When Your Cheating Husband's Dream Become Your Divorce Evidence novel Chapter 100

Chapter 7

Mr. Montgomery froze in place, the last trace of color draining from his face.

He left Shaw Tower looking completely lost.

The accumulated anger and fear finally found their only outlet.

He rushed home to find an equally anxious Ryder.

“Look what you’ve done!”

He exploded in rage, no longer able to maintain his dignity as head of the family.

“For a stupid woman, it wasn’t enough to destroy yourself–you had to drag the entire Montgomery family down with you!”

Ryder was intimidated by his father’s fury, his face pale as he tried to defend himself.

“Dad… you supported me before. You said if we won…”

Mr. Montgomery pointed at his nose and cursed.

“Did you think Zara would keep giving in just because she loved you? Did you think faking a suicide attempt and pretending to have depression would force her to submit? Well, now she’s playing for real, and the Montgomery family is finished. Are you satisfied? How much is all that self–important love worth now?”

Ryder trembled under the verbal assault, looking desperately to Ivy for support.

Ivy’s eyes darted around, instinctively avoiding his gaze as she said quietly.

“Uncle, please don’t get upset. The important thing now is to figure out how to…”

“Figure out how to what! What options do we have left!”

Mr. Montgomery turned his anger on her.

“If you hadn’t egged Ryder on, how would we have gotten to this point? Get out! Get out of the Montgomery house!”

Ivy’s face went pale, but she didn’t dare argue back, just stood there awkwardly.

Ryder watched this scene–his father’s unprecedented viciousness, Ivy’s retreat–and felt his heart sink into ice.

Those business partners and small companies that had been wavering, seeing the situation, quickly distanced themselves.

Some even took the opportunity to kick them while they were down, grabbing market share the Montgomery family had lost.

The Montgomery family’s funding chain completely collapsed.

Their vast commercial empire crumbled at a visible pace.

Ryder’s world collapsed with it.

The luxury apartment, designer purchases, comfortable lifestyle–all of it became history.

He had to move out, sell his sports car and watches, barely scraping by.

What was even harder to bear was how people looked at him now–the former envy and flattery replaced by mockery and

pity.

Ivy’s situation was worse.

Academic circles and research institutes valued reputation above all.

Everything she’d gained through Montgomery resources and connections turned on her instantly after the family’s fall and her involvement in such a scandal.

Rumors about her climbing social ladders, questionable character, and academic fraud ran rampant.

Projects were canceled, access revoked, everyone called her a homewrecker.

Poverty makes everything harder for couples, especially when their relationship wasn’t solid to begin with.

The two began fighting constantly, blaming each other.

Ryder blamed Ivy for seducing him, for only wanting to climb higher, ultimately dragging him down.

Ivy resented Ryder’s incompetence, his inability to beat me, being inferior to a woman.

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