I came home from a business trip and found a needle in my pajamas.

I filed for divorce directly with Victoria Lancaster.

Victoria yelled at me in shock and anger: "Alexander Sterling, are you crazy?"

"You're going to divorce me just because there's a needle in your pajamas?"

Her assistant, Chase Delaney, pretended to be panicked and aggrieved and said to me, "Mr. Sterling, Ms. Lancaster asked me to take your pajamas to Laundry Express a few days ago. They must have accidentally put this needle in your pajamas."

"This is all my fault. Please don't get into a conflict with Ms. Lancaster over such a small matter!"

I ignored Chase and insisted on getting a divorce.

Victoria laughed in anger and said, "Since you are so determined to get a divorce, I will grant your wish."

"However, you have to forfeit all marital assets. After all, you are our Lancaster family's son-in-law. Even if we divorce, you can't take a penny with you."

"I want to see who will want you after you leave me!"

I signed the divorce agreement and walked out of the house without looking back.

After leaving the Lancaster family, I made a phone call and asked, "Have you sorted out the overseas inheritance left to me by my Great-Uncle Howard?"

A respectful voice came from the other end of the line: "We've made a preliminary estimate. Mr. Lancaster's legacy is so vast that it will take about a month to sort it out."

"Alexander, if you dare to walk out of this house today, you will never come back!"

Victoria behind me shouted at me angrily.

Chase even said to me hypocritically, "Mr. Sterling, you must not divorce Ms. Lancaster out of spite over such a small matter!"

"It's all my fault. If I hadn't been so careless, things wouldn't have turned out like this."

When saying this, Chase pretended to look aggrieved and pitiful.

Victoria said softly to Chase, "This isn't your fault. You didn't put the needle in his pajamas on purpose. He was just being petty and wrongly blaming you."

Then, Victoria snapped at me impatiently, "It was Laundry Express's fault. Why are you losing your temper and blaming it on Chase?"

"Alexander, could you please not be so petty?"

"I'll give you one last chance. As long as you take back what you said and apologize to me and Chase, I'll forgive you!"

Without looking back, I said calmly, "Victoria, if you have time, go to the hospital for a check-up!"

"For the sake of our marriage, let me remind you that Chase is not clean."

As soon as I said this, Chase's face changed.

There was a flash of shock and anger in his eyes when he looked at me, as if I had exposed his scar.

He pretended to be sad and angry and said to me, "Mr. Sterling, I know you have always disliked me."

"Ever since I joined the company, you've been targeting me in every way, and I've put up with it all."

"But you can't slander me like that!"

"Forget it. I know you used this excuse to file for divorce from Ms. Lancaster today just to threaten her and get her to fire me!"

"Although I'm just a nobody in your eyes, I still have dignity. You don't have to force Ms. Lancaster to fire me. I'll just resign on my own initiative, okay?"

I have to say, Chase's acting talent is really good.

At this moment, he fully portrayed the grievance and grief of a small person who was oppressed.

Victoria looked at Chase with a distressed expression, and then said to me angrily, "Alexander, how can you be so vicious?"

"You're slandering Chase like this. If this gets out, do you know how much of an impact it will have on Chase?"

"I order you to apologize to Chase now, or else..."

Before she could finish her words, I walked out of the Lancaster family's door, leaving behind a sentence: "That's all I have to say, believe it or not!"

"Chase is not as simple as you think!"

After leaving the Lancaster family, I made a phone call.

After the call was connected, a respectful voice came from the other end: "Master!"

I hummed and asked, "Have you sorted out the inheritance Howard left me abroad?"

The person on the other end of the phone responded respectfully, "The legacy left by Mr. Lancaster is so enormous that it will probably take another month to fully sort it out!"

After giving a few instructions, I hung up the phone.

I breathed a sigh of relief, feeling mixed emotions.

I grew up in an orphanage. I had no relatives to rely on since I was a child and I had to rely on myself for everything.

A few years ago, Victoria's father was impressed by my fighting spirit and introduced Victoria to me.

Victoria initially looked down on me because I was an orphan and thought I was not worthy of her.

In order to gain her recognition, I worked hard and created huge profits for the Lancaster family's company.

In just a few years, the market value of the Lancaster family's company has skyrocketed, and a large part of the credit goes to me, the gold medal salesperson.

Mr. Lancaster passed away due to illness last year. Before his death, he made me the vice president of Lancaster Group to assist Victoria in running the company. He also held a wedding for Victoria and me.

Although Victoria was still a little reluctant, she finally nodded and agreed to Mr. Lancaster's dying wish.

I had imagined that I would live up to Mr. Lancaster's trust in me and help Victoria carry forward the Lancaster family.

As a result, after marriage, Victoria was unwilling to sleep in the same room with me, and she also recruited Chase into the company as her assistant.

This Chase is Victoria's college classmate. I heard that they were together in college, but Mr. Lancaster didn't agree with them being together.

Less than a month after Mr. Lancaster's death, Victoria brought Chase into the company.

I once argued with Victoria about this matter, and Victoria's attitude was very tough. She said to me impatiently: "Alexander, are you teaching me how to do things?"

"Remember this, you're just a son-in-law of our Lancaster family. If my father hadn't brought you into our Lancaster Group, you might just be a factory worker screwing screws!"

"There's nothing innocent between Chase and me. It's not as dirty as you think. Can you please stop being so petty?"

Ever since Chase joined Lancaster Group, the relationship between Victoria and I has deteriorated dramatically.

Not only did Victoria often stay out all night, she also scolded me in public because of Chase.

In Lancaster Group, my status as the vice president is not even as high as Chase's as the assistant.

Half a month ago, when I was on a business trip, Howard's housekeeper found me and said that Howard had left a huge inheritance for me to inherit.

At first, I thought the housekeeper was a liar and ignored him.

Later, he produced various evidences, and I followed him to Sterling Manor half-believingly.

Over at Sterling Manor, I saw portraits of my parents, and I do look a bit like them.

The most important thing is that the Sterling silver pocket watch I have worn around my neck since I was a child is a family heirloom of the Sterling family, and this has been verified.

Howard has no children, so I am his only heir.

The legacy he left behind abroad is enough to make me one of the richest people in the world.

I was so excited that I wanted to tell Victoria the good news right away.

At that time, I thought that as long as I took over Howard's inheritance, Victoria would be able to easily become a rich wife and no longer have to worry about the affairs of the Lancaster Group.

As a result, as soon as I called Victoria, before I even mentioned Howard's inheritance, Victoria impatiently yelled at me, blaming me for disturbing her rest.

At the same time, I heard Chase's smug laughter coming from the other end of the phone.

Then Victoria hung up the phone.

My joy and excitement completely vanished at that moment.

The relationship between Victoria and I completely collapsed at that time.

After Mr. Thornton learned about this, he asked someone to investigate Chase. He originally wanted to help me teach Chase a lesson.

As a result, it was discovered that Chase had a major problem.

If Victoria continues to be with Chase, she will be doomed.

But even if I reminded Victoria, it was useless.

Instead, she thought I was slandering Chase!

Forget it, good words cannot persuade a damned ghost, and great compassion cannot save others who have committed suicide.

Victoria and I have signed the divorce agreement, and from now on her affairs have nothing to do with me.

Just as I was reminiscing about the past, my cell phone suddenly rang. It was Mr. Thornton calling.

After the call was connected, Mr. Thornton said in a somewhat strange tone, "Young Master, the Lancaster Group has issued an announcement. The slander against you has become a hot topic. It seems that they want to completely destroy your reputation."

"Do you want me to take action to wipe out all the negative influences on the Internet?"

After hearing what Mr. Thornton said, I checked the online trending search list in confusion and found that the top three were posts that slandered me.

The content of the post was all slandering me for having a life of drinking and whoring outside, and for having contracted STDs, etc.

The announcement from Lancaster Group was also rather vague. While firing me, they also mentioned that Victoria and I had signed a divorce agreement.

As a result, many netizens started discussing it heatedly.

"I never realized that Alexander was such a scumbag!"

"I always thought he was a good man who doted on his wife, but I didn't expect it was all a facade."

"Lancaster Group has issued a notice, revoking Alexander's position as vice president. Victoria has also signed a divorce agreement with Alexander, and Alexander forfeited all marital assets. This proves that those posts are not slandering Alexander. Alexander not only had an affair but also contracted an STD. This is proven."

"Sisters, you must keep your eyes open and stay away from this kind of dog man!"

Public opinion on the Internet spreads very quickly, and there must be someone behind the scenes fanning the flames.

Just like Mr. Thornton said, Victoria is going to completely ruin my reputation!

I told Mr. Thornton, "Don't worry about what's happening online. Victoria and Chase want to destroy my reputation, so let them do it!"

"I'll settle this account with them in a month, after Victoria and I get our divorce certificate."

For the next period of time, I lived in the Sterling family's villa and ignored the disturbances in the outside world.

On the day that Victoria and I agreed to get the divorce certificate, I just arrived at City Hall and saw Victoria and Chase holding hands and snuggling together, talking and laughing.