Actually, the Hungry Gyaru Who Eats a Lot Was Being Cheated On, so I Decided to Win Her Heart (And Stomach) From Her Jerk Boyfriend - 38

Chapter 38: I Don’t Have Any Intention to Forgive You

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Of course, Miura wasn’t the only one on the other end of the line. Sasamoto, Suzuki and even Shizuku. In fact, the other students might be listening in too. Yamachi’s face turned pale in an instant. It seemed he’d finally realized the gravity of what he’d done, but it was already too late.

“You! You tricked me…!”

“Right back at you. Besides, I told you before, didn’t I? You and I… We’re the same.”

As I put Shizuku’s phone back in my pocket, I continued on.

“Yamachi, do you know why I went so far as to use the video deletion as bait to make you spill your and Kushina’s past?”

He didn’t say anything in return. He just kept glaring at me with his face pale. 

“This might sound a bit arrogant, but I wanted to see for myself. I wanted to judge whether I could afford to be lenient with you two.”

“…Does that mean you’d forgive us if we had a good enough reason?”

“Like hell I would. I don’t have any intention to forgive you.”

You had crossed the line a long time ago. The only reason why Yamachi had been forgiven up until now was purely because of Shizuku’s kindness and yet, he trampled all over her kindness. Thanks to that, nothing could stop me anymore. 

“Then? Why did you go out of your way to ask me all those questions?!”

“To see how far I’d go. Depending on the situation, I could just make you take all the blame, but… My last conversation with you helped me make up my mind.”

Pausing for a moment, I took out my own phone this time. I searched  for the video file I had hidden in a separate folder. I played the video and showed it to Yamachi. In an instant, his already pale face turned even paler.

“Tha-That’s…!!”

“Who said I only have one video? Of course I have another video and in this video, you can clearly see your affair with Katagiri.”

On my phone screen was the video of Yamachi and Katagiri leaving a love hotel together and heading toward the station. It was indisputable evidence of their affair and this video was also my trump card, the one I had been holding onto from the very start of this mess. 

“…So? You’re planning to shake me up again with that video?”

“No. I don’t need to do that anymore. I’m done negotiating with you.”

“What do you mean by that?”

“You’ll know soon enough.”

Depending on the circumstances, I had intended to give them a bit of mercy. If it was something he had done out of whim, I would’ve just spread the other video and let it be done with it. Unfortunately, it turned out he was more vile than I had originally thought. 

Not long after we stood facing each other silently, the ringtone of a smartphone broke through the tension. However, that first sound was just the beginning. After that, more and more notifications kept coming in like a flood and all of them were coming from Yamachi’s phone.

“So you have backup files…”

“Of course. There’s no way I’d throw away such a powerful trump card. You actually think deleting that single file from my phone would keep you safe?”

I said as I descended the stairs and quickly overtook Yamachi. After I arrived at the landing area, I looked back at him. 

“If you hadn’t blabbed your mouth, Katagiri wouldn’t need to get involved with this mess. We could’ve solved it with just you being a bad guy who had an affair while dating Kushina, but… You two were in cahoots, weren’t you? You and Katagiri. You both were working together to trick Kushina.”

Judging from what Yamachi had told me, it was only natural for me to assume that some of the money Yamachi had gotten from Shizuku also went to Katagiri. Otherwise, there was no way he would agree to date Shizuku in public.

“Tha-That means…!”

Regaining his power back, Yamachi shouted. 

“Rika has no hands in this! You’re going to drag her into this and turn her into your victim too?! How outrageous! You’re being unreasonable!!!”

“Victim…?”

The moment I heard those words, a chilling surge of anger exploded from my chest. The emotions I had been trying to suppress immediately burst out to the surface. 

“Who…”

“Huh?”

“Who’s the real victim here?! It’s Kushina! You two used her! You manipulated her with your false affection! You betrayed her and hurt her over and over again and yet… You still have the audacity to turn a blind eye on your wrongdoings and act like YOU TWO are the victims here?!”

I shouted, letting all the pent-up frustration go and slammed my fist hard against the wall. I had never felt this much anger, not since on that rainy day. And yet, I still managed to hold myself back from injuring Yamachi physically. The last remaining reason within me was working hard to reel myself in. 

I exhaled deeply. Little by little, I began to sort my raging emotions and calm myself down. While I was calming myself down, Yamachi’s phone continued to ring with incoming calls. However, Yamachi didn’t do anything about it. He just stood there, frozen in place. 

“…Anyway, with this, all of your misdeeds have been brought to light.”

Now that I had regained my composure, I began to slowly descend the stairs. 

My job here is done.

If I went any further than this, I’d be acting just for my own personal vendetta. I had to remember my true reason, the reason why I did all these. All for Shizuku.

Though, it feels like it’s already too late for that now that we’ve reached this point. In any case, the school will definitely take action once they get the wind of this. 

I thought to myself, but then, I left one last remark for Yamachi. 

“Well, this is the end of our conversation, See you, you fool.”

I repeated the same words he had said to me earlier. After ending the call with Miura, I left the scene.

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