I wasn't given a chance to speak.

After returning from the police station, Emily hid in the room and ignored me.

I was afraid that she would be hungry. So, I cooked pasta for her.

"Emily, I'm so sorry. I was just too worried about you. I didn't mean anything."

Emily suddenly sat up from the bed in anger.

"Bullshit! I know you don't trust me."

"What's wrong with me hanging out with Daniel? I've said it many times. He's just my best friend. If anyone knows what happened today, what should I do?"

"I was just too anxious and didn't think much about it. But did you sleep together with him those days?"

I always felt uncomfortable if I didn't clarify this matter.

Emily was stunned after listening.

Her eyes flickered for a moment, and then she puffed out her chest confidently. "We are good friends. What's wrong with sleeping together? And we are not squeezing into the same sleeping bag. We had done nothing. You apply your suspicious mind to a gentleman."

Even if their relationship was good, Daniel was still a man.

But I could only complain in my heart.

Emily was angry now, and I didn't want to make our relationship worse.

I held her and coaxed her for a long time.

In the end, I had to buy her something to coax her.

This was the rule we set when we were in love.

As long as I made her angry once, I had to buy some gifts for her. She said that this way I would remember and not dare to easily make her angry.

This trick was very effective.

In so many years together, I had only bought all the things on her wish list about ten times.

After marriage, Emily's work was not going well. So, I asked her to quit her job and stay at home.

Shouldering the responsibility of supporting the family alone, these two years I have been getting busier with my career, especially after my position was promoted at the beginning of the year. I couldn't remember how long it had been since I went shopping with her.

Maybe it was because she was too lonely that she got closer to Daniel.

Thinking of this, I left work early that day and went to the flower shop to buy her favorite roses.

Then I went to the supermarket to buy two steaks. She used to love the steak I cooked for her.

I walked home with light steps and was full of anticipation. I didn't expect to see such a scene when I opened the door.

My smile froze on my face.

I saw Emily holding Daniel's waist, leaning her head gently on his shoulder, and talking to him with a tilted head. They looked like a couple in love.

I cleared my throat.

Emily froze for a moment when she saw me, but quickly regained her composure and let go of her hand.

And Daniel, calmly like a host, greeted me, "Justin, you're back."

I tried to ignore the discomfort lingering in my heart, and I nodded at him.

However, what happened afterwards made me even more unhappy.

It was like someone else had taken over my position.

The dinner that night was made by Daniel.

Daniel and Emily have never stopped their conversation since they sat at the table. They spoke in a dialect that I couldn't understand. I was completely isolated from them.

When I tasted something delicious, Emily didn't hesitate to put it in Daniel's bowl in front of me.

When Daniel thought the food was too spicy, he picked up the soup in Emily's bowl and took a big sip.

Seeing me looking at him, Daniel felt uneasy and touched his head. "Justin, don't mind. Emily and I used to do this often when we were young. Not to mention a bowl of soup, we even took baths together."

What? Why did I think he was showing off?

Seeing this, Emily gave me a disdainful look. "Don't mind him. We're all friends. Just eat and drink as you please. No need to explain it."

After that, they treated me as if I were not here, like the forgotten roses on the side. Emily never looked at me from beginning to end.

After dinner, Emily and Daniel watched TV in the living room, while I washed dishes in the kitchen.

Not long after, Emily's laughter penetrated the walls and reached my ears clearly.

I couldn't help but glance outside.

This glance made me furious.

There was no man who could stay calm when he saw his wife resting her head on another man's leg.

Daniel even fed her shrimp chips and handed her a bottle of Coke he'd taken a sip from.

Emily naturally took a sip with the straw.

After Daniel left, I couldn't bear it anymore and questioned her. "Emily, don't you think you and Daniel have overstepped your bounds?"

Emily's face turned dark, and she said, "What do you mean, Justin? He is the only friend I have here. What's wrong with getting closer to him? Can you stop thinking like a jealous husband all the time?"

"Otherwise, you don't have time to accompany me. What's wrong with me finding someone else to accompany me? I've known him longer than you. If we wanted to be together, we would have been together long ago."

"I didn't realize how petty you are. We've been together for so many years. Don't you have any trust in me?"

I just asked her a question, and she snapped at me.

Only people with guilt would talk so much to hide themselves.

She and Daniel have been crossing lines frequently. If I continued to leave them alone, I didn't even know when she would betray me.

Because of Daniel, Emily and I didn't talk again!

In the past, I always apologized first whenever we had an argument.

This time, I didn't show any intention of making peace, hoping that she would realize the problem between her and Daniel.

In a marriage, a male best friend should not exist.

Afterwards, I was willing to spend more time with her.

But I didn't expect that on that day, I would receive a video sent by Luke.

I opened it curiously and figured out who the two people in the video were. My face grew harder.

In the video, Emily and Daniel were wearing couple outfits and getting tickets in front of the self-service ticket machine at the cinema.

Luke sent a message: [I told you that they're not simple. Bro, I hope you haven't been cheated on.]

I called Emily with a gloomy face, but she hung up on me repeatedly.

And then she blocked me on WhatsApp.

That night, she didn't come back all night!

Luke followed them and filmed her entering Daniel's community, but she never came out again.

That day, I received a message from the bank saying that she had spent 7,000 dollars using my card.

Daniel has high self-esteem and has never held a job for more than six months. He didn't have much savings either. Most of the expenses when he went out with Emily were borne by my wife.

I could overlook the money. But from the camping trip to staying overnight at his house, his repeated crossing of lines has already touched my bottom line.

I waited in the living room all night and thought a lot.

The next day, I called Emily several times again, but no one answered.

Because I had something on my mind, not only did I frequently lose focus at work, but I also left an important document at home.

I had to go back home.

As soon as I entered the door, I found that Emily had come back.

I could still faintly smell her perfume in the air. Perhaps she left in a hurry and forgot to turn off the computer.

I leaned closer and saw that WhatsApp was logged in. I couldn't help but click on it.

I saw the two of them chatting fervently.

After just a quick glance, a surge of anger rushed to my heart, making me lose my sanity.

What a pair of adulterers!

It was at this time that I realized that I had been cheated on.