Clearly startled, he let go of me and asked awkwardly, “Are you okay?”
I was slightly amused. My cheek had turned red from Vernon’s slap. Peggy even scalded my wrist on purpose.
Vernon’s feigned look of concern made me want to throw up. I shook his hand off before tossing the things that had fallen onto the floor into the rubbish bin.
Vernon seemed like he was about to say more but decided to walk away. All he said was, “You were too rash today.”
After picking up all my scattered belongings on the floor, I headed for the office’s surveillance room. I wasn’t about to let Vernon and Peggy slander me for nothing.
However, I came to a standoff with the employee in the surveillance room.
I mentioned that I wanted to check the surveillance footage from the morning in the office. However, the employee stopped me and said I had no right to check the footage.
I realized that my employee account had been blacklisted and deleted. Clearly, Vernon was behind this. He was already determined to take Peggy’s side and was certain that I had stolen her necklace.
I smiled bitterly. I never knew that the stoic Vernon could be blinded by love.
Very quickly, I remembered that this tech company belonged to the Walkers. I decided to hurry home and meet Dylan.
I returned to the apartment where I had lived for the past six years and moved all my belongings out of the place.
At the same time, I wiped out all traces of my relationship with Vernon. It was like I had just taken out the trash in my life.
At night, another delivery man dropped off a premium burn ointment. All I did was toss it onto the table.
Before leaving, I gave this empty apartment one last glance.
The next day, I booked a flight ticket to Paloria. I also handed over all my unfinished work and gave some instructions to the ex-colleague who had taken over my place.
On the third day, I wheeled my luggage into the airport. Before boarding the plane, I sent a breakup message to Vernon’s alternate account.
