The Bound Between Us

Chapter 170

They teased each other relentlessly, every word as honest as it got. Their past conflicts were real, and the gradual dissolving of their estrangement now was also real.

Gianna lit a cigarette, took a skilled puff, and Anastasia asked, “When did you start to smoke?”

“I can’t remember, probably several years ago.” Gianna said self-deprecatingly “I’ve always been unable to get pregnant, which has been really tough. I had no one to talk to, so I relied on this to unwind,”

As Gianna began to share all her issues with Anastasia, their relationship became even closer. Blood ties were strange like that. Even after incompatible pasts, when hardship struck, it was always family who stuck around.

Gianna opened her phone to see Joey’s river jumping video ranking first on trending topics. In just an hour, there were over ten thousand comments and nearly a hundred thousand likes.

Gianna clicked into the comment section. Netizens were extremely polarized, some criticizing her as a heartless woman, while others criticized Joey

of those bashing Joey were women, especially stay-at-home moms. They sympathized with Gianna and

Joey spent cheating. His child was already in kindergarten, only for him to find out the child wasn’t his. This

was also reading the comments and said, “Most people are swayed by public opinion because they don’t know

emotionally fragile. These harsh words could be the last straw

said, “Anastasia, youre night. They don’t know the full story. I’ll make sure

realized what Gianna was about to do and asked,

tolerate this injustice, nor will forgive Joey. This is the only option left. I won’t let this marriage tamish my reputation,

new account and began to clarify the truth about her marriage with Joey online. She posted evidence of Joey’s betrayal, including receipts from hotels where he met his lover, and pointed out that although the Edmunds family had previously looked down on her

woman decided to fight back, there was nowhere for a man to

sided with Gianna after seeing her evidence and condemned Joey’s hypocrisy. Netizens were also keen investigators, quickly finding out that Joey was a hospital director. They found the hospital’s Twitter account and left messages criticizing Joey’s

He received a call from the hospital administration, telling him to take a leave of absence and not to come to work for a