When Love Breaks (Josephine)

Josephine was confused. What could be so fun about Zayn's account?

She immediately had a bad feeling, so she quickly searched for Zayn's account and clicked on it.

Just a minute ago, Zayn had posted a series of chat logs between an online trolling company and Shawn. The chat logs clearly showed the full name of the online trolling company, and Shawn's profile picture was a photo of himself.

The company: "Rest assured, we're professionals. To justify the price, we've used 300 thousand premium accounts that have high online activity. They'll completely control the public narrative."

Shawn: "How long will these accounts stay active?"noveldrama

The company: "1.8 million covers one week. After that, we'll stop. If you renew your contract before the cycle ends, we can offer a 10% discount."

Shawn: "Let's see how things go this week."

The company: "Aren't we just smearing Mrs. Forbes? You're still not satisfied with the results? Insulting her has practically become a viral trend across platforms, and her name is now synonymous with a gold digger. What more do you want?"

Shawn: "That's temporary. They could strike back at any time. The real skill is controlling the narrative when they retaliate."

There were 13 screenshots of conversations exposing their smear campaign against Josephine.

After reading through them, Josephine was both surprised and horrified.

She was surprised because Zayn had betrayed Joe and taken her side.

She was terrified because she had always assumed Shawn was acting under Nadine's orders, which was why he had repeatedly betrayed her. But she never expected the mastermind behind him to be Joe.

Josephine realized it was Joe who had instructed Shawn to secretly assist Nadine. But she couldn't understand why.

Joe had personally chosen her as his daughter-in-law and proposed marriage to her father. Why would he turn around and side with the mistress against her?

It wasn't just her-Zayn couldn't make sense of it either.

He had always known Joe would plant spies around him, but he never expected Joe to use Shawn. After all, Shawn had been his personal assistant for over two years.

Zayn stared at his phone as if he could burn a hole through the screen.

Meanwhile, Shawn, standing in front. of him, was trembling

uncontrollably. Finally, unable to bear the pressure any longer, he dropped to his knees with a loud thud. en

"Mr. Forbes, I'm sorry! I truly am! I never wanted to betray you, but your father threatened me. He used mother and sister against me! If

didn't do as he said, he would net

keep

sending people to harass them. I really had no choice..."

Zayn cut off his sob story and asked coldly, "How much did he pay you?"

Shawn was in tears. "It wasn't about the money, Mr. Forbes! How could I betray you for money? I was forced!"

Zayn repeated his question with a sharp tone. "How much?"

After a long silence, Shawn said hesitantly, "500 thousand." Zayn let out a cold chuckle.

Shawn's first year's salary had been a hundred thousand. Last year, it was 200 thousand. This year, after taxes, he was set to take home 300 thousand. That didn't even include the various bonuses, allowances, and benefits Zayn had given him over time.

Yet, he still betrayed Zayn for a mere 500 thousand.

Some people were simply insatiable.