Part 3He Proposed After I Married His Dad

“Stella? How could you be the company’s Vice President?”

Taking advantage of Julian’s distraction, I snatched back my diamond ring and casually replied,

“I’m Arthur Vance’s wife. What’s so strange about me being in this position?”

“Wife?”

Julian laughed loudly.

“You think you can pretend with a fake ring? I’ve seen my dad’s ring since I was a kid; it’s not this style at all!”

Willow also pursed her lips and chuckled.

“Stella, even if you want to find a rich man, at least come up with a more believable excuse!”

Mr. Davis’s face darkened, about to speak, but Julian pushed him aside and roughly dragged me into the conference room.

“I want to hear what other lies you can come up with!”

Julian then connected his phone to the projector. The next second, my broken voice played from the speakers.

On the screen, there were close-up shots of Julian’s faked video, depicting us in a physical embrace.

In the video, Julian’s face was blurred, but mine was crystal clear.

Julian’s eyes were full of mockery.

“You used to pretend to be pure, saying you’d only give yourself to me after marriage. Now, to scam money, you even dare to invent a lie like ‘marrying my dad’?”

“If I post this video, won’t everyone think you’re a ruthless woman who’ll do anything to climb the ladder?”

I averted my eyes from the disgusting images, clenching my fists.

“Julian, my marriage certificate with your dad, Arthur, is at home.”

“Marriage certificate?”

“I’ll call my dad right now and see if he recognizes his ‘wife’!”

Julian grew even more confident, picking up his phone to dial.

I stopped him, not wanting such a scene, but Julian thought I was scared.

“It’s simple if you don’t want me to call.”

“I’m sentimental. How about you just become my woman today? It’s much better than you putting on this farce.”

I forcefully pushed him away, my voice cold with rage.

“Let go of me! Julian, you’ll regret this!”

Julian sneered, pushing his body even closer.

“Regret? I only regret not seeing how much of an actress you were back then!”

I was about to retort when the conference room door suddenly burst open. Willow rushed in with a group of people, her face pale.

“Something bad happened! Mr. Vance... Mr. Vance fainted in his office!”

“Fainted?”

Julian’s eyes lit up. He pushed me away and loudly slandered,

“Stella! You came to the company to cause trouble and actually angered my dad into fainting!”

Willow, seeing her chance, triumphantly flashed her phone. The screen showed a clip of Arthur clutching his chest and collapsing after a “dispute” with me.

“Everyone, look!”

Then, she held her phone up high, shouting in a shrill voice,

“Stella forced Mr. Vance to give her a title! She knew Mr. Vance had a bad heart, but she deliberately left him alone! Now he’s fainted; she’s a murderer!”

A tide of whispers surged, and even Mr. Davis looked at me with a frown, his gaze wavering.

“That tramp is too vicious!”

“She’d even harm someone for money? She has no shame!”

Looking at the two twisting the truth before me, I suddenly calmed down.

Julian never believed I married his dad and was just taking this opportunity to force me to surrender.

But I was worried about Arthur’s safety and wanted to leave, only for Julian to seize the chance, grabbing my collar and dragging me into the office.

“Stella, I’m sentimental. If you’re willing to be my mistress, I can drop the matter about my father... Anyway, your ‘Arthur’s wife’ lie can’t be sustained any longer.”

*Slap!* A crisp sound echoed loudly.

Julian clutched his face, his eyes full of malice, and forcefully pinned me against the wall.

“You dared to hit me? Still stubbornly claiming you married my dad? I’m telling you, even if my dad dies, he’d never acknowledge a woman like you!”

*Rip!* Julian tore open my top.

The next second, a soft, tearful voice rang out.

The back door of the office was pushed open by a small body.

Three-year-old Leo clung to my clothes, his small face streaked with tears, reaching out to pry Julian’s hand away:

“Bad man! Let go of my Mommy!”

It was Leo! I had just dropped him off at school this morning; how did he get here?