Chapter 1

I ran into my wife Judy and her assistant Liam having sex in a BMW downstairs from the company.

Watching the shaking, heaving car body, I sneered and floored the gas pedal, ramming straight into it.

They were so scared they didn't even have time to put their clothes on before they scrambled out and ran.

When Judy realized it was me about to hit them, she stormed over furiously, pointing at my nose and cursing.

"Charlie, Liam and I were just playing games in the car, and you dare ram into me?!"

Her assistant also fanned the flames beside her:

"If Judy hadn't taken you in, you would have starved to death on the streets long ago. You're nothing but a dog Judy keeps!"

I looked at Judy, who had already cheated a hundred times, smiled slightly and said: "You just wait to go bankrupt!"

"What? You're going to make me go bankrupt? Who the hell do you think you are! What ability do you have to bankrupt me?"

Liam wrapped his arm around Judy's waist right in front of me, lowering his head to kiss her sexy red lips.

"This waste must have been driven crazy by the two of us to dare threaten you like this. Just treat his words like a fart—let it go and forget about it."

They thought I was just bluffing them, that I couldn't stir up any real trouble.

If it weren't for the fact that Judy's grandfather once saved my grandfather, I never would have accepted their forced arranged marriage and married Judy.

During these three years, I'd done enough for Judy's family. I'd repaid the debt of gratitude.

What I wanted now was the attitude of Judy's father.

I called six times before her father answered.

"Thiago, your daughter has cheated a hundred times. Today I caught her in the act, and she still won't change her ways. I just want to ask you—what punishment does she deserve!"

To my surprise, Thiago scoffed: "Only a hundred times, so what? If she likes it, she can cheat ten thousand times and it's not your place to comment, you waste."

"I really don't understand what my father was thinking, actually making my precious daughter marry garbage like you with your unknown origins."

After hearing Thiago's dissatisfaction with me, I finally understood a principle.

What they call the evil of human hearts. I'd risked life and limb for Judy's family, helping Thiago Group step by step reach today's glory.

Even without merit, there was hard work. How had I become a waste in their eyes?

They even denied the contributions I'd made for them.

I wanted Thiago's attitude, and now he felt that Judy's family had grown strong wings and no longer needed me as their guide.

Fine. The day after tomorrow was when Thiago Group would announce going public. I decided to send them a generous gift.

The debt of gratitude—I'd already repaid it for my grandfather long ago.

After doing so much for Judy's family, it was actually Judy's family that owed me.

"You hear that, waste? Even my dad agrees with me, which proves I did nothing wrong."

"Everything you have now was given by our family."

"Not only are you ungrateful, you even fantasize about bankrupting our family."

"If you dare interfere with me again, watch out—I'll kick you out of my house, and you'll end up as a beggar on the streets."

After saying this, she stopped hiding and instead openly threw her arms around Liam in return, going in for a French kiss.

Around us, many colleagues who had just finished overtime had unknowingly gathered.

Various voices humiliating me reached my ears. Not a single person could stand on my side and consider things from my perspective.

These people clearly all knew I'd done many things for the company, didn't they? Yet now they all surrounded me to watch the spectacle of my humiliation.

Only then did I realize that when they called me Mr. Charlie, it was just a surface greeting.

Deep down, they looked down on me entirely.

"Hey, waste, what are you standing there stupidly for? Hurry up and go buy us condoms."