Chapter 4

I blocked all his messages, but forgot about the SnapChat group I'd created when I threatened suicide.

On my first day away, the first person to tag me in the group was our mutual friend Mason.

He was also the one who called me a simp most viciously, because his family had always cooperated with Sebastian, so whatever Sebastian did, Mason was enthusiastic about covering for him.

Thinking back now, on the day I attempted suicide, he was also the one shouting the loudest in the group.

"Charlotte, just die already. I've never seen a female ghost with such an obsessive love brain. Besides, what do you have that's better than Melissa?"

At this moment, Mason was shouting even louder than that day.

"Charlotte, besides playing suicide, can you also play missing? If you crawl back now to apologize to Sebastian, I can still put in a good word for you and have Sebastian give you the free gift when he buys jewelry for Melissa."

Put in a good word?

Can a dog even speak human language?

I clicked on the video Mason posted. It was from the afternoon of the day I left.

He was accompanying Melissa at the mall buying the most expensive jewelry. The two were lovey-dovey---if you didn't know better, you'd think they were actually husband and wife.

How was I so blind in my previous life?

From the video, Sebastian had reserved the entire mall for her and was buying extremely luxurious and expensive items.

Mason was right.

The jewelry Sebastian used to give me were all free gifts from what he bought for Melissa---worthless, and I had to beg him for them.

But I was a bit puzzled.

Does Sebastian have money to buy jewelry now?

I contacted a friend in the capital and got the complete video.

In the continuation of the video, the two spent a long time selecting items. During this, Sebastian first received a text message.

[Dear Mr. Whitmore, your bank account has been debited xxxxxx. Remaining balance: zero dollars.]

Seeing this message, he thought it was a scam and paid no attention.

"Charge the card."

The clerk took the black card, but returned in less than a minute.

"Mr. Whitmore, I'm very sorry, could you use a different card? This one won't go through."

That simple sentence left Sebastian confused. He then tried many other cards, but none would go through.

Sebastian suddenly remembered the text message and quickly called the company's finance department.

"Lisa, where's the money in my account?"

Finance: "Mr. Whitmore, because we breached our contracts, all the money in the company accounts has been paid out in compensation."

Breach of contract?

All the money paid out in compensation?

Melissa heard these words and let out a shriek.

"Sebastian, it's Charlotte. It must be her."

Sebastian took a sharp breath and immediately called me, but my phone was unreachable.

He left me messages.

"Charlotte, what game are you playing? Where's the company's money?"

"Charlotte, answer me."

Unable to contact me, Sebastian felt helpless because his phone was going crazy receiving text messages.

Half were from the company demanding the seals.

Half were from partners demanding payment.

And another half were astronomical breach-of-contract fees.

I could clearly see Sebastian's fingertips trembling, just like how my heart trembled when I saw him with Melissa.

You see.

A person can live without love, but absolutely cannot live without money.

The video ended there.

I clicked my tongue lightly. It seemed Sebastian's good brothers still didn't know about Sebastian and the company's situation.

I saved the messages he sent me, planning to let this group of people see later who was shamelessly begging whom.

I collected myself.

I was about to meet with partners---companies that had previously cooperated with Sebastian. They intended to withdraw their projects from the capital and come to New York to work with me.

Then I received crazy tags in the SnapChat group again.

It was actually Melissa.

That haughty tone and the attitude of giving charity to a pitiful wretch made me nauseous.

"Charlotte, Sebastian said as long as you come crawling back and appear before him, he'll forgive you."

"A woman can't be too difficult. Men don't have much patience, especially men at the top of the pyramid like Sebastian."