My Husband Wants to Ruin Me? Fine—I’ll Just Team Up with His Mistress’s Ex! Chapter 06

My Husband Wants to Ruin Me? Fine—I’ll Just Team Up with His Mistress’s Ex! Chapter 06

At 2:30 PM the next day, Lstood outside Sutton’s corporate headquarters.

My phone had been buzzing nonstop in my pocket.

ll texts from Sean.

Susan, pick up your damn phone.]

I’m outside our old apartment.]

Vivian took all the cash and cleared out last night. She took our son too. I have nothing left…]

hen, a final text popped up.

Susan, babe, I messed up. I know I did. Can we please just start over?]

flipped my phone to silent.

utton’s assistant was already waiting for me at the glass double doors.

Right this way, Susan. Mr. Sutton is expecting you in the boardroom.”

he clock struck three.

he boardroom door swung open, and Sean walked in holding a stack of folders.

he moment his eyes landed on me, his face went completely white.

You-”

utton tapped his pen on the mahogany table.

Sean, meet my new partner, Susan.”

Good afternoon, Sean.”

forced my heart to stop racing.

opened my laptop, perfectly poised and professional.

I’ll be taking the minutes for today’s meeting.”

ean stood there frozen, his mouth opening and closing like a fish out of water.

utton took his seat at the head of the table.

Let’s get down to business, Sean. Did you bring the proposal?”

ean nodded mechanically, but his eyes kept darting back to me.

Toor is yours, Sean. Go ahead.”

is hands were shaking so badly he dropped his folders twice.

is presentation was a chaotic, rambling mess.

kept my head down, typing smoothly, but out of the corner of my eye, I could see sweat pouring down his forehead.

Then he finally stopped talking, Sutton let out a long, heavy silence.

‘ve reviewed your proposal. I have a few notes.”

ean nodded frantically. “Of course, whatever you need.”

First,” Sutton said, leaning back.

Your company is currently three million dollars in the red. How exactly do you plan to fund this partnership?”

ean’s face drained of what little color it had left.

Second,” Sutton tapped a printout of Vivian’s bank statement.

A massive chunk of cash was wired to a woman named Vivian last week. From what I gather, you’re currently going through a

ivorce.”

ean’s lips trembled. He couldn’t speak.

I’m giving you two options,” Sutton said coldly. “Option one: clear that three-million-dollar deficit immediately, and we proceed. ption two: we walk away.”

he boardroom went dead quiet. You could hear a pin drop.

ean looked at me, desperate.

kept my eyes on my screen, ignoring him completely.

I… I’ll take option one,” he choked out.

Excellent. My assistant will schedule our next session.”

ean stood up, his knees visibly buckling.

Have a good day, Sean,” I said smoothly.

The moment the door clicked shut behind him, I leaned back against my chair and let out a long breath

You played your part well,” Sutton said.

Will he take the bait?”

Oh, absolutely,” Sutton walked over to the floor-to-ceiling windows. “Men like him will do anything to survive when they’re

He looked out at the city skyline and let out a dry chuckle.

But there’s one thing I didn’t tell him.”

My muscles tensed. “What?”

Vivian called me this morning.”

stared at him, stunned.

She wants to return every single dollar she stole from me,” Sutton turned around, a wicked grint in his eye. “She wants to get back

ogether.”

And you said yes?”

I did. But I made her pay a little entrance fee first.”

You trust her?”

Of course not. But a dog-eat-dog show is always worth watching.”

by noon the next day, Vivian’s name flashed on my screen.

picked up.

Susan? Wow. I didn’t think you had it in you to hook up with Sutton,” she sneered.

said nothing.

You actually think he wants you?” she laughed coldly.

He’s just using you to get under my skin. Once he’s done with you, he’ll toss you into the gutter like the trash you are.”

uddenly, another call cut in. It was Sutton.

Get to the office. Now.”

When I walked into his suite, he was just wrapping up a phone call.

He hung up and looked at me, his face unreadable.

Sean’s company was just raided by the feds. It’s over.”

froze. “What?”

Vivian leaked everything. That was her entrance fee.”

He slid a document across the desk.

She pinned all of her own fraud and embezzlement entirely on Sean.”

looked down at the official police report Vivian’s signature was inked at the bottom.

She’s cutting her losses and sacrificing him to save herself,” I whispered.

light then, my phone rang again. It was Sean.

Susan…” his voice was a broken, raspy sob. “Please, save me… that bitch Vivian set me up! The police are coming for me-”

listened to him cry. I listened to him beg.

listened to him scream curses at the woman he had abandoned me for.

Only when he finally ran out of breath did I speak.

Sean, do you remember what you told me outside that mansion?”

The line went dead quiet.

You said I’d never survive without you.”

let out a soft, cold laugh.

Look at us now.”

he line went dead quiet for à long, agonizing moment.

Susan… I messed up… I really did,” his voice cracked. “Please, just think about our seven years together…”

Seven years?” I cut him off, my voice ice-cold. “Did you ever actually give me a single second of real affection?”

He fell silent.

Sean,” I said, enunciating every single word. “Get this through your head. I didn’t lose you. I threw you out.”

hung up. A wave of pure relief washed over me.

utton walked over and handed me a fresh cup of coffee.

What’s your next move?”

Find a job. Get my life back.”

le smiled. “Work for me.”

looked up.

You have brains, and you have grit,” Sutton said. “I need people like you.”

111 think about it.”

When I walked out of the corporate building, my phone buzzed.

text from an unknown number.

Are you Susan? I’m Sean’s defense attorney. He wanted me to tell you that if you help him out, he’ll find a way to return your three

illion dollars.]

stood on the sidewalk, watching the chaotic city traffic pass by.

Three million to buy my freedom from him after seven years?” I murmured.

Best money I ever spent.”

was about to reply when a breaking news notification flashed across my screen:

BREAKING: Major Corporate Money Laundering Investigation Escalates.

ead Suspect ‘Sean’ Rushed to Hospital from Detention Center Due to Sudden Medical Emergency; Released on Medical Parole.]