Hearing this, Nathan stared at her intently. "Joanna, I gave up my four sons for you, your mother, and your brother. Joanna, you can''t let me down."


    He couldn''t have made the wrong bet.


    Wendy had truly loved him, and he was reluctant to let her go.


    Joanna looked at her father and smiled. "Dad, don''t overthink it. Now that you''re divorced, we''ll pick a good day for you and Mom to get married. We''ll even have a grand wedding, but there''s no rush. We can do it next spring."


    "For now, go and keep Mompany. I have things to do." With that, Joanna left.


    Nathan felt a heavy, unsettling feeling in his chest, as if he had lost something vital.


    Meanwhile, the news that Nathan had filed for divorce right after Wendy''spany went bankrupt exploded online.


    People who knew of Nathan came out in droves to condemn him.


    [Nathan started with nothing. He only got rich by marrying Wendy. The moment they lost their money, of course he''d bail.]


    [You guys don''t know the half of it. I heard Wendy was set up, that herpany was bought out for a pittance by some mysterious buyer. I bet Nathan conspired with outsiders to steal his own wife''s assets.]


    [Nathan hates it when people say he''s living the good life because of his wife, even though it''s true. Wendy must have had some seriously bad karma to end up with a heartless scumbag like him.]


    [Let me add some fuel to the fire: I heard Nathan even disowned his four sons to get the divorce, only taking his ''adopted'' daughter with him.]


    [Tsk, he only took the adopted daughter? You don''t think there''s something shady going on between them, do you?]


    [I bet the two of them worked together to steal everything from Wendy.]


    [I know another secret. Nathan cheated on her with some woman at Mr. Wilson''s banquet.]


    More and morements bashing Nathan appeared.


    When Nathan returned to the house he shared with Sophia and saw the news online, he threw his phone in a rage.


    "These bastards! What kind of nonsense are they spouting? I... Joanna is my biological daughter! How dare they make such wild usations!"


    Sophia said, "Calm down. You''re divorced now. They are just gossiping for entertainment. Don''t read it, you''ll just make yourself sick."


    "Come on, you''re not in great shape to begin with-why keep pushing yourself? I hear you still have a subsidiarypany That Should be enough to support us. That''s all we need."


    Sophia pulled him down to sit and poured him a ss of water.


    Nathan sat fuming on the sofa, his breathing ragged as he clutched his chest. The divorce had just been finalized, and this was already happening. Who would dare to do business with him now?


    He had just gotten home, and the inte was already tearing him apart, eachment more vicious than thest.


    He knew what he did was cruel, but when disaster strikes, it''s every man for himself.


    How could he possibly repay such a massive debt?


    "Which bastard leaked the news about my divorce?"


    Nathan stomped his foot in fury, his shoes scuffing the floor.


    Sophia looked at his pathetic, greasy appearance with contempt. He was about to lose everything.


    He was useless now.


    Sophia clenched her fists, seething


    with anger. She had thought that after waiting all these years, she would finally get everything Wendy owned, only to end up with nothing.