Chapter 8

Eric booked a luxury hotel to celebrate his third anniversary with Vivian. I went live online. I picked the title carefully: "Eric Carter’s Shocking Secret: Burning Down His Own House and Nearly Killing His Son for His Mistress!" I was already a trending topic. Within minutes, the chat exploded with people eager to gossip. The live chat was flooded with questions. "Eric Carter has a son?" "When did you even have a kid?" "Didn't the Carter family always say you were infertile?" I didn't answer them right away. "Since everyone's curious about whether I’m telling the truth or not," I said, "let’s watch some security footage first." Then, I hit play. In the video, Vivian snuck around the empty villa, pouring alcohol across the villa. She set off a bunch of fireworks on purpose. They crashed down next to all that alcohol, and ignited a massive fire. She flashed a triumphant smile, and her voice came through loud and clear: "Now, there’s no more trouble for good! Nobody wil