About
In the cutthroat world of corporate power plays, Jacob Gilbert finds his life spiraling when his wife, Marlene, chooses her college crush, Miles Sullivan, over him. As the Henson Group’s Vice President, Jacob has sacrificed everything for the company, only to be blindsided by betrayal. With the weight of loyalty and ambition pressing down, Jacob grapples with the shattering realization that his three-year marriage might have been a performance staged for the boardroom rather than a partnership forged in love.
As Miles ascends to power, the stakes rise higher. Jacob is faced with a choice: will he bow to the whims of the past, or will he unleash a vengeful storm that could tear everything apart? With the Delgado family’s partnership dangling in the balance, and a team of loyal employees ready to follow him into the unknown, Jacob must navigate a treacherous path filled with ambition, secrets, and fractured trust.
In a world where first loves reign supreme and loyalties shift like sand, how far will Jacob go to reclaim his life—and his dignity? Will he destroy everything Marlene has built, or will he find a way to rise from the ashes of betrayal?
She Replaced Me with Her College Crush:Now I'll Destroy Everything She BuiltChapter 1
After the New Year holiday, work resumed—and my wife, Marlene Henson, blindsided everyone by bringing in a returned overseas student to restructure the company.
"Henson Group is on the verge of signing a partnership with the Delgado family of Grandview."
"Which means we need to purge the dead weight first!"
The man stood on the elevated stage, eyes locked on me with open contempt. "So the restructuring starts with you—you parasite!"
He then called out the eighty employees I'd personally recruited.
I turned to Marlene. "Someone's coming after your husband. You're not going to say anything?"
She was quiet for a moment. Then: "Let's go with what Miles suggests. He's doing this for the company. And he's a top-tier talent."
Three years of marriage. This was the first time she hadn't taken my side.
The room went still with shock.
But I laughed.
Of course. The words of a first love always carried more weight.
What she didn't know was that the Delgado family had only agreed to the partnership as a way to get closer to me.
——
Onstage.