Chapter 6 Betrayed
Chapter 6 Betrayed
“Selly?”
I was coming back from the grocery store, right outside my place, when I suddenly heard someone call my name,
I looked back, my face stiffening.
Talia.
The image of her hugging Jericho, that smug smile of hers–it all kept flashing through my mind.
I thought I’d let it go after these past few months.
But seeing her now, I knew…
I hadn’t moved on.
I just covered up the scars for a while.
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I froze, every part of me cold and rigid.
Talia walked over like she hadn’t noticed a thing.
“Selly! I knew it was you!”
The street was noisy, but I could still hear the sharp strike of her heels on the pavement.
It took me a few seconds before I managed to speak. “Talia? What brings you here?”
Only then did I notice how hoarse my voice was.
She walked up to me, all smiles. “Business trip. And you? Still working in real estate?”
My heart skipped a beat.
How did she know that?
Back then, sales was the only job with any special qualifications but still gave me a shot at making real money.
It was tiring, and I had to put on a fake smile for clients, but Jericho’s medical bills were astronomical.
If it meant he’d wake up, none of it seemed like a big deal.
But I didn’t last long in that job. I got fired after an accident.
I thought it was my own fault and blamed myself for a long time.
I glanced up and met Talia’s usual smile, but suddenly it felt like a sneer aimed at me.
“Have you been digging into my life?” I asked without thinking.
She flicked her hair and said with a grin, “Me? I’m not that capable. Jericho’s the one who’s been watching you.”
My eyes widened.
He knew how much I was working?!
But he never showed up.
It felt like something inside my chest just cracked.
My heart felt like it split into a hundred pieces.
“But you know…”
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Chapter 6 Betrayed
Talia said slowly. Tm the one who suggested Jericho stay out of sight.”
I stared at her, my eyes going wide.
She scoffed. “What are you so shocked about? Don’t tell me you believed Jericho loved you.
“With your looks and your brain? Do you really think you deserve someone like him?
And by the way, that sales job you lost? I’m the one who told Jericho to mess with you.
“Remember that manager, Billy William?”
Her words hit me like a thunderclap thrown into a calm lake, sending shockwaves everywhere.
Billy was my supervisor when I worked in real estate.
As a rookie, closing a single deal was tough.
To win over clients, I’d head out before sunrise to buy them breakfast and wait at their doorstep.
I even looked after their elderly, cleaned toilets, tidied up their houses, and picked up their kids after school.
Just as I was about to sign the deal, Billy snatched my client away.
He took the big commission while I’d basically done all the work for him.
Then it got worse. He started stalking me.
One night, he attacked me from behind.
If a passerby hadn’t shown up, I would’ve been done for.
And the worst part? I didn’t even have time to press charges.
I had to work and save up for medical bills. Fighting a lawsuit would’ve drained me of time and money.
I couldn’t afford it.
He gave me some hush money, insisting we settle it privately.
I had no choice but to accept.
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But the next morning, during the team meeting, he told everyone that I was just bitter because the client chose him over me and that I’d made up the harassment claim to extort him.
The chat records of me accepting the money became the so–called proof.
I lost my job, and worse, I was even detained.
When I got out, I felt like I had nothing left.
When I returned to my rental, the landlord had thrown all my belongings in the trash and locked me out.
I just stood there, staring blankly, thinking I had to be the most miserable person alive.
That day, I almost jumped off the rooftop.
Then the hospital called.
The doctor told me Jericho was showing signs of improvement–his eyelids twitched.
He told me to hang in there, that anything was still possible.
Those words pulled me back from the edge.
But in the end, it was all a lie.
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Even Billy was part of their scheme.
How did Jericho feel watching me humiliated, spiraling into despair?
He was probably wrapped around Talia, laughing at my foolishness.
Did he feel even a shred of pity for me?
No.
If he did, he wouldn’t have let me fall into such a terrible situation.
Even that hospital call was just part of his twisted idea of fun.
Like teasing a dog.
I was nothing more than a dog to him and Talia.
The thought made me laugh bitterly.
Tears ran down the corner of my mouth.
Bitter.
Jericho, you made me suffer so much.
If you never loved me, why couldn’t you just let me go? Why torment me like this?
“Argh!”
My desperate cry echoed through the empty street.
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