The image of him being happy and loving with my best friend felt like betrayal. It felt like he had launched a knife into my heart while I was struggling to breathe. 
How could he betray me this way? How could he betray me with my best friend? "
You said you loved me." I cried out and brushed the tears running down my face away. 
He stared at me, and the coldness in his eyes mirrored the one his mother always had for me. "That was my greatest mistake." I felt cold. 
Once Imela believed love was enough, now not anymore. Love was just another lie that the weak believed in to keep them from seeing the truth: that there was no place for people like them in this world.

The Betrayed Ex-wife's Revenge

　　Cecil walked into Stop's boardroom and discovered six of the seven board members already seated and waiting. She didn't call for a meeting or know what this was for, and the confusion showed on her face.


　　Her bright smile immediately faded, and she paused at the door with a startled look. "What is going on? And why are you all seated here?"


　　"We all received emails last night requesting our presence at the company this morning by nine." Maggie Reid, the blonde-haired lady in glasses seated on the left side of the room, answered. She was Cecil's cousin and a major stockholder at Stop as well.


　　Cecil received the performance statement last night from the finance department, and it was their lowest recording in two years. She had hoped to call for an official meeting with the board members, discuss the state of the parlour, and possibly declare bankruptcy. All of this she wanted at her own pace, but their gathering had snatched that opportunity from her.


Chapter 47: Fired