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“Lionel, sorry, I didn’t get back from meeting with my business partners at noon. I just had a quick bite outside. Have you eaten yet?”

“You dare to give a supercar worth two million seven hundred dollars to the man who adores you, Louisa ….”

She took out a bottle of perfume from her eight-digit Hermes bag and smiled dotingly.

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[Driving the car given by my boss to send her home and even the wind was sweet.]

But in the cabinet, a box of men’s underwear was missing.

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Targeting? He was not worthy.

Marco was the partner who could stand shoulder to shoulder with her.

In a flash, I remembered the X post Marco posted two days ago.

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I bent down and opened the bottom cabinet.

This clothing company was co founded by me and Louisa. She and I both hold half of the equity.

He looked up, a hint of surprise appearing in his eyes.

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“She just feels too tired being with you. No matter how hard she tries, she can’t earn even one-tenth of your family’s money and she can’t spend your money with peace of mind.”

I had Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, so everything had to be neatly laid out.

“When is your blind date with the Scott Family arranged? Have you really decided to leave Araya?”

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I squinted as I walked into the villa in a cold voice.

“It’s my fault, Mr. Gilmore. Please don’t blame Ms. Louisa.”

“It’s my fault, Mr. Gilmore. I shouldn’t have accepted Ms. Watson’s gift.”

Hi everybody! I have been looking at posts on narcs and narc abuse on here and if has really helped me out a lot. I am currently struggling with my situation and need some advice/support. I met a narc last year, everything seemed to good to be true. Love bombing, always texting calling and taking me on dates. Everything changed when someone warned me about him out in public in front of him and who he is. This caused a conflict with us and the love bombing seized. he would tell me that everything is okay and i can come and talk. He would set a time limit on me and kick me out after that. he would then text me like everything was fine and we hung out again and after that he completely ghosted me for one week. He came back and texted me a week later laughing about the ghosting and acting like nothing had happened. he continued to text me ( not like in the beginning) make plans with me, then on the day of the plans he would just ghost me. One day he would act interested the next silence. i contacted him a month later and he acted like nothing happened. He was on a vacation and sent me a picture of another woman ( someone he allegedly met on the trip) to strike a reaction but i never gave him one. After the trip he came to my place and was extremely rude, accusing me of going on dates with a bunch of men. The next day he accused me of being an alcoholic and that he wanted nothing to do with me but said well maybe we can be "friends" then ghosted me i assumed at this point it was over and i would never hear from him again. He contacted me on the holiday a month later acting like everything was great. We ended up hanging out a month or so later and when we hung out it went well, i thought things were going in the right direction. after we hung out.. silence. I would try to text him and if he replied it would be very short then he just stopped replying. He ghosted me for almost three months. I thought he was done this time and of course he popped up again like nothing happened. At this point i was getting sick of if so i questioned him as to why he dissapeared and always does this. Of course he had some sob story about a injury and family member dying of cancer. I felt pity for him and he gave me an apology.. so i took him back stupidly. things seemed to be going smooth for a couple months, of course until his family member died and his injury got better he never contacted me and was distant. Menawhile, i was there for him during the difficult time for him. He lied to me about the funeral and never wanted to chat. I was chasing him and he would always claim nothing was wrong but when i said i thought he used me when he was down he could not handle it and would always tell me he didnt care and to go away. I would get so upset i would try texting him to work it out he would barelt respond and if he did he would not be nice about it. we did hang out a couple times after that, he would ignore me after. One day i was like hey i think you are seeing someone else, and i was like well ixam seeing someone so no problem if you are he said " buy bye good luck with your new guy stop contacting me" i was devastated and tried to get into contact with him for weeks then i just gave up and accepted it was over. He ended up contacting me a month later acting like everything was fine. He wanted to go out and have drinks i told him i would. He and i both seemed to have a great time. He ends up ignoring me again. I kept texting him trying to figure out what was wrong. He kept saying everything was fine and i said ok can we hang out again? He said maybe i was like why? He just kept saying maybe … our last conversation we had… i said what is wrong ? He said nothing is wrong everything is fine. I asked him why he keeps saying maybe. He said " maybe but i dont want to see you right now" i said why? He saix " im just not feeling it, if i wanted to date i would" i said why did you contact me less then a week ago wanting to go out? He said i didnt.. even though he did. So i said should i just move on or what? He said whatever you want to do. So i said that he was really confusing me and asked him if he had anything more to say before i move on? My messages were turning green so i panicked he blocked me and reacted irrationally. I said " omg did you block me? My messages are not going through. Even texted him on my work phone asking what was up. And called him twice ( please dont judge me i know it is pathetic i never was this type of girl before him) so he replied and said " Ok I'll block you now" then immedietly blocked me. He has never blocked me before since I have met him he will just ghost. Is this ths final discard aka " grand finale? Did i just push him too far? this has upset me so much its hard to even function.

Haha … I sounded like a stingy person from his words.

“Also, today, I suddenly remembered that you had ordered a supercar, so I picked it up and gave it to him.”

Louisa and I had been dating since we were in college until now.

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I got it.

Seeing that I had given in, she pushed the door open and left without any hesitation.

“Am I strange?”

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Marco behind her spoke up, “It’s okay, Mr. Gilmore, a few rumors can’t hurt me.”

Love did not become a burden when two people’s hearts were truly together.

A supercar worth nearly two million seven hundred dollars was not something that a marketing director with no background like Louisa could afford.

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I took out my mobile phone and called my father who was far away in Brimstone.

My father even agreed to a blind date with the Scott Family on my behalf overnight.

Since we wanted to sever ties, we naturally had to settle everything.

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“Don’t you like this car? It’s also for your sake that I canceled it early.”

She was standing in the crowd, looking at me from afar.

If he dared to accept it, he should be able to guess who the original owner of the car was.

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I handed the breakfast to my assistant and asked him to go out and sell me another one.

Hearing those words, both of them were stunned.

My head exploded with a loud bang.

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An hour later, her male assistant drove the car and posted a message on his social media.

“Louisa has been with me for nine years and has seen a lot of things. I don’t think a supercar is a big deal.”

The guilt I felt for impulsively agreeing to the blind date last night completely disappeared.

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But she refused decisively and stayed by my side wholeheartedly.

I lit a cigarette and blew a puff into the air.

As early as yesterday, I had entrusted someone to send her a breakup message.

Have your parents ever walked in on you?

She defended him.

As soon as I arrived, the airport lobby was crowded with people.

In the evening, I stood on the balcony of the villa and gazed the sunset.

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“You took the car without my consent. I just wanted to take back what belonged to me.”

“I’ll cancel and return it to the dealer as soon as possible.”

Everyone was in an uproar, expressing shock hearing this news.

The way he called her changed to be more intimate.

He bowed to me, his voice pleading. “I’m sorry, Mr. Gilmore. I didn’t think carefully about this matter. I will solve it myself. Don’t blame Louisa.”

I walked out and stood in front of the girl.

“No, I do.”

At one o’clock in the afternoon, I finished dealing with all the documents, but there was no sign of Louisa.

Only when we did not love could we make rational judgments.

I did not even glance at them, just brushed past them.

“Do you want me to use my authority to force the people below to shut their mouths up?”

Five years ago, after graduating from university, my father asked me to return to Brimstone to inherit the family business.

Louisa, took my underwear and gave it to his assistant?

[Congratulations for becoming a boyfriend and becoming a regular employee officially.]

The next day, the real estate agent came to register the sales information of the villa.

I was really reluctant to leave everything behind and return to Brimstone now.

Followed Marco behind her.

A relationship that had changed in quality was like an unappetizing breakfast. There was no need to force ourself to eat it.

At three o’clock in the afternoon, Louisa pushed the door to my office and stepped in with her high heels.

She was stunned for a moment, her lips slightly parted, with an incredulous expression.

“This is an irrefutable evidence. Do you want me to expose all the dirty things you have done?”

Louisa stepped on her high heels to protect the man behind her and hugged my waist.

I suddenly felt ridiculous.

“The blind date with the eldest daughter of the Scotts, I’ll go.”

In the past, I admired her rational and clear nature the most.

“Rosie is taking a day off today. You take a shower first and I’ll go fry you a steak,” she said.

“Can’t you go tomorrow? Why do you have to go out so late?” asked me in annoyance.

The atmosphere was silent.

“You have a prominent family background, Lionel, unlike ordinary people like me.”

My assistant shook the mobile phone in his hand with a look of surprise.

“I can’t help it. This is the girls nowadays.”

She also wanted me to defend him with her despite feeling disgusted.

“First of all, a person of integrity has nothing to fear. If you, Louisa, are doing your job impartially, rewarding him for bringing huge profits to the company and giving him a supercar is understandable.”

“I’ve been waiting for this car for almost half a year and no one can take it away, not even you, my girlfriend.”

“If I want to have a future with you, I have to get stronger. Of course, you can act childish and ask me not to go today, but I don’t want to disappoint my subordinates who fight side by side with me.”

Louisa held my hand and said in a deep voice, “Lionel, why are you so angry?”

Although I did not want to admit it, I was now so jealous that I was insane.

It turned out that all this time she always felt that we were not a good match.

“I feel strange with you like this.”

No man could bear to see the girl he loved using his own money to buy gifts for other men.

“Speak! Marco!”

Leaving me only the refreshing fragrance of gardenia that dissipated into the air.

Her eyes were fixed on Marco, who opened the car door for her, with a hint of aggressiveness.

I dragged my suitcase towards the security checkpoint and ran into Louisa and Marco who were rushing back.

“I would like to inform everyone that I will be stepping down as the general manager. The company will be fully handed over to Mr. Blunt and Mr. Vaughan beside me.”

At night, my best friend, Reymond Blunt called me to drink.

At three o’clock in the afternoon, I walked into the largest conference room of the company with Reymond on time.

Louisa was stunned and frowned.

Getting up early and having breakfast together in the hotel.

Seeing I stopped talking, she sighed.

Wasn’t it normal for people to criticize a boss who gave his or her assistant a luxury car?

Even though the gift she gave was to serve herself.

“Are you used to driving?”

[Wow, after reading your secret stories on your crush for four years, you finally got her love!]

I nodded and looked at her leaving back, then opened the cabinet where my underwear was stored.

Marco took a step back, lost his composure and apologized several times.

I was stunned for a moment and frowned. “Where did you see them?”

“Well, my Baby, here … I bought you a new limited-edition perfume, so don’t be angry.”

Just overnight, he changed the way he called his boss from “Ms. Louisa” being “Louisa”.

I ignored her shock, put away my mobile phone and walked past her.

I was too lazy to argue with her, so I just opened X and showed her Marco’s X account.

It seemed like the superior-subordinate relationship between them was closer than I imagined.

I frowned and responded calmly, “Let go, it’s so dirty.”

“Notify everyone that there will be a staff meeting this afternoon.” I ordered.

My hand, which was about to sign, paused and I raised my eyes.

“Lionel, you can’t just think about yourself.”

She really took the car that I had been longing for half a year away from the automotive dealership secretly and gave it to someone else.

Louisa stepped in front of him and pulled my sleeve.

I took a sip of my mojito without saying a word.

She knew that I loved cars as much as my life, yet she dared to steal it and give it away to someone else.

My raging anger suddenly died down and what followed was endless coldness and disappointment.

There was no point to keep a woman who had left my heart.

Faced with his provocation, my gaze turned a bit cold and I found it somewhat funny.

Did she know what it meant to give a man underwear as a gift?

“My words were harsh, but you should know that Marco is the man in the company who can help me share the workload the most. You made him lose face in public today and I can’t just abandon him now.”

I looked at her deeply and believed her pledge of allegiance for the time being.

[Finally, from crush to girlfriend ….]

Shouldn’t we have anticipated such a result?

After five years of ups and downs, we opened the largest clothing company in Araya.

Not only did he dare to accept it, he also dared to post it openly on his X post and another social media to show off.

Louisa Watson, who was showing off her affection to me on X a second ago, quietly took away the limited-edition sports car that I had reserved for a long time in the automotive dealership.

The perfume in her hand was more of a brand I had long since disliked.

“Didn’t you give him the car and he accepted it? What’s the point of having me, an outsider, wipe his ass?”

No.

I saw admiration and heartache for another man in her eyes.

A majestic roar came from afar and a limited-edition supercar with black and gold paint appeared in front of the villa.

[Marco and I go to meet some clients and have lunch together.]

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“On X, her assistant posted a message thanking Ms. Louisa for treating him to a delicious meal.”

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When we were in love, she once whispered in my ear that she would only love me and only me in her life.

A pair of gleaming silver stiletto heels stepped on the ground.

It was time to end this tangled triangle relationship.

When the salesperson sent me a message in the afternoon, I thought Louisa was trying to give me a surprise secretly, so I spent three hours happily in the dressing room choosing an outfit.

I had loved her for so many years, what storms had I not seen.

“Alright, Lionel, doesn’t he have to pick me up and drop me off every day for work?”

I frowned.

Her voice came from outside the door. “Oh, by the way, Rosie said that your underwear needs to be replaced, so she threw them all away. You can get new ones from the bottom.”

At that moment, all my expectations were dashed.

My face turned cold and so did my heart.

On the contrary, Marco posted photos related to Louisa every day.

I stared at the perfume in her hand and recalled every moment of us for the past nine years.

She frowned and pouted.

Let her pick and send it away.

“Got it! Marco and I have nothing, not now and not in the future.”

“The way he looks at you is not the way an ordinary subordinate looks at his superior.”

I spent the next whole week busy with the transfer.

She said the sports car had been cancelled and sent back to the automotive dealership.

I had money, good looks and a good figure, so why should I waste my time on someone who did not love me!

“Mr. Gilmore, good evening. Ms. Watson and I just had dinner outside and came back a bit late. Please don’t blame her.”

[Having a boss who cares for her subordinates is my happiness.]

A series of notifications popped up on my phone and it was an X post that Marco had just posted.

With an annual revenue of nearly 10 billion, she said we were not a match.

Now everything had changed.

His slender fingers gripped the steering wheel and the corners of his mouth curved in just the right angle.

But now everything had changed.

I put my hands in my pockets, curled the corners of my mouth and a hint of coldness and anger flashed in my eyes.

I did not have any emotions more, I just smiled indifferently and returned the phone to my assistant.

I threw the document on the table, interrupting the two people who were staring at each other.

Marco took two steps forward with his long legs and blocked me.

Jealousy over a slightly more good-looking male assistant was truly a fall from grace.

In the past five years, I had transformed from a rich second-generation who knew nothing to a first-generation entrepreneur.

“As the marketing director, you have a keen eye, so you shouldn’t miss it.”

“It’s too late now. It’s not safe to go out. You can go tomorrow.”

I wanted to rush downstairs and question that girl right away.

“This is your own problem. I shouldn’t have to put on a leadership role and help you solve it.”

I fixed my gaze full of pressure on him.

However, I did not want to leave Louisa, so I stayed in Araya.

I did not need to be too concerned.

I, who felt heartbroken at first, became numb in the end.

Then, her tone was both coaxing and scolding, brought me back to my senses. “I know you are jealous because you love me, but the others who don’t know will think you’re targeting someone else’s staff.”

Ms. Louisa?

She reacted, quickly stopped me and angrily said to Marco behind her, “What the hell is going on! When did I lie down with you?!”

As a cold and aloof beauty, men pursue her and compete to get her.

I laid in my bed and stayed up the whole night.

I turned my gaze away from the door and let out a long sigh.

Marco pursed his lips and said no words.

Since the argument that day, Louisa had blocked me on X and WhatsApp.

I pulled the corners of my mouth and smiled.

My assistant suddenly pushed the door and casually said, “Sir, I saw Ms. Louisa and her assistant went to eat seafood. What do you want to eat? I’ll order it for you.”

“Am I thinking of myself?”

Louisa then pulled me all the way into the bathroom.

I got in the car and headed to the airport.

But I did not expect, Louisa brought me breakfast on the table with the sticky note on the bag.

I stared at it for a long time.

Her eyes were a bit red and her gaze was full of charm.

“Lionel, I don’t know how the news about the sports car spread in the company. The staffs are all talking about Marco behind his back. Can you come and help Marco explain it for the sake of signing big orders today?”

She and Marco would go back to the company to work overtime tonight and would not go home.

Just as I was trying to calm my emotions and go downstairs, she pushed open the bathroom door with the flip-flop sound of her slippers.

It was obvious that it was not what she was prepared for me.

The next day, I came to the company with hungry stomach from the night.

Whatever Louisa wanted to do, I accompanied her.

“Marco Tucker, right? It’s just a car. I can still afford it.”

Louisa became anxious. She frowned and said in defense, “How can this be a small matter? You follow me on business trips every day and I don’t want others to criticize you everywhere.”

Before getting off work, I received two business trip applications for two people and clicked “agree”.

Nine years of giving everything for a girl, but in the end, she still did not appreciate it.

Marco reacted earlier than Louisa.

A side photo taken from the perspective of the girlfriend sitting in the passenger seat.

I just wanted my favorite supercar back.

Louisa, after nine years of our relationship, did you have any feelings for me?

It was her handwriting.

She did not let my hand go, instead she patiently said, “I know you’re angry, I apologize to you, okay? But Marco and I really have nothing, you’re sold your shares and broke up ….”

I nodded and responded, “Next week, I’ll transfer the management rights of the company to you and leave.”

“With so many supercars you have, you don’t mind, do you?”

“Mr. Gilmore is already busy with work, so it’s better not to trouble him with these small matters.”

She also said that she liked my innate arrogance and rebelliousness the most.

She had some impatience on her face, but she still held back her patience to explain to me.

I picked up the documents she brought back and gave a faint response. “Hmm.”

The breakfast box she brought in the bag was my least favorite lamb sandwich.

Now, he even called her “Louisa”.

“I haven’t said anything yet, but you’re eager to put the blame on me.”

I waited for her for so long that I was starving. I then opened my mobile phone and saw Marco’s social media.

As a man, he should know why I was angry.

Rosie paid extra attention to this and checked it carefully every day.

I leaned back in the recliner and sneered.

After all, there was no evidence that they were having an affair.

I stepped down from the stage and left the conference room.

At first, I suspected that Marco took the photos secretly behind Louisa out of vanity.

“You’re the boss, Lionel, this is a matter of words.”

I was furious instantly and lost my sanity.

He joked that I should have changed a long time ago.

I was already angry and hearing these words only added fuel to the fire.

And staying up the whole night working on a project together and drinking American coffee at 3 a.m.

Marco’s eyes slightly lifted and his cold face turned slightly pale.

In his latest X post, he posted a picture of Louisa lying in his arms and sleeping soundly.

Until my assistant nervously handed me Marco’s X account and said, “Sir, I think I should let you know about this.”

In his post, there was a box of underwear of this brand.

“You can prepare dinner yourself.”

We had been in relationship for nine years and this was the first time I had gotten so angry over another man.

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The girl’s cold face showed some dissatisfaction.

Until I saw a post on X.

Seeing her smile and express her emotions towards him.

In what capacity was he asking me not to blame my girlfriend?

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Louisa who was wearing a white suit and holding a white crocodile leather bag, stepped out of the car.

I was sure now.

“I still have over a dozen supercars in my basement. Choose any one you want and consider it as a gift from me.”

She pulled out a chair in front of the table and sat down, sighing.

“But you have to know, as an assistant, what you should and shouldn’t accept.”

I saw them exchanging a few words with each other and Louisa smiled particularly happily.

He uttered a dull response. “Hmm”.

“Louisa, do you want to hear what you’re saying right now?”

Marco Tucker walked around the car to the passenger seat and opened the passenger door gently and considerately.

She raised her hand and slammed the table angrily, saying harshly, “We can handle it ourselves. We don’t need you.”

A message from Louisa popped up on my mobile phone.

A nice and friendly reminder to board the plane sounded at the airport.

Forget it, it was better for the person who did not belong to me to leave.

“But the fact is, the value of these orders is far less than that of a supercar.”

I felt a chill in my heart and blurted out. “Go ahead.”

She took a deep breath and said, her eyes filled with disapproval of me, “You took back the gift I gave him in public and now you’re letting him waste so much time at the dealer.”

Louisa did not expect me to speak so bluntly and her face suddenly turned ugly.

She said I was her life.

“Lionel, Marco has returned the car to the dealer, but I need to go over to cancel the account.”

She grabbed her assistant’s hand, pushed the office door and left without looking back.

“I don’t care if you misjudged his contribution to the company or you feel sorry for him for accompanying you on business trips and driving every day. The company has given him enough salary and if it’s not enough, he can ask for more, instead of you secretly using my supercar to compensate him.”

That night, I brought all the top-of-the-line sports cars that I had collected in my garage to her.