Humiliated and Branded a Mistress

Synopsis

After my childhood sweetheart, Alex Carter, dumped me without warning, I fell into depression. Ethan Reed was the one who stayed by my side and helped me through it. He even cut ties with all of Alex's friends because of me. But on the day of our engagement party, he said he was inviting that entire group. "I want everyone who doubted us back then to see how happy we are now," he said. Then, while we were popping champagne, Ethan suddenly pointed the bottle at me. Pop! The cork struck me straight in the left eye. Champagne drenched my hair and ruined the makeup I had spent three hours perfecting. My best friend, Emily Turner, doubled over laughing. "Sophie, three years later, and you still haven't changed at all. "I was the one who told Alex to chase you and then dump you. You fell for it. Later, we made a bet that Ethan could win you over too, and you fell for him just as easily. "You really are like your mother. You can't go a second without a man!" One cake after another came flying at me. I covered my eye as the blows knocked me to the floor. When I looked up, I saw Ethan standing beside Alex. One of them gently patted Emily's back while the other wiped away the tears of laughter from her face. "Sophie, Emily and I got married a long time ago," Ethan said. "Your mother was a mistress who stole Emily's father. So now you can be the mistress and pay her back. Seems fair to me," Alex added. The men around them burst into laughter and showered me with insults. "No wonder she's such a slut. She'll cling to any man who'll have her." "Ethan, am I next?" I stumbled to my feet and wiped the frosting from my face. There won't be a next one. From now on, the only person I'll ever trust was myself.