You Betrayed Me, Now You're Inferior to Me

My teenage boyfriend, who had vowed to marry me, met another woman in the year I graduated from high school. His new lover was the daughter of the Oldenburg Family from North Germany. She could help Leonardo Howard avoid ten years of detours, so he desperately set aside his relationship with me.

Leonardo shouted at me, “Stephanie Willowbrook, stop stalking me! Don't you look at your own first? Do you think you are worthy of me? You are just a poor girl without a father or a mother. You're doomed in this life. So, stay away from me.”

It was a rainy night when he pushed me down in the gutter. I was like a downtrodden beggar.

***

Ten years later, I donated one hundred million to my alma mater’s centenary celebration. The principal was in tears and went abroad to invite me back to school. In front of the school gate, I again met Leonardo, who was already married. He was the son-in-law of the Oldenburg Family at this time. When he saw me, his face was full of superiority.

“Oh, you have the nerve to come back, Stephanie? How dare you? Are you here to embarrass your almamater? You couldn't match me before and now it's even more unworthy!”

I smiled faintly and looked at him with pity. “Oh? Is that so?”

“Stephanie, I'm really so happy that you agreed to come back for this Centennial School Celebration!”

When the car arrived at the school's entrance, James Reventlow became more and more excited. He was the principal of Xaverius Senior High School. A donation of one hundred million dollars was also the largest donation that the school had ever received and it was history for the school.

I smiled lightly and looked at the familiar alumnus. Some memories deep inside my heart also revived. 

“Mr. James, I'll just get off at the school entrance. I haven't been back for many years, I want to walk around this school alone.”

The youth era was priceless for me. This place also carried my best years. James readily agreed. He also said that the old man of the Oldenburg Family would also come over for this school celebration. It made him feel honoured. When James mentioned the Oldenburg Family's old man, I couldn't help but Leonardo's face appeared in my mind. Back then, I still remember how he heartlessly abandoned me for the Oldenburg Family's daughter, Luciana Oldenburg. He almost pushed my life into the abyss. But nowadays, I have already let go of all this.

I then walked on the school boulevard and listened to the noisy but strong youthful sound of robins, I felt a burst of cosiness. At that moment, a delicate girl carrying a thick book passed by me. By mistake, the book was scattered all over the floor. I leaned down to help her pick it up, looking at the quiet girl as if I were looking at myself back then.

“Let me help you.”

“Thank you!”

The other party smiled sweetly and showed a bright smile. When I was talking and laughing with her on the way to the lecture hall, several luxury cars drove past us. Just as quickly, there came an ear-splitting brake. The limousines then slowly backed up again.

“Hey, isn't Stephanie Willowbrook? Why are you here?”

I instantly recognized that it was Leonardo's lapdog back then, Abelard Wenzel. I was just about to respond when Leonardo walked down from the boss's seat in the back, holding Luciana, who was dressed elegantly and luxuriously. Luciana looked at me with a haughty face. Her eyes were full of mockery.

“Leonardo, she was back then, that green plum of yours, right?”

Leonardo grinned in embarrassment and hurriedly explained, “Luciana, don't get me wrong. She's considered what kind of green plum, but it just so happens that she's close to my house. That's why since childhood, she's stuck to me like a piece of dog skin plaster. But don't think too much, after graduation, I never saw her again.”

Seeing that ten years had passed, Leonardo saw me again and couldn't help but try his best to clear his relationship with me. I couldn't help but laugh. It seemed that over the years, he had become the son-in-law of the Oldenburg Family.