Chapter 330: Chapter 330: Serves You Right! You Really Do

[For real? They actually got into a fight on the street?]

[The conflict must be huge. I saw the photos leaked by the paparazzi. Nathaniel Lynch’s face was covered in blood, and Renee Jennings was limping. Neither of them looked good.]

[I heard Nathaniel Lynch cheated. Don’t know if it’s true or not.]

[It’s most likely true. This is probably the only thing that could drive Renee Jennings insane.]

[Nathaniel Lynch really cheated? I can’t believe it. That’s impossible, isn’t it? He’s such a hardworking and responsible person, and he’s done so much charity work.]

[Doing charity work has nothing to do with whether he cheats or not, right? I’m kind of curious who Nathaniel Lynch cheated with. Any insiders care to spill the beans?]

[Poor Best Actor Lynch. Maybe he was just devastated by the betrayal a year ago. He’s such a responsible, family-oriented man. How could he suddenly change like this? It’s all his ex-wife’s fault for turning a good man into… this.]

[Don’t be ridiculous, OP. What does Nathaniel Lynch being unable to control himself have to do with his ex-wife? His ex-wife was in the wrong, sure, but blaming her for everything is just absurd. Nathaniel Lynch crying and denouncing his ex-wife while cheating on someone else? Isn’t that even more disgusting?]

[Maybe there’s a twist. Let’s wait and see. I just don’t think Best Actor Lynch is that kind of person.]

[So this couple is done for, huh? And I used to ship them so hard. Their relationship seemed so good. How did it suddenly… sigh. Can I even believe in love anymore?]

[The breakdown of Nathaniel Lynch and his wife’s relationship had warning signs for a while, didn’t it? When they were on that variety show, you could clearly see their relationship was unequal. Nathaniel Lynch is a total chauvinist. He acted like he doted on Renee Jennings, but in reality, he didn’t see her as his equal at all.]

[I TOLD you Nathaniel Lynch was no good, and a bunch of people flamed me for it. Has everyone already forgotten about his past inappropriate comments? He’s fundamentally a philanderer, no matter how wholesome he looks on the outside.]

[My heart literally sank when I saw these trending topics. I never would have imagined this.]

…

Just after leaving the police station, Nathaniel Lynch received the dreadful news that he and Renee Jennings were trending online. He cursed inwardly and hurriedly called his older brother.

Nathaniel’s older brother was a busy man and normally never meddled in his affairs. But Nathaniel was crying so pitifully over the phone. Hearing his sobs, his brother’s heart softened. He was his younger brother, after all, even if the matter was a bit tricky.

After hanging up, Nathaniel Lynch’s pitiful demeanor vanished. His expression turned terrifyingly grim.

He usually acted honest and dutiful, never causing trouble. He seemed to want for nothing, but in reality, he had long coveted the power within the Lynch Family. But he had an older brother—a very capable one at that. No matter how high Nathaniel Lynch’s ambitions soared, he was always held down. His brother had long since seized control of the company’s management. Unable to stomach the minor position of vice president, Nathaniel had stormed off to try his luck in the entertainment industry in a fit of pique.

’To think I was just begging him like a dog.’ Nathaniel Lynch was filled with a rage he couldn’t vent. In the end, he still had to bow his head to his brother.

When Renee Jennings got home, she collapsed on the sofa, looking completely soulless. She was still muttering curses at Nathaniel Lynch.

“You bastard. You disgusting bastard…”

Nathaniel Lynch walked over, his patience gone. “Haven’t you had enough?! Do you have any idea that our names are all over the trending topics right now?! Aren’t you embarrassed enough already?!”

Renee Jennings snapped out of it. She was extremely conscious of her public image, so she quickly opened her phone to check. When she saw that Nathaniel Lynch was the one most affected, she couldn’t help but let out a sharp exhale and burst out laughing. “Serves you right! It really serves you right! Everyone should see what a disgusting person you are, Nathaniel Lynch!!”

The wounds on Nathaniel Lynch’s face had just been bandaged. The doctor had told him they were deep and might leave a scar. As he watched the woman on the sofa doubled over in laughter, a savage impulse brewed in his heart.

Her face hadn’t changed. Compared to a year ago, she was still young and beautiful, her skin so full of collagen it seemed to glow. And yet, all Nathaniel Lynch could feel was disgust.

One year was enough time for Nathaniel Lynch’s feelings for Renee Jennings to be turned completely upside down.

That crazy woman, Renee Jennings, was always complaining about something. She never reflected on herself. Nathaniel Lynch remembered that the first time he got a hotel room with the lead actress was after a fight with Renee. ’If she hadn’t made me so angry,’ he thought, ’I wouldn’t have cheated. I wouldn’t be in this situation, with everyone gossiping about me.’

“Enough, Renee Jennings! What good does my humiliation do you?” Nathaniel Lynch said coldly. “Don’t you forget how you got famous in the first place. You just rode my coattails for clout. If I go down, what’s your plan? You think anyone else will let you leech off their fame? Don’t forget, you used to be a complete failure who couldn’t get anything right. Your family didn’t care about you and even wanted to marry you off to some disgusting old man in his sixties or seventies. I was the one who saved you!”

“So that gives you the right to betray me?” Renee Jennings asked, her voice laced with pain. For the first time, she found Nathaniel Lynch’s handsome face disgusting and sinister, like a hungry wolf with eyes glowing green in the dark.

Seeing how emotional Renee Jennings was, Nathaniel Lynch had no choice but to soften his tone. “Renee, look, my face is all scratched up. Haven’t you let off enough steam? I… that video… it’s not what you think. I was framed! That woman threw herself at me! I know I was wrong. Please, forgive me this one time, okay? We’re married. What good will it do you if my reputation is ruined? This is obviously a scheme by Victor Vance and Naomi Kenway to drive us apart. How could you fall for their trap so easily?”

Renee Jennings closed her eyes.

’In the end, it was my own arrogance,’ she thought. ’I really believed I had him wrapped around my little finger, but who knew he already had someone on the side…’

The image of Naomi Kenway’s mocking gaze flashed through her mind. ’To be seen in such a pathetic state by Naomi Kenway… that’s worse than death!’

Renee Jennings’s chest heaved with rage.

“See? You must have figured it out by now, right? I swear to you, it will never happen again!” Nathaniel Lynch vowed. In the past, he never would have been this servile. It wasn’t because he loved Renee Jennings so much; it was because she had something on him, and he had no choice but to submit.

As he thought this, a ruthless glint appeared in his eyes.

Renee Jennings opened her eyes and looked at him. He was crouching on the floor, putting on an act of deep affection, but unfortunately for him, she would no longer be deceived by it.

’Still, what Nathaniel Lynch said does make sense,’ she thought. ’We’re in the same boat. If his reputation is ruined, it won’t be good for my career either…’

Noticing the change in her expression, Nathaniel Lynch threw out his next piece of bait. “Help me clear my name, and when this is over, I’ll give you one percent of the Lynch Family’s shares.”

’The shares are important,’ he thought, ’but not as important as my reputation.’

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