I Quit Being a Stepmother (Cypress Gem) novel Chapter 346

Chapter 346

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“Throw out everything Lauren has used and touched! Get rid of it all!” Carter’s eyes were bloodshot with rage. Just the thought of Lauren made his skin crawl.

Devan had been waiting to do that for a long time. With Carter’s word, he called in the maids, and together they quickly packed all of the things Lauren had used into boxes.

Arielle slipped upstairs quietly. When she came back down, she was carrying a small box in her arms. “Mr. Witt, these too.”

Inside the box were the white book covers Lauren had bought for her and Adrian, along with a few small trinkets. Some were still unopened, left in the corner all this time by Arielle.

Carter tugged at his tie in frustration. “Throw it all out!”

He sank onto the couch, staring around the villa as if it were a stranger’s home. This wasn’t what he remembered a home feeling like.

His former house hadn’t been large, but it was filled with his children’s laughter, Rhea’s gentle warmth, and the quiet voices of the staff. There was always the smell of cooking in the air and the sound of little feet racing through the halls.

But back then, he had actually found all of that annoying. The smell of food seemed cheap, and the sound of running feet was too noisy, so he came home less and less.

Then, Lauren appeared, innocent and always smiling. At times, her radiant expression stirred something within him.

He had grown tired of the routine of marriage and longed for the sweetness of romance. That was when he strayed.

As he grew closer to Lauren, he began to see flaws in Rhea everywhere.

“She lied to me from the start,” Carter murmured. “She destroyed my family. I’ve lost everything.”

His eyes burned with tears. Regret cut deep–real and raw this time.

“Bring me a bottle of wine,” he ordered.

Devan hurried off and returned with one.

Carter drank straight from it. The wine spilled down his shirt, blooming in red stains across the

fabric.

“It’s my fault… I wronged Rhea… I ruined my family with my own hands…”

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Chapter 346

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Hearing his murmurs, Devan couldn’t hold back. “Mr. Jamison, to be honest, we’ve always had issues with Lauren. She was a completely different person whenever you weren’t home.

“We tried to tell you, but you wouldn’t believe us. Even Mrs. Jamison… couldn’t do anything about it. She tried to warn you, but you thought she was just slandering Lauren. Imagine how much that hurt

her.”

Carter sat motionless. Scenes from the day he reunited with Rhea, all the way up to their divorce, flashed vividly through his mind.

Rhea had never cared about his money and didn’t mind that he had two kids, all because she had

loved him.

She had gone so far as to abandon her powerful family, yet he…

Suddenly, Carter slapped himself hard across the face. His cheek swelled red almost instantly.

“Mr. Jamison…” Devan sighed helplessly.

Carter gave a bitter laugh. “It’s my fault. I was blinded, thinking that Lauren was innocent and pitiable. I always saw her as the weaker one. That’s how things came to this.”

The career he had painstakingly built was ruined in an instant, and the enviable marriage he once had slipped right through his fingers. He had nothing left.

All of it was Lauren’s fault! He blamed it entirely on her.

Carter’s expression grew darker and more menacing.

Just then, his phone rang. He didn’t move until Devan prompted him to answer.

“Hello?” His tone was sharp with annoyance.

On the other end of the line, a calm, detached voice spoke, “Mr. Jamison?”

It was a woman.

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