After his parents left—furious, apologizing repeatedly on his behalf—the house felt suffocatingly quiet.
Norman let out a bitter laugh. “You think you won? You still don’t have the fancy job.”
That was when I told him everything.
“I called the clinic long before dinner,” I said calmly. “I explained the situation. They reinstated the offer. I accepted it formally. Signed all the papers.”
His expression shattered.
“You’re lying.”
“I’m not,” I replied. “And I’ve already started divorce proceedings.”
At that exact moment, his phone buzzed.
He glanced at it—and went pale.
“They fired me,” he whispered. “They said I was a bad employee who wasn’t making the company money but losing it.”
“Your parents didn’t appreciate what you tried to do,” I said quietly.
Norman sank into a chair, defeated. “You ruined me.”
I shook my head slowly.
“No,” I said. “You did that yourself.”
That night, I walked out with a single suitcase—and my dignity intact.
Norman didn’t just lose control over me.
He lost control over the illusion he had been hiding behind all along.
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