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Rain felt the tension rising in the area, and she knew she had to put an end to this before it further spiraled

out of control.

Her lips twitched into a tight, controlled smile as she turned to Dina. “Why ask the receptionist about your so–called boyfriend when you can just ask him where he is right now yourself?”

“You bi-”

Dina pursed her lips as she quickly caught herself mid–curse. At that, Rain couldn’t help but shake her

head at how her sister’s face reddened as she tried to

compose herself.

“If there’s nothing more you need, then I’ll go back inside since I have a lot of work to do, Dina.” Rain wryly stated before turning around to leave. She was just about gone from the reception area when Dina suddenly barked, “Stay away from Paul from now on!”

“Just stick with your good–for–nothing husband and leave my boyfriend alone!” Dina demanded with

triumph in her voice, making her stop and turn her

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back to her again.

Rain’s face reddened with frustration. Dina was skilled at twisting the narrative, making it seem as if she was the one in the wrong. Her sister was painting her as the cheater, and the onlookers were eating it all up.

As always, Leah, ever the instigator, chimed in from the sidelines. “For all we know, Attorney Clayton could have been two–timing, right?” she scoffed. “I mean, just last Friday, she and Director Paul were together, eating lunch in the cafeteria. But now, it turns out she’s

married?”

Rain felt a surge of anger at the slander, but she kept her expression calm. She knew she needed to handle this situation with poise. Dina had started this, so she just had to finish it herself.

“How about you tell Paul to stay away from me instead?” Rain loudly declared for everyone to hear. “I broke up with him the moment I caught him cheating on me with you.” She then took a deep breath and continued, “Also, make sure he doesn’t harass me again like he did in the parking lot yesterday. He disgusts me, and there’s no way I’m letting a cheater like him back into my life. Next time, he’ll get worse

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from me than just a kick in the groin.”

Then turning to Leah in particular, she added, “I’m not two–timing anyone. If you have questions, feel free to ask me directly rather than jumping to conclusions based on gossip.”

“You lying bitch! Paul would never do that!” Dina spat, her true colors finally showing.

Rain smirked, her voice calm but cutting as she replied, “There are CCTVs all over the building. You can ask for the footage and watch it to your heart’s content before

Paul has them deleted. I also have a witness… and let’s not forget the dashcams on the cars parked near us. I’m sure they captured everything too.”

And with that, she turned around and walked directly back to her office, leaving Dina fuming. Rain hadn’t wanted things to escalate like this, but seeing the judgmental looks from those around her, she knew she had to protect her name somehow.

“I guess I have no choice but to submit my resignation soon,” she weakly uttered to herself.

The commotion from earlier would inevitably reach

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Paul, and it was only a matter of time before he

reacted to it. She just knew that there were only bad things to come from all of this.

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Left in her own anger, Dina stormed into Paul’s office, her fury palpable from the very air around her.

“I’m sorry, Miss, but you don’t have an appointment,” the receptionist on Paul’s floor informed her. “I can’t let you in.”

“Dammit, I’m Paul’s girlfriend!” she snapped back. “Tell

him it’s Dina!”

Eyes wide, the receptionist quickly made a call. After a brief conversation, she turned back to Dina. “I

apologize, Miss Dina. Please follow me to his office.”

Dina shot the receptionist a disdainful look. “Make sure you remember my face. I’ll be coming here often, and I don’t want anyone stopping me. If they do, I’ll have them all fired!” she warned before striding into

Paul’s office.

With her piece said, Dina confidently made her

presence known. Meanwhile, Paul’s face darkened as

soon as he saw her.

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“Dina, why are you here?” he asked, his voice tense.

Instead of replying, without a word, Dina marched up to him and kissed him fiercely. In response, Paul gently pushed her away, and Dina huffed in frustration at the said response.

“I went to see Rain because Dad asked me to,” she finally answered. “Did you know she’s married now?”

Paul’s eyes widened in shock. “What?!”

“Yes, Rain is married,” she confirmed, her voice tight with irritation. “My father wants her to bring her

husband home so he can meet him. And what’s with

your reaction? You promised me you’d take responsibility and marry me. We need to announce our engagement now that Rain and you are officially done.”

Paul remained silent, seemingly in thought, a response Dina took as a sign to further establish herself.

“Also, you should prepare yourself because Rain just announced to everyone a while ago about how you’re begging her to not dump you!” she chided. “She also told me to tell you not to harass her anymore. I’m sure that by now, the news is already spreading like wildfire

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in your building since she even mentioned how the CCTV footage and car dash cams captured everything, not to mention some kind of witness being present during that time as well.”

“Fuck!” Paul cursed in frustration.

Dina’s face darkened in response. “So it’s true… You’re still after her even after she broke up with you?”

“No!” he quickly defended himself while pulling Dina

int reassuring hug. “I’ll fix this, alright? We’ll stick to

the plan. We’ll have a formal engagement party, Dina. You’re the one I’ll be marrying, just like I promised.”

Dina’s expression softened ever so slightly, but she was still firm with her conviction. “I’ll be waiting for that then, Paul. But what about Rain? You can’t let her stay in your firm,” she stated. “You need to fire her immediately. I can’t stand the thought of people seeing you as a cheater. You need to protect your name and make it clear that I’m your official girlfriend and that Rain is the one trying to interfere.”

Paul stayed silent, clearly troubled about what to do. His father would never accept Rain because she was the illegitimate daughter of Tim Clayton from a

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prostitute. But despite this, he continued to pursue Rain, hoping that she would fall for him deeply enough to agree to become his mistress. This was despite already preparing to marry Dina, whom his family would surely approve of.

It was going so well… He had everything carefully planned until Rain caught him with Dina. And yet even after everything seemingly crumbled around him, Paul wasn’t ready to let Rain go that easily. She was his, and he intended to keep it that way.