Chapter 1

I grew up with my neighbor, Chloe Bennett. When she got married, I took time off work and came back specifically to be her maid of honor.

At the wedding, the officiant asked Chloe how she felt after the groom kept glancing at me, and she suddenly pointed at me with tears streaming down her face.

“I want to expose my best friend!”

“She works as a hostess in the city, and she came back today specifically to seduce my husband!”

“Look how thick the gift envelope she gave us is. It’s all dirty money she earned by selling herself. What terrible luck!”

“A slut like her doesn’t deserve to stand here. Get her out of here before she taints my wedding!”

“I heard she has group sex at nightclubs!”

“She almost died on top of a man!”

As I listened to the guests whispering among themselves and watched the smug look on Chloe’s face, I laughed.

They probably didn’t know that I was a lawyer.

And my first case was going to make a woman who had committed defamation lose everything she owned and beg for mercy on her knees.

“Chloe, did you forget to take your medication today?”

I came back to myself while standing in the middle of the stage and asked coldly.

The gazes of more than three hundred guests below all pierced into me.

My parents were seated at the head table. I saw my mother’s face turn deathly pale as she sprang to her feet in shock.

Chloe’s performance continued. She raised the gift envelope I had given her that morning and slammed it onto the floor.

“You’re a prostitute!”

The groom, Ethan Cole, stood nearby with a pale face. He tried to pull her back, but she shook him off.

“Ethan, I saw everything. In the makeup room just now, she deliberately bent over in front of you.”

“Everyone, look at the dress she’s wearing. The neckline is so low.”

“She’s obviously a hostess. She seduces every man wherever she goes!”

“Chloe, are you done being crazy? You picked out this dress for me yourself!”

I lowered my eyes and looked at my bridesmaid dress.

Chloe had personally chosen it for me, saying it was custom-made.

The neckline was indeed lower than those of ordinary formal dresses.

Chloe’s mother, Barbara Bennett, immediately rushed onto the stage, wrapped her arms around her daughter, and shouted angrily at me:

“You shameless little slut! My daughter treated you like a friend, and this is how you hurt her!

“I could tell you were no good when you were little. Sure enough, you grew up to do this kind of filthy work!”

She turned toward the guests and wailed:

“Everyone, look at this! What did our family do to deserve this?”

“My son married a wife, and now some prostitute is clinging to him!”

The murmurs among the crowd grew louder.

“She looks so innocent. How could she be one of those women?”

“Ugh, women these days have no shame. They spread their legs and make money. What else do they need dignity for?”

“Get her off the stage. Just looking at her makes me sick.”

Even more vicious speculation began to spread.

“Listen, my cousin owns a company in the city, and he told me he’s seen her!

“She’s famous in those circles. They call her the ‘Thousand-Man Slayer’!”

“Seriously? That’s insane!”

“That’s not all! I also heard that some customers at a nightclub went too far with her and almost killed her!

“She must have come to this wedding looking for customers!”

“Then she must be good in bed, right? How much do you think someone like her charges for the night?”

The rumors spread like a virus. Every word stabbed into my parents’ hearts like a knife.

My father stood there with an ashen face, while my mother trembled with rage and pointed at the stage.

“You’re all lying! My daughter isn’t that kind of person! Chloe, why are you slandering her like this?”

“Slandering her?” Chloe sneered. “Ma’am, you’re still being kept in the dark. If you don’t believe me, ask her what kind of work she does in the city! Make her tell you the company name and her position. Let’s see if she can even say it out loud!”

“Chloe, I don’t know why you suddenly went crazy!”

Amid the accusations, I stared at Chloe and smiled.

“Every word you say today, I promise I’ll make you pay back twice over.”

Seeing that I was still smiling, Chloe’s mother, Barbara, pointed at the security guards by the door and screamed:

“This slut is still acting so arrogant! What are you waiting for? Throw this crazy woman out! Now!”

Two security guards immediately came forward and grabbed one of my arms each.