Rachel marched in from outside, and the door slammed against the doorframe as she shut it behind her. Cameron’s face darkened as he gave her a cold glare. “Rachel… What’s going on? I don’t recall you making an appointment with me.”
“Hah!” She gave him a sarcastic laugh as she headed directly toward the lounge in his office. It only took her one look to notice the video that had been playing on the TV. A rather dejected expression flickered across her face when she saw the figures on the screen, but she hastily curled her lips into a smirk. “We haven’t gotten a divorce, President Stark. I’m still your wife, so do I need to make an appointment just to see you?!”
His face only turned darker when he saw her looking at the TV screen. “Well, you’re looking at me now. What do you want?” In the past two days, they had both gotten rid of their facades and exposed their ugliest sides to each other. From then on, Cameron no longer saw the need to put on a show in front of Rachel, and Rachel no longer bothered to act gentle and feminine in front of him. She was too old for that, but the woman she saw in the videos and photos looked like she was in her thirties. Women are usually the prettiest at that age. I was just like her when I was in my thirties!
Rachel could feel her heart accelerating with fury whenever she saw the young girl standing beside that woman. All along, Rachel had been living under the misconception that she had managed to satisfy all of Cameron’s needs. She thought he was loyal to her, but she hadn’t realized that she had just gone down the same path that Jenny did. On the surface, the couple appeared as though they were a respectful, well-matched pair, but all of that was merely an illusion that she made up on her own.
The truth was that Cameron had already found himself a new woman outside; he had already been with that woman even when Jenny was still around. Furthermore, that woman’s face looked nearly identical to Jenny’s… Even an idiot can tell what Cameron’s thinking about! The person he loves is Jenny. However, he was too afraid to be with Jenny, so he decided to find another girl who looked just like her so that he would be able to fulfill his desires…
“Hahaha…” Rachel abruptly broke into laughter then. I’ve been with this man for my whole life. I can’t believe it took me so long to realize how stupid I’ve been! “I bet you’ve been planning our divorce for a while now, huh? You’re going to marry that woman after that, right? You don’t need to worry…” She shifted her gaze to the TV. The video had finished playing, but the image on the screen had stopped on the final scene, which was just an image of the woman and her daughter. The mother and daughter had their heads resting against each other’s, and they both had faint smiles on their faces. They look so happy. They are going to be really happy soon, but what about me?! My daughter isn’t close to me, and my husband is cheating on me!
“I’m not here to chit-chat, Cameron. I just want you to know that I have proof of your infidelity. But of course, I’d rather we end things in a civilized manner,” she uttered emotionlessly. “I don’t want any of the Stark Group shares anymore; I just want 50 million. Give me the money, and I’ll make sure that Kris and I will never appear in front of you again.” Rachel knew that the Stark Group was in a tricky situation, and she didn’t want any of their shares as she wasn’t certain if the company would be able to survive. Her shares would be meaningless if the business fell apart, and she knew that it would only create more trouble for her. She might not even get anything by the time Cameron actually handled the shares she held.
Moreover, Rachel knew that he had a secret stash of money, and she now knew what he wanted to use that money for! Therefore, she decided that she would take that money and leave him once and for all! She had sacrificed all of her youth for him after all, so she thought she deserved that amount of money as compensation!
“You must be out of your mind!” Cameron widened his eyes as blood rushed to his face. “50 million? Don’t you think I would have already thrown that money into the Green Palms Project if I actually had 50 million? You’re too money-minded! We can get a divorce, but the most I can give you is a piece of property. Nothing else!”
“A piece of property?” Rachel sneered. “Do you think I’m a beggar? I’ve wasted more than 20 years of my life with you. Do you think you can get rid of me by just giving me a house? You may have been a powerful and influential man, Cameron, but you’re nothing more than a has-been now! What do you think will happen to the Stark Group if I decide to publicize our divorce and expose your infidelity in court?! What do you think the court’s ruling will be?”
“Rachel!” Cameron’s face had turned into a sickly pale shade. I already have enough to worry about after seeing the footage in the USB that Sean gave me. I don’t even know what Sean’s intentions are yet, but I can’t believe Rachel—this greedy witch—is giving me more trouble on top of that by asking me for such a huge sum now! “You’ve eaten my food, spent my money, and treated yourself with all these branded items for the past years. You sleep in a mansion, and you drive a luxurious car! But what have you ever done for this household?! You should know where you stand! You’re not going to get everything you want in life just because you’re married to me!” He felt a burning rage in his chest as he yelled those words out loud.
“You’re right. I’ve never managed to get everything that I wanted. I always just thought that you were too desperate to be in power, but the truth is that you’ve never thought of giving Stark Group’s shares to us, right?! You hid a woman outside all along, and you were planning to leave all your belongings to her after you die! Am I right?” Rachel tugged her lips into a sly smirk. “It’s a shame that a liar will always stay a liar! Jenny is long dead, and Myra will never acknowledge you as her father! You can continue to lie to yourself for the rest of your life, but the truth is that you’re nothing but a failure! You were afraid to give Jenny any power, so you came up with a plot to force her into a dead-end! Then, you found a woman who looked like her. But how could a look-alike share the same aura as Jenny? All you’ve gotten yourself was a shell that’s hollow on the inside! You’ll never win the heart of the one person you long for, and it’s all your own fault!” After releasing all her agony, what followed her sense of liberation was a mellow sadness.
“That’s enough!” Cameron’s face was twisted into a frown. “I’m warning you right now, Rachel—don’t push your luck. You know how ugly things can get if you continue to test my patience!”
“Oh yeah? What’s going to happen?” Rachel continued to smirk as she no longer cared about anything by now. “Are you just going to kick me out of the Stark Family without giving me anything? Ooh, I’m so scared… Are you going to lock me up in jail? Don’t you forget about the ‘mental illness’ Jenny had in the past. I only got involved in that because of your orders!”
Cameron’s expression changed into one of shock. “Rachel! I don’t know what nonsense you’re talking about. Nothing happened back then. You are the one who sounds like you’re losing your mind right now!”
“What’s this? Are you trying to label me as some crazy person as you did with Jenny? Are you going to throw me into an asylum and lock me in there forever?!” The muscle on Rachel’s face twitched as she seemed to recall something. “I’m not Jenny. I have a plan set up for myself. You’re going to spend the rest of your life in prison if you dare lay a finger on me!”
“What do you mean?!” He shot her a stern glare.
“Does the drug Thioridazine ring a bell?” She wore a cunning smile as she spoke.
An alarmed look flashed across his face the moment he heard what she said. “What are you trying to tell me?”
“Do you think an antipsychotic drug as powerful as Thioridazine should be administered so carelessly?” Rachel didn’t explicitly expose him for anything, but she knew that he understood what she meant when she saw the look on his face.
“Get out!” He pointed a shaky finger at the door of the lounge.
“Cameron…” Her voice turned gentle and warm all of a sudden as she turned to look at him. The act she put on right then only reminded Cameron of how great she was at acting. It even reminded him of the time she tried to harm Jenny…
Rachel curled her lips into a faint smirk when she saw how dazed he looked, but she quickly returned to her gentle tone. “How did we get to this point, Cameron? We could just go our own separate ways if you gave me the money I asked for. You won’t have to worry about your deeds being exposed…”
