WTF! My Fiancé's Mistress Turned My Prize Horse into My Little Pony Right Before Kentucky Derby?！ - Chapter 86: Chapter 86

Turns out Jessica was even more shameless than I imagined.
Two days later, I was out at dinner with some coworkers when a video of my mom went viral online.
Everyone at the table froze, mid-bite, staring at me in shock.
In the video, my mom looked completely disheveled, straddling an old woman in black and slapping her like crazy.
The footage was violent. Creepy, even.
The influencer who posted it even tagged me by name, calling out that the woman in the video was the mother of Melanie, rising star of the viral marketing world.
Once upon a time, she was the glamorous wife of Dawson Corporation's CEO.
Now? A "psycho who assaults the elderly."
But none of those people slinging insults knew the truth.
That "elderly woman" was the mother of our old housekeeper.
After my dad died and Dawson Corp went bankrupt, that housekeeper and her mom flipped on us like snakes—drugged me and tried to force me to marry their brain-dead son.
My mom nearly lost her mind. So yeah, slapping that woman was mercy.
I pulled out every piece of evidence I had saved from back then and posted it all online, step by step, exposing the truth.
Just as things were heating up, Ryan called.
He told me he'd already hired the best legal team from his company for me.
"Melanie, everyone who's ever hurt you... is going to pay."
I actually laughed.
"Ryan, do you really not know who leaked that video?"
Silence.
"One more time, slowly—you were the only one I ever told about that incident. You had the only backup."
"My team already traced it. It was Jessica who posted it."
"You expect me to believe you knew nothing?"
"Or did you want to watch me panic and fall apart, so you could swoop in like some kind of white knight?"
His voice cracked.
"No! I just wanted you to need me again! Melanie, I want us back together."
Please.
After all these years, I know exactly how Ryan thinks.
"You wanted me to come crawling to you, Ryan. That's what gets you off."
The moment he let Jessica post that video, he became the enemy.
And I don't let people hurt my mother and walk away.
I slapped Jessica with a lawsuit for releasing private footage without consent.
She probably didn't expect Ryan to stop defending her.
Love's a funny thing.
Once the rose-colored glasses come off and you see someone for who they really are, it's over.
But I wasn't done.
While the scandal was still hot, I leaked more dirt on Jessica.
How she paid that couple to harass me and ruin my reputation.
How she bullied a backup dancer so badly, the poor girl was left permanently injured.
Back when Ryan was obsessed with her, he covered up all her dirt and turned her into this fake shiny pop star.
Time to wipe the floor with her lies.
I paid to boost all the trending tags, and slowly, Jessica's precious little career started to crumble.
With no more Ryan to hide behind, she finally got what she deserved.
Lesson learned: relying on others is a losing game.
Power comes from being strong enough to stand alone.
After everything wrapped up, Lauren told me her sister had connected us with a specialist overseas who might be able to help my mom.
I didn't hesitate—I wrapped up everything at work and flew my mom out of the country.
The day we left, Lauren told me Ryan had gotten into a car wreck on his way to the airport.
I asked casually, "He's not dead, is he?"
"No, but the windshield shattered and the gas tank caught fire."
"His left cheek got ripped up pretty bad—probably gonna need a skin graft."
I squeezed my mom's hand, looked out the window at the clear blue sky, and said, "Good to know."
By the time we landed, it was 8 p.m. local time.
I turned my phone on, and a message popped up from an unknown number:
"The crash… it hurt so bad. Is that why you won't look at me anymore?"
I deleted it without blinking.
Took my mom's hand and walked forward, into a sky full of stars.
Everything that came before? Just a ridiculous nightmare I've finally woken up from.