Dumped My Cheating Ex. Now I'm Sleeping Next to a Billionaire CEO novel Chapter 1427

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Before Sylvia could answer, Abriella waved her hands frantically, desperate to explain herself. "Everything I just said was purely out of anger! Please do not misunderstand! It is just that I worked under him for so long, and I always considered him a friend. A good buddy. But he actually hid something as massive as a secret marriage from me! He kept me entirely in the dark, and I ran around making a fool of myself. That is why I lost my temper like that!"

Sweat was forming on Abriella's forehead as she gripped the bedsheets tightly. "So, please tell me the truth. Do you... still like him?"

Seeing her friend panicking to explain herself, a helpless glint flickered in Sylvia's eyes. She knew better than anyone exactly why Abriella had blown up. She also chose not to expose the flimsy excuses Abriella was desperately using to cover her tracks. Because Sylvia had known for a long time. The only reason Steve had been so violently determined to divorce her was because of Abriella. Abriella was the unattainable woman of his dreams, the one he had always pined for.

Sylvia offered a calm, gentle smile. "It is alright, Abriella. I do not blame you." She looked directly into her friend's eyes, her tone perfectly even. "I do not like him anymore. And he absolutely does not like me either."

Hearing that answer, a crushing wave of guilt washed over Abriella. When Steve had asked that final, agonizing question before leaving, she already had a terrible suspicion forming in her mind. The real reason he divorced Sylvia all those years ago might actually have been... because of her. If it were not for her, Steve never would have looked at her with such desperate accusation. Yet she lacked the courage to confess this to Sylvia. She was terrified that if she spoke the truth, they might not even be able to remain friends.

To mask her guilty conscience, Abriella dramatically patted her chest and began making grandiose promises. "Do not worry, Sylvia! Once you are fully recovered, I swear I will introduce you to someone a million times better! That bastard Steve can roll right back to wherever he came from. He can forget about ever pursuing my best friend again!"

Later that afternoon, the moment Abriella walked out of the hospital, she had immediately called Krystina, fully intending to gossip about this mind blowing revelation. To her utter horror, Krystina already knew that Steve and Sylvia used to be married. Abriella had practically suffered a mental breakdown on the spot. Refusing to give up, she assumed that even if Krystina knew, Emmy definitely did not. So she had dialed Emmy's number, only to find out that Emmy had known for ages too!

After all this time, the entire world knew about this secret. She, Abriella, was the only certified idiot still stumbling around in the dark! Now, having aggressively recounted the entire morning's hospital drama over the phone, Abriella was still struggling to let it go. On the other end of the line, Emmy listened quietly to the whole story.