Chapter 80 Chapter 40 (ii)

Chapter 80 Chapter 40 (ii)
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But it was done and when he did find out about his wife’s past, that would be the kind of betrayal that could break him. And I was only thinking this now. But who could have told him? Noone had tried hard enough. Not the other boys that he called his friends.
Not even Jigo.
And I had this suspicion why.
But it was all done now. He was married to Sarah. It was out of her hands before it started. “It’s done now,” I was telling her now. “We’re done as friends. Don’t worry, Carl won’t hear this from me. Not before, not now, nor in the future. I don’t care.”
“You just can’t accept that Jigo fell for me first or that I’m married to Carl now.”
I glanced at my husband again. “No, he didn’t fall for you. But you wouldn’t want me to confront him and ask, right? Because if he tells the truth, he’ll say why.” I looked back at her. “And he care that Carl knows.” Even if the information was kind of late now. “The question is… what will happen to you after that?”
If she flushed in anger at my first jab, she paled at this one.
Meanwhile, I realized something new about my husband. Oh, I have already known how lucky I was to have him. But now, I knew that we’re really meant for each other. Sarah tried to seduce both the man who wanted me and the man I wanted.
Jigo—rejected her.
Carl—fell for her tricks.
I had thought in the recent past that I should thank Carl because if he hadn’t chosen Sarah, I wouldn’t have fallen into Jigo’s arms. But I was wrong. It had been Jigo all along.
He was the one who’d fought for me even before I was aware of his feelings. He was there for me even before I saw him for what he was. He fought for me in whatever way he could and he hadn’t stopped until he got me. It was never Carl, even though he was with me for almost half my life.
“Stay away from me, you snake,” I told the woman who remained staring at the new me in dismay. She could see now that I had changed. I was no longer the caring friend she had hurt before. I wasn’t the crybaby during her wedding to Carl. And more importantly, I knew I had changed. I truly didn’t care anymore.
All I cared about right now is that she’s blocking me from our husbands who are about to come into a fist fight because of drama I suspected was orchestrated by her again. Oh, I didn’t care if what I suspected was true. I just wanted her out of our lives. I just wanted to make my marriage to Jigo work.
Sarah breathe heavily—delayed reaction. Poor performance. “What did you say?” she yelled suddenly, almost in tears, glancing at Carl, hoping he’d hear. But he didn’t even look at her because he was still focused on arguing with Jigo.
I shook my head. How sad. “Don’t be so sure about Carl. When he finds out about your past and your lies—”
“No, you’re lying! It’s not my fault if they gave me money or jewelry. It’s not my fault if they spent it on me. It was natural because I was dating them!”
“Funny how, with all the guys you dated back then, none of them admitted to courting you. You milked them for money—wait, no. Shut up.” I had my palm up, stopping her lies. I needed to say this once and for all and I didn’t want her to manipulate me or anyone here any longer. “When you were ‘dating’ them, like you say, they had girlfriends. And to think I didn’t believe what they said about you. I thought those girls were just jealous because their boyfriends played around so they were saying all sorts of bad things about you. I know now how ignorant I used to be about you. Now, how will your protests hold up to Carl’s family if this reaches them? Carl’s grandparents have the money and influence to get a speedy annulment.”
“What… are you threatening me?!” she hissed now.
I snorted. “Those guys you slept with for money? Some of them ran in his circle. He’s bound to hear stories.”
“No…”
I watched as her color changed to gray. “It’s really scary when you’re guilty, right? Especially since you’re a lawyer, you know the law, and you stand to lose whatever little you have because of your secret.”
She gasped again and paled even more that I worried she might actually faint. I shook my head and tried to walk past her again since she was too stunned now to stop me.
Jigo and Carl were now yelling at each other by the Koi pond, and I ran towards them.