"I've stopped caring what she does. You promised me once this child was safely born, you'd help me get the divorce. I hope you intend to keep your word."
Her expression faltered, guilt pooling in her eyes.
"I've failed you, child."
"I've already tricked her into signing the divorce papers. Focus on recovering. Once she's finished her postpartum confinement, you can leave."
Grandma Evelyn took the baby into her own care, personally arranging for someone to look after him.
I quietly returned to the apartment I'd lived in before the marriage, staying out of the public eye.
But that night, the gossip still tore through the business world: Jenner Group heiress defies matriarch for her brother-in-law, risking her postpartum health to protect him.
The Jenner family's stock plummeted. Greta was drowning in damage control.
Noel's lifestyle influencer account was swarmed by furious netizens. The scandal I'd once personally exposed—him seducing his own brother's wife—the one Greta had buried, resurfaced and spread like wildfire.
The platform was flooded with condemnation. If Greta hadn't intervened, his account would have been terminated and he'd be facing breach-of-contract penalties.
Seven days passed before I saw her again.
The moment she laid eyes on me, disappointment carved itself into her features.
"Bob, does destroying us like this really make you happy?"
I blinked, then understood.
She was pinning the leaked gossip on me.
Well, of course I could. After all, I used to work in media—stirring up public opinion was my specialty.
Too bad the first time I went crazy and exposed her affair with Noel, she threatened the company into firing me, citing privacy violations and defamation.
These days, finding someone willing to help wasn't easy.
I shot her a sideways glance, long past feeling any grievance over being misunderstood.
I continued wrapping the memorial gift for John's anniversary.
"You should know your dirty laundry doesn't end with what's already public. If I wanted to expose more, you'd be hemorrhaging again."
She stood frozen in the doorway for a long moment.
Her voice came out almost resigned.
"After this, I'll cut things off with him. But promise me—we'll live properly from now on, okay? Once the baby comes, we'll be a happy family."
Words like these—she'd said them nearly every day during her pregnancy.
Didn't stop her from staying tangled up with Noel.