Five Years Wasted Now They Beg Her Back novel Chapter 30

She managed a weak smile and said with all her might, “I’m sorry... for spoiling everyone’s fun... Thank you... thank you all...”

She spoke in short, broken phrases, her voice barely a whisper.

On the other end of the screen, a young intern couldn’t hold back his tears and started crying on the spot.

After hanging up, a single tear slid down Grace’s cheek.

This time, it was a tear of relief, of exhaustion, and... of rebirth.

The thread that had kept her going for so long could finally, truly, go slack.

She closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep once more.

***

Lilian was on the verge of a complete breakdown.

Just moments before, she had been finalizing her wedding dress design with the stylist, eagerly anticipating the wedding of the century next month.

She was going to appear before everyone with a dual identity: Mrs. Ward and a brilliant, genius researcher, basking in endless glory.

But this paper, like a massive bomb, had shattered all her beautiful fantasies to pieces.

Her phone was blowing up.

There were calls from business partners questioning the authenticity of her technology, calls from the media demanding interviews, and messages from former classmates and colleagues, all sending sarcastic “greetings.”

What terrified her most was that the papers previously published under her name were now being dug up and scrutinized.

Countless eyes were now fixed on her past.

If anyone discovered that the integrity and authenticity of that work were questionable, she would be utterly finished!

The “talented woman” persona she had painstakingly built for so many years would completely collapse!

“Aargh!”

Lilian hysterically swept everything off the table, her perfectly made-up face contorting with jealousy and rage.

“Grace! Grace! Why don’t you just die!”

With a trembling hand, she dialed Ethan’s number, her voice instantly thick with sobs.

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