“But since you’re being so sweet, I’ll have her give you all the night off. Let’s celebrate together at dinner.”
Amid the cheering, only Daniel stood up for me.
“Some people really have no shame—cheating is bad enough, but flaunting it so openly? That’s truly shameless.”
His sarcasm clearly struck a nerve with Jason, who began posting manipulative comments to play the victim.
I couldn’t help but laugh out loud.
Opening the chat, I realized I had already been quietly kicked out of the group.
A second later, Daniel called me.
“Ethan, this Jason Reed is way out of line! Why don’t you just make your marriage public and put him in his place?”
Had this been earlier, I might have agreed.
But now, I had already made up my mind to cut ties with Sophia. I had no intention of getting myself tangled in more drama.
“He’s just a clown, not worth the effort. But Daniel, defending me like that will only make Sophia give you a hard time again.”
I said again because Sophia had opposed his hiring from the start.
When the firm was short-staffed, Daniel had just applied, and I wanted to bring him in. But Sophia insisted otherwise.