He tried to snatch it, but my icy gaze nailed him to the spot.

The call was answered quickly. I put it on speaker.

"Who is this?"

Julian's body instantly stiffened.

"Mrs. Eleanor? This is Audrey."

I chuckled lightly,

"Your son, Julian, is currently in the Dean of Students' office. You have ten minutes to come and pick him up."

"Otherwise, I imagine by tomorrow morning, all of high society will know that the sole heir of the Chen family is an illegitimate bastard of unknown origin."

There was a deathly silence on the other end of the line, lasting several seconds before she spoke.

"I'll be right there."

I hung up the phone and tucked it back into my pocket, not sparing Julian another glance.

In the office, only Brenda was still clamoring endlessly:

"I don't care what grudges you have! This little bitch hitting my son is a fact!"

"I'm calling the police! I'm calling them right now to arrest her!"

"Calling the police?"

I pulled out the note with the obscene drawing from my backpack and unfolded it in front of her.

"Go ahead, call them. This is sexual harassment and character defamation, and this paper is the evidence."

"Even if he's a minor and won't go to jail, a record will follow him for life."

Kyle's face turned pale, and he hung his head, not daring to speak.

I stared at her and continued:

"And I recall your son is applying for a sports scholarship, aiming for a prestigious university, right?"

"Is it worth ruining his entire future for this petty dispute?"

The arrogant fire on Brenda's face instantly extinguished.

She pointed a finger at me for a long time, but ultimately couldn't press the call button.

Less than ten minutes later, Julian's mother, Eleanor, indeed arrived.

She didn't say a word, just grabbed the distraught Julian and hurried away.

But before leaving, Eleanor's face was pale, and her eyes looked like she wanted to devour me whole.

But I didn't care.

This was exactly what I wanted.

Only by making him fall from grace, by making him lose everything, could this revenge truly begin.

The commotion in the office, in the face of the explosive secret about the Chen family, was no longer anyone's concern.

Mr. Davies, with tea leaves still plastered on his face, dared not say another word.

Expel me?

Compared to a madwoman who might have offended both the Chen family and another unknown powerful entity, Brenda's threats seemed utterly ridiculous.

I calmly walked out of the office, even thoughtfully closing the door behind me.

The world was finally quiet.

That night, lying in my room, memories of my past life flooded over me like a tide.

I remembered when I was pregnant, suffering from terrible morning sickness.

Julian brazenly brought his mistress to stay in our guest room, openly affectionate in front of me.

The mistress even wore my pajamas and used my cup.

"Sister, Julian says he loves it most when I wear your clothes. It gives him such a sense of conquest."

"Unlike you, you're just a washed-up old hag. Julian says looking at you makes him lose his appetite."

Faced with the mistress's blatant provocation, I was helpless.

At that time, our child had a high fever and was convulsing.

I cried and called Julian, begging him to come home, but he was flirting with his mistress on the phone.

Finally, to force me to leave with nothing, he picked up a scalding cigarette butt and pressed it onto our child's tender arm, right in front of me.

Those pains have now all transformed into my motivation for revenge.

Julian, this is just the beginning!

Next, the Chen family will plunge into immense internal strife and a crisis of trust because of this incident. He'll be powerless to retaliate against me for a while.

He needs to figure out whose son he really is.

I need to use this precious period of calm to find my most important chess piece – Leo.

In my past life, when Julian pushed me to a dead end, utterly devastated, a young entrepreneur reached out to me.

He was a legend who had graduated from our school, built his empire from scratch, and became a rising star in the business world.

I remember he found me then, offering to help me get revenge on Julian.

Unfortunately, my heart was already dead, and I refused his help. Soon after, I jumped from a tall building.

And he, a few years later, was framed by the now successful Julian in a business rivalry.

His company went bankrupt, he was burdened with massive debts, and eventually died heartbroken.

Reborn, I not only want revenge, but also to seize this light that once shone at the end of my life, a light I had pushed away with my own hands.

According to my memory, I found Leo, who was working part-time at the school library.

At this moment, he was still just a senior in high school.

Wearing a faded, well-worn school uniform, he was quiet and reserved.

But his eyes held a maturity and ambition beyond his years.

Perfect, he's the one I need.