The Best Revenge It Wasn't Even Your Child novel Chapter 48

Belinda marched out, her face flushed with anger, dragging Adelina behind her. Adelina’s eyes were red from crying. When they reached Catherine’s desk, Belinda stopped and glared, her eyes sharp and accusing.

“This is all your doing!”

Catherine felt the blame hit her like a slap. Her own face turned pale, but she kept her composure, holding out the termination contract to Belinda.

“There were some issues, but the papers are already sign—”

Before Catherine could finish, Belinda snatched the contract from her hand and tore it clean in two.

“Stop pretending. If you’re staying around Lance, you’d better learn your place.”

With that, she yanked Adelina along and stormed off. Adelina looked like a victim, but the bitterness in her gaze was impossible to miss as she shot a look at Catherine.

Catherine stared at the shredded contract, her heart sinking. What exactly had Lance said to Belinda? Whatever it was, it made Belinda grudgingly agree to let Catherine stay near Lance, even though she clearly didn’t want to.

The phone on her desk rang. Lance’s voice came through, cool and clear.

“Come in.”

Catherine hesitated for a second, then headed to his office and quietly closed the door behind her.

“Push the meeting back by half an hour.”

Lance took off his gold-rimmed glasses and set them aside. He leaned back, fingers interlaced on the edge of his desk, eyes fixed on Catherine.

“Lance,” Catherine began, standing straight in front of him. “About my resignation, maybe you should think it over. There’s no need to damage your relationship with Belinda and Adelina because of me.”

Lance’s expression was impossible to read, as if nothing had happened just minutes ago. Still, there was a subtle tension in his voice.

“So you think you can just walk out after signing your name?”

Catherine walked back to her desk, her mind spinning. What was the point of giving her three days? She had no way out.

That morning, word came down that Shirley had been fired. News about Catherine’s resignation spread across the office in no time, and rumors flew. Most people figured Adelina couldn’t stand Catherine, but Lance had stepped in to protect her.

Then, later in the afternoon, headlines broke that Lance and Adelina’s engagement, which was supposed to happen in ten days, had suddenly been called off. Someone inside the company said Belinda had booked a spot at Ethereal Haven, only to cancel it after just one night.

People inside the company put two and two together. They decided Lance and Adelina must have split up because of Catherine.

Catherine felt like she was standing on hot coals, anxiety eating her up, but powerless to do anything about it.

When Lorinda saw the news, she didn’t even wait until evening to call. Catherine answered in the stairwell, cradling her phone.

“Even if we put all our money together, we wouldn’t have two million. And if we did, how would we take care of the baby afterward?”

Lorinda was fuming about the penalty fee. She muttered, “He already has Adelina. Why does he insist on keeping you around?”