My Ex-Fiancé Wants to Break Up: “I’m marrying Scarlett Sterling, the real heiress of the Sterling family! You? You’re just our charity case, fit only to be my mistress!” The so-called ‘true heiress,’ Scarlett Sterling, scoffed. “Oh, I’ve seen countless cheap gold-diggers like her, thinking a pretty face is all it takes to reel in the master of the house…” I just smiled. He had no idea. I was the true Sterling heiress. And what’s more, I was marrying his uncle, Foster Reed, the CEO of Reed Industries. When I brought up our engagement to Blake, he absolutely lost it, tearing the marriage contract to shreds like a maniac. I frowned. “That marriage contract isn’t for you…” Blake Reed cut me off, as if I’d said something hilarious. “Autumn Reed, know your place! ‘Adopted daughter’ is just a pretty word for the pet I kept around for fun!” “I was young and naive back then when I talked about proposing to you. But we’re not kids anymore. My status won’t allow me to marry a woman as low-class as you!” He reached out and tilted my chin up. “Scarlett, the Sterling family’s true heiress, will be here any minute. I don’t want to hear any intimate rumors about us, understand?” The moment he finished speaking, a spoiled voice echoed from the doorway. “Blake, who is she?” The aggressive Blake instantly changed his expression. “Just a disobedient servant from my house. Scarlett, why didn’t you wait for me to pick you up?” Scarlett tossed her bag into his arms and sneered, “Disobedient servants need to be disciplined! I’ve seen countless cheap whores like her, relying on a bit of pretty face to seduce their master…” She circled me once, then suddenly yanked hard on the necklace my mother had personally given me. “This necklace is only for a Sterling daughter! Where did you steal it from? Tell me!” Her pull hurt, so I yanked her hand away. “My parents gave it to me, Scarlett, I’m your— Ah!” Before I could even say ‘sister,’ someone brutally kicked the back of my knee, sending me crashing to the floor with a cry of pain. My knee slammed hard against the floor, and a searing pain shot through an old injury. The Reed family’s punishments were brutal. When Blake was a kid and acted up, I always took the fall for him. Over time, that spot on my knee had become a chronic injury. Blake pulled his foot back and ground it into the floor, as if wiping off something dirty. “Autumn Reed, I wondered where you’d vanished to this morning! Turns out you were busy playing thief!” “Who do you think you are? The Sterling family’s only daughter is right here!” Scarlett’s smile stiffened, then she haughtily tilted her head. “Blake, your servant here must be a thief. Her clothes are designer, too! Way beyond the means of someone from her background!” Blake seemed to remember something, and his face instantly turned ashen. “Tell me! Which man did you go meet? You haven’t changed your old habits at all, have you?!” “You slut! It’s not like we don’t give you money! Do you have to sell yourself out there?” I trembled with rage, the nightmare of my teenage years resurfacing. When I was a teenager, I was constantly harassed by boys because I was pretty. Rumors even spread at the elite private school that I’d sleep with anyone for money. Blake beat up the worst offenders back then, and they stayed quiet for a bit, but then the rumors started again. Even Blake hesitated that time, until Foster, the company’s CEO, stepped in and called the police on the rumormongers. “Blake! How could you say something like that?! Don’t you know I’m your—” Blake, with lightning speed, grabbed a napkin from the table and shoved it into my mouth. The Reed family’s security guards rushed in and immediately pinned me to the floor. “Blake, she said she was your what? You don’t have a mistress behind my back, do you?” Scarlett frowned, her expression hostile. “Of course not! How could I possibly fall for such a low-class woman? She’s just trying to climb up the ladder. Scarlett, please don’t be mad, I’ll throw her out right now…” Blake tried to appease her with a forced smile, about to order the guards, when Mrs. Reed suddenly appeared at the top of the stairs. “What’s all this noise? What’s going on?” “Where’s Autumn?”
Blake instinctively stepped in front of me. “It’s nothing, Mom, I’m just disciplining a servant.” Mrs. Reed frowned. “Hurry and take care of it. When Autumn arrives, escort her directly to my study. I still need to set a date with her for the wedding…” “Mom! I’m not marrying Autumn Reed!” Blake was furious. “Didn’t we already agree? Scarlett is the one I’m marrying!” Scarlett immediately tilted her chin up haughtily. “Exactly. I’m a Sterling, not some cheap nobody you can compare to me!” Mrs. Reed’s frown deepened. “Shut up! Blake, how dare you talk about Autumn like that!” “And you, Scarlett Sterling, even if the engagement has been changed, don’t get ahead of yourself!” Blake waved his hand dismissively. “Mom! I know you raised Autumn for eighteen years, and even a dog would develop feelings, but at the end of the day, she’s just a low-class adopted girl!” “Scarlett is the only daughter of the Sterling family! With the Sterlings backing me, once I’m the heir, we won’t have to grovel to Uncle Foster ever again!” The moment the words left his mouth, Mrs. Reed’s face paled dramatically. Before Blake could react, Mrs. Reed rushed downstairs and slapped him hard. “Shut up! Our whole family relies on him, have you forgotten? And your uncle is about to marry Pearl Sterling!” I seized the chance and struggled with all my might, finally pushing away one of the security guards. Mrs. Reed, who had been furious a moment ago, saw me with my hair disheveled and my face contorted in pain. Her expression instantly changed. “Autumn? What happened?! Let go of her!” Mrs. Reed panicked. She immediately ripped the cloth from my mouth and helped me up. Blake, still angry, said, “Who’s Pearl Sterling in the Sterling family, Mom? Have you lost your mind—” He had no idea that Pearl Sterling was the name my real parents had picked for me when I returned home. I forced a smile, about to tell him, but the old injury on my knee flared up, an excruciating pain that almost choked off my voice. “You idiot! Of course, there’s a Pearl Sterling in the family! She’s the future lady of the house!” Mrs. Reed no longer bothered with her stupid son. She quickly contacted the family doctor and had me moved to the treatment room. Mrs. Reed stood by my bedside, a forced smile plastered on her face, cautiously handing me a list and a ruby ring—Foster’s engagement token. “Autumn, Foster has set the wedding date for three days from now. That jerk Blake is being impossible, I’ll make sure he—” Her words were cut short by Blake bursting in. “Mom! How long are you going to keep favoring Autumn Reed?! Scarlett is going to be your daughter-in-law!” With a slam, he slapped a pregnancy test with two lines onto my bedside table. “Scarlett just took it. You’re going to be a grandma!” “Scarlett Sterling’s parents love children. Once Scarlett has the baby, they’ll definitely help me out!” I watched him coldly. My parents did love children, but they would only love their own children. If this had happened before I returned to my real family, maybe his plan would have worked. Seeing the pregnancy test, Mrs. Reed’s expression went from surprise to alarm, then she cautiously looked at me. “Autumn, what do you think about this child?” I’d taken pain medication, and my voice was hoarse. “Is getting pregnant out of wedlock something to brag about?” I’d meant for them to just get married already, but Blake completely misunderstood, pointing at me and shouting. “Autumn Reed! If you’d just been a good, obedient girl, I might have even allowed you to be a nanny for my son!” “But it’s too late now! I’m kicking you out today!” “Mom, you don’t have to worry about Scarlett leaving me. With a baby, she’ll definitely marry me. Soon, the Reed and Sterling families will all be mine!” I just glared at him, coldly. “You don’t deserve it!” I turned to Mrs. Reed, whose face was pale with fright from Blake’s outburst. “Don’t call me Autumn anymore. Call me by my real name.” Each word was a cold, hard stone. “Call me Pearl Sterling.”
“Pearl Sterling?” Blake’s eyes darted around, then he suddenly bowed to me. “I-I’m so sorry, so sorry, I had no idea…” Mrs. Reed let out a sigh of relief. Just then, her phone rang. “Pearl, I still have to prepare for the wedding. If you need anything, just ask Blake.” Mrs. Reed probably figured we’d known each other for eighteen years, and now that Blake knew my real identity, he wouldn’t dare pull anything stupid. With that, she left, apparently reassured. The moment Mrs. Reed was out the door, Blake’s entire demeanor changed. He pressed down hard on my injured knee, making me shriek. “Having fun, Autumn Reed? I don’t know how you managed to sweet-talk my mom into treating you like royalty…” “And you dare impersonate the Sterling family’s true heiress? If my family hadn’t adopted you, you’d still be begging on the streets!” Scarlett walked in, cradling her belly and pouting. “Blake! Why is a servant living in such a nice room? And she stole my family’s necklace!” “Are you going to let her walk all over me? You should call the police and have her thrown in jail for a few years! Even your mom won’t be able to save her then!” Blake quickly rushed to comfort her. “Of course not, darling! You’re a Sterling. I’ll do whatever you say. I’ve already called the police!” “Let me tell you something hilarious. She just said her name was Pearl Sterling! How ridiculous. The Sterling family is way out of her league. She’s just a servant my mom brought back to serve me…” He laughed at his own joke, failing to notice that Scarlett, who had been so arrogant moments before, had gone completely pale. “Blake, she really is just your family’s servant, right?” I was about to say something when Blake, with lightning speed, brutally brought his fist down on my kneecap. I even heard a sickening crack, and my body instantly went limp. “Of course she is, Scarlett. We’re getting married. Why would I lie to you? My mom is already making all the arrangements!” While Scarlett bashfully looked down, Blake leaned close to my ear, his teeth gritted. “I warned you not to mention our relationship in front of Scarlett.” “Enjoy your few years in prison. I know you didn’t steal it; the necklace is a fake, isn’t it? But why would you fake hers? You shouldn’t have…” “She’s the Sterling heiress. Even if you copy her necklace, you’re still just a cheap, low-class fake!” As he spoke, he noticed the gift list in my hand. “Scarlett! Come here, look! This is the gift list my mom drafted. The wedding is in three days… In three days, you’ll be my wife!” Scarlett’s eyes widened. “Ten mansions, half the shares of all Reed Industries’ properties… That’s so much!” It wasn’t just Scarlett who was shocked; I was stunned too. I hadn’t looked closely when Mrs. Reed gave me the list, but Foster had incredible nerve—he was practically giving me half of the entire Reed family fortune. The funniest part was Blake thought it was all for him. “Of course, marrying you means a powerful alliance between our two families! Soon, Reed and Sterling will all belong to our son!” Blake boasted, completely oblivious. “You’re so good to me, darling. Why aren’t the police here yet? I don’t want to see this cheap woman!” I’d barely recovered some strength when I saw them flaunting their affection. I suddenly gagged. Let them call the police. When my real parents came to the station to pick me up, everything would be revealed. Just then, the police burst through the door. “Who called this in?” Blake dragged me from the bed. “It was her! This is our servant. She stole a huge amount of valuables from my fiancée!” The ruby ring on my hand slipped, revealing Foster’s name engraved on it. Blake’s pupils constricted, his expression wavering in disbelief. “Isn’t that Uncle Foster’s token? He said it was only for his future wife…”
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