My Boyfriend Hated My Best Friend Until I Came Home Chapter 05

My Boyfriend Hated My Best Friend Until I Came Home Chapter 05

The large screen went completely dark.

The guests whispered among themselves, and Finnick’s face changed drastically. Lilla subconsciously clenched the sleeve

of his shirt even tighter,

The next second, a photo popped up on the screen. It was a post Lilla had shared on her social media and deleted seconds after, from when I was away in Averland. Finnick was wrapping his arms around her from behind, the two of them standing on the balcony of my home. Behind them were the rose bushes I had planted with my own hands.

The entire venue burst into an uproar.

Finnick jerked his head up, “Turn it off! Who allowed you to play this?”

But right after, the second and third photos appeared one after another. They were hugging in my living room, cooking in my kitchen, smiling at each other in my bedroom. All of these were taken when I was still in Averland, before Finnick

and I had broken up.

Finnick finally lost his composure, striding toward me, “Seraphina, are you insane?”

I stood rooted to the spot, staring at him without moving. “Originally, out of respect for our past relationship. I was

willing to accept that you two betrayed me, and just cut all ties clean. But instead of feeling ashamed of what you did,

you targeted me at work. So I had to let everyone see what kind of person the high and mighty Mr. Hale really is. Do you

even deserve to be my business partner?”

“Three months ago, you offered to take care of my best friend while I was away, and you took care of her right into your

bed.”

“Now you’re holding your wedding trampling all over my feelings, and you still expect my blessing?”

I turned to look at Lilia, whose perfectly done makeup could not hide her deathly pale face. “Lilia, you asked me if I could forgive you one last time.”

“My answer is…”

“No.”

The guests who knew me started murmuring among themselves. Some pulled out their phones to record, while others wore looks of disgust.

Finnick’s mother was the first to lose her composure, rushing over and yanking at his arm, “Finnick, what is the meaning of this? Didn’t you say you and Seraphina broke up amicably?”

Lilia’s parents were livid, and Eleanor’s eyes were red with tears, “Lilia, you… how could you do such a thing? All these years, Seraphina has treated you, treated our family so well…”

Lilla’s lips trembled, and large tears rolled down her face, “Mom, I… it’s not like that…”

But she could not come up with any words to defend herself. Because every single one of these things was something shie

had actually done.

I looked calmly at the two people who had once been the most important in my life.

‘Our past relationship ends here.”

“Happy wedding.”

The harsh sunlight stung my eyes, making them burn, but my heart was calmer than it had ever been. From that day forward, I would never shed another tear for either of them.

Over the next week, the incident blew up faster than I had expected. Finnick’s company’s stock price plummeted immediately. Two partnership deals under negotiation fell through, and the board of directors held an emergency overnight meeting demanding he give an explanation.

Betrayal of trust is the biggest taboo in the business world, let alone the unsavory act of stealing his fiancee’s best friend. The partners who had once fraternized with him as close peers started avoiding him, and several long–term suppliers terminated their contracts under various pretexts. The reputation Finnick had always been so proud of hit rock bottom overnight.

Lilia had it even worse. Half of her socialite friends had been introduced to her by me. Now no one wanted to associate with her, and some even made snide remarks on their social media mocking her for knowingly being a homewrecker. The Sweet Haven Bakery Finnick had opened for her also landed on boycott lists, and its sales tanked drastically.

She sent me countless messages, starting with apologies, then begging, and finally descending into hysterics. She said I had no regard for old times, that I was cold and heartless, that I had forgotten how kind she had been to me back in the day.

I stared at those messages, and finally sent a reply.

[Lilia, I have more than repaid all the kindness you ever showed me. From now on, we are even.]

Then I blocked all her contact information.

A month later, I handed over company affairs to a reliable deputy, and left for Averland with a new project. As the plane flew over the Aurelian Ocean, I glanced down at the clouds outside the window. All those painful memories would stay right here. When I returned, I would be an entirely new person.