Chapter 5
The next day, Gabriella went into the office.
The HR manager looked at her, hesitating. “Ms. Watson, are you sure you want to resign? The CEO doesn’t know yet. He didn’t pay attention when he signed. I can still-
“I’m sure. I’m resigning. His signature’s enough,” she said.
After finishing a quick handover, she started packing up her office.
Everywhere she looked were little gifts from Daniel, matching mugs, soft seat cushions, a pair of matching keyboards, even framed family photos…
Memories of happiness slowly turned to ash in her hands.
Suddenly, the HR manager ran in, panic written all over her face. “Ms. Watson, you need to check the company website. Something’s happened…”
Gabriella pulled it up and froze. At the top of the homepage, a scandalous headline screamed, “Cynthia Moreau’s Nude Photo Leak“.
The images were brutal. Cynthia, disheveled, was surrounded by strangers forcing her to drink, striking her, and pulling at her clothes.
A video played below, showing her being humiliated over and over.
“Who would post this?” Gabriella muttered to herself.
It was clearly a relic from Cynthia’s time abroad.
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There was no way she’d do this herself.
Gabriella was about to leave when Daniel appeared, carrying a sobbing Cynthia.
The first words out of his mouth were like a knife to her chest.
“Gabriella, this was you, wasn’t it?”
Gabriella felt her blood turn cold. Her voice came out strained. “Daniel, do you actually think I did this?”
His eyes cut into her like a blade, piercing her already aching heart.
“You just got to the office, and this happens. How am I supposed to believe you?”
He had someone bring up security footage–showing her going to talk to her assistant, Linda Davis.
Gabriella tried to explain. “I just gave Linda some instructions on the next steps for work.”
Then Linda walked in, head down. Facing Daniel, she said, “Ms. Watson asked me to post the photos and videos… said she wanted Cynthia to be humiliated, to make everyone despise her.”
Gabriella screamed, furious. “Linda! I never told you to do that!”
She couldn’t believe the person she trusted most at work had betrayed her.
Daniel snatched the family photo from her desk and smashed it to the floor, fury radiating off him.
“Gabriella! How dare you go after Thia like this! You know how I feel about her growing up abroad, how I hated that I wasn’t there to protect
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her. And now… you’ve destroyed her again!”
Cynthia collapsed in his arms, crying so hard she was almost fainting.
“Danny, I stayed clean! I didn’t let anyone touch me! And now… the whole world thinks I was violated. How am I supposed to live?”
“Why do you hate me so much, Gabriella? I’m barely surviving, and this… is this what you wanted?”
Gabriella stared at the obvious trap and let out a hollow, bitter laugh.
In Daniel’s eyes, her innocence meant nothing compared to Cynthia’s
tears.
At that moment, Jerome stormed in, furious. “You’re so cruel! Why would you post Thia’s photos? You’re a terrible woman! And you’ll pay for hurting her!”
Before Gabriella could react, Jerome grabbed a vase from the desk and smashed it into her head.
“Apologize to Thia!” he shouted.
Gabriella couldn’t dodge. The vase hit her square on the forehead, blood gushing down past her eyes.
“Ms. Watson!” the HR manager gasped, too shocked to move closer.
Daniel froze for a second too, but seeing innocent Cynthia in his arms, his face hardened again.
This was what Gabriella deserved. He couldn’t show mercy–she needed to learn her lesson.
“Apologize. A sincere apology to Thia,” Daniel said coldly.
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Dizzy and bleeding, Gabriella’s last sight before collapsing was Daniel’s smug satisfaction–and her son looking up at Cynthia, waiting for
praise for his righteous judgment.
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