Plump, Hated, And Bullied

Internet chaos

Chapter 34
Ren POV
'Why did you have to come into my sister's life, you bastard? Because of you, she's suffering now. Are you happy about it? Are you happy that her own mom now hates her because of you?' Tyler's words echo in my head for the umpteenth time as I drive down the road, and I hit my hand on the steering wheel.
'Do you know what she has been going through because she called off the engagement between you two? You are nothing but a monster that wants nothing but to hurt my sister. I am warning you, Ren... Stay the hell away from Tracy if you don't want to get on my bad side, not that you haven't before anyway' I felt so guilty that I couldn't even utter a word. I felt so horrible and less of a man that I sat down there and watch him rain insults on me. You weren't expecting me to react, were you? It was all my fault after all. She wouldn't have been so mad at me if I was not being a jerk, so what the hell should I have done? Fight him? Talk back at him? That will only prove how shameless I can be.
Parking my car at the side of the road, I quickly reach out for my phone and unlock it. I scroll through it for a few minutes, searching for Tracy's number, but I sigh deeply and drop the phone as the realization dawn on me that I have already deleted her number from my phone. I need to contact her, I need to stop this torture she's going through. I caused this mess, so it's only right that I do something about it and clear it up.
I pick up my phone from the seat next to me where I dropped it moments ago, and I unlock it. 'Tyler, may I have Tracy's number, please? Don't worry, I'm not going to do anything to her. I just want to clear the mess I created' I send him the message and drop the phone afterward. I just pray that I end up getting a positive reply from him. I really need to see Tracy.
I set the car in motion and drive out of the place afterward.
Approaching the company, I stop my car and squint my eyes to see what's happening in front of the gate. It's Lilian and a lady talking about what I have no idea of, but from the expression on their faces, I think it's not just a discussion, but an argument.
"Is she bullying her?" I mumble as I lean forward to have a better look. But wait! What do I care if the lady is bullying her? What the hell has been going on with me since yesterday?
"She's your employee, so it's fine," My subconscious mind reminds me, and I think it's right anyway. She's my employee, and I shouldn't allow anybody to bully her as long as she's in the company's vicinity.
About to step out of the car, I stop when I see her go inside the gate while the lady stands there for a while before she walks over to hop inside her car and drives away afterward.
"What's going on?" I ask myself as I ignite my car and motion it toward the gate and drive in afterward. As much as I want to conclude that they must've known each other from somewhere, I know that can't be possible. Lilian doesn't have a friend since everyone thinks that she's ugly and no one wants to associate with her.
Stepping out of the car, my phone beeps, and I stop to check it, hoping that it's a text from Tyler. I unlock my phone, but my mouth drops open at the notification that pops on the screen of my phone.
Clicking on the notification, my eyes narrow in shock at the sight that welcomes me on the internet. My name is on the hot search with wedding pictures of me and Lilian trending online.
"What the... Fuck!" I curse under my breath as I slowly clench my fingers around my phone. After the wedding that day, I made sure that nothing went out. I made sure that all of our pictures were deleted because I didn't want anyone to know that I got married to Lilian. What the fuck is going on? Who did this?
I walk briskly toward the entrance door and step into the company, I stop on my track when I find almost all of the staff on the first floor all on their phones as they keep whispering to themselves.
"Oh my God! How come the boss is married to his secretary?"
"When did the boss got married and didn't tell us? I thought his wedding was called off,"
"Why her of all people? This is so disgusting," I watch as they whisper not knowing that I'm around.
"What are you all doing?" I yell at the top of my voice, and they all scatter and start running to their various seats. Well, they are the least of my problem now, so I don't have their time yet.
I saunter toward the elevator and once I step in, I press the '3' button, waiting impatiently for it to get me to my office. As soon as the elevator rolls open minutes later, I storm out of it and walk briskly along the hallway. Once I get to the door to my office, I push it open and barge into the office.
"What the hell is the meaning of this, Lilian? How dare you?" I roar at Lilian whose attention is also on her phone. I guess she must've seen it already, or should I say she did it? Because if not her, nobody else could've gotten access to the photos.
"Wha... What are you talking about?" She blinks her eyes a couple of times as she stands up to her feet, staring at me blankly. Fuck her! I won't fall for that.
"What is the meaning of this nonsense? How dare you upload these pictures?" I yell at her, and she flinches. Tears well up in her eyes, but does she think that her fake tears can move me? She must be joking around.
"I didn't do it," She shakes her head as her tears finally stream down her cheeks.
"You are the only one that could have access to the photos. I asked that the photos should be deleted, and the footage was also deleted, if not you, then who else could've done something like this?" I roar at her again, but this time, she only stares at me with an unreadable expression on her face. She slowly clenches her fingers tightly, and I bet I heard it make a cracking sound. What the hell is that?
"What makes you think that I'm the one that did..."
"Isn't it obvious? You desperately want to be seen with me... You desperately want to be called my wife, and..."
"And what makes you think that I want to be called a monster's wife?!" She yells at the top of her voice, cutting me off and I flinch...