The Billionaire Ex-Wife and the Beggar He Became novel Chapter 299

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"You've got the wrong person! I'm not that woman from yesterday! Look at me! I'm Felicity Shepherd, the city's Outstanding Youth!" she cried, curling into a ball to protect herself.

The crowd roared.

"We know exactly who you are, you filthy liar!" the woman at the front screamed, her face contorted with rage as she lunged forward with the newspaper. "I'm going to rip your mouth open and shove this shit down your throat! Let's see how you like the smell then!"

The woman was mentally ill, recently released into her daughter's care. Her husband's decades-long affair had driven her mad, and the sight of a mistress who had usurped the wife's place triggered a violent rage.

Felicity was too afraid to even cry, terrified the filth would get in her mouth. She prayed for Julian to appear, to wrap her in his coat and save her, just as he had saved Winona yesterday. He was her boyfriend, soon to be her husband. Where was he?

Tears streamed down her face as her world fell apart. Fortunately, after the incident with Winona, the hospital and local police were on high alert. Security guards and patrol officers quickly intervened, dispersing the crowd.

But the damage was done. Felicity was a reeking, disgusting mess. A security guard who tried to help her retched and backed away. She wanted to die. But before she did, she needed to understand what had happened. How had the world turned upside down in the two hours Frank had been in surgery? And what was this about a billion-dollar debt? She didn't gamble, she didn't have any vices, and her boyfriend was one of the richest men in the city, spending hundreds of millions on her every year. How could she possibly owe anyone money?

No one would come near her, so Felicity pulled out her phone. She started to call Julian but stopped. She couldn't let him see her like this, not on the day they were supposed to get married. Instead, she called Xander.

The moment he answered, she broke down. "Xander, it's a nightmare," she sobbed, gagging. "The same people who mobbed Winona yesterday... they thought I was her. They threw eggs and rotten vegetables and... oh God..."

"Miss Shepherd," Xander's voice was cold.