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I won the lottery on the day before I was due to return from a business trip abroad.
Unfortunately, my girlfriend Emily's phone calls and messages went unanswered.
It wasn't until late at night that she finally returned, her makeup still immaculate but reeking of alcohol.
I got up to greet her.
She hooked her arm around me, resting her head on my shoulder, breathing slowly.
"Alex, let's break up. I have to leave you."
"Because of Jack?"

My Girlfriend Dumped Me Because I'm Poor

Emily sent me a message, "Alex, I'm waiting for you at home."


"Did you win the lottery or something?"


"Alex, please stop lying to me. I recognized you. That outfit, I picked it out for you."


I shook my head and yanked my arm away.


"You gave the project proposal to Jack, right? These past few days when you moved out, where were you staying? It was Jack's mansion in Beverly Hills, wasn't it?"


Emily's eyes welled up with tears again as she bit her lip.


"What, am I wrong? How many times have you two been sneaking around behind my back these past six months? I gave you chance after chance. Is the green hat you've put on me not tall enough?"


Every time she did something wrong, she'd call me that in a coy voice. Now it just made me sick.


Chapter 8