Chapter 6
Money talks. I hired several social media influencers to share Jade’s post overnight.
She went viral, but not in the way she’d hoped.
The comments were brutal:
“Are mistresses really this brazen now? Publicly flaunting their affairs?”
“This cheating scum is still wearing his wedding ring – does he think his wife is blind?”
“Never seen anything like this! Staying single and child–free looks better every day.”
Using my anonymous account, I added fuel to the fire. Playing concerned citizen, I wrote a detailed post exposing Jade’s identity from her social media history, including our building’s
address.
Our apartment complex started trending along with Jade’s name.
I could barely contain my glee – maybe property values would even go up with all this publicity!
Sarah from 302, an avid social media user, jumped in to confirm the story:
“So it’s HER! Every night they’re going at it so loud my whole family can’t sleep. If my kid doesn’t get into a good college, I’m blaming this shameless woman!”
Jade panicked and posted three defensive responses:
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“His marriage was already dead his wife couldn’t satisfy him!”
“His wife lives right above me I’ve seen her. Fat, ugly, and mean.”
“What man wouldn’t prefer someone young and beautiful like me? Blame his wife for letting herself go!”
She thought her justifications would win public sympathy.
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Instead, the internet turned even more hostile.
Sarah from 302 rushed to my apartment, thinking I hadn’t seen the trending posts: “There’s this woman on social media claiming she’s sleeping with someone’s husband upstairs – I think it’s that homewrecker who lives below you. You might want to check it out!”
She showed me Jade’s outrageous posts.
I put on my best heartbroken act, tears flowing freely: “I just saw it too… never thought I’d be the subject of such gossip. I always believed my husband was faithful, that he’d never betray our love… *sob*”
Seeing my apparent devastation, she rushed to comfort me: “I’ve seen plenty of cheaters, but never one this shameless about it. Some people really have no dignity! Don’t cry, sweetie. You’re lucky you found out early. When you file for divorce, we’ll all testify for you. We’ll make sure he pays for this in real life too!”
Perfect exactly what I wanted.
The moment she left, I wiped my tears and gleefully continued scrolling through the drama
-on social media.
Soon, the story of the cheating husband keeping a mistress downstairs became our building’s hottest topic.
I couldn’t even buy groceries without hearing the elderly gossips discussing it.
That evening, as I was typing out a detailed list of my husband’s infidelities, I heard a key
turn in the lock.
Looking up, there was Ryan.
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