Chapter 3

After the phone call ended, I got ready to leave.

Just as I picked up my luggage, I heard sounds at the door.

"John, what's this surprise you said you had for me?"

"It's on the balcony, let me take you to see it..."

I came face-to-face with this cheating pair.

Jessica quietly moved behind John.

John's face turned cold as he looked at me.

"What are you doing at home? Shouldn't you be at the hospital?"

I couldn't help but laugh.

"You do remember this is YOUR and MY home?"

"I'll come back whenever I want. Am I disturbing you two in my own home?"

To my surprise, John actually nodded.

"You are disturbing us a bit. Jessica is sick, and too many people staying in the house makes the air stuffy. Just go stay at the hospital and keep your mom company."

"I wasn't planning to stay anyway." I stared at Jessica and held out my right hand.

"How was my car? Time to give me back the keys."

Jessica glanced at John, and after getting his signal, reluctantly pulled out the keys and handed them to me.

John defended her: "She just borrowed your car for a bit. I don't know why you have to be so petty about it."

I reached out and gave John a push.

"Fine, didn't you want me to leave? Move out of my way."

John didn't budge, but Jessica, behind him, fell backward on cue.

"Ouch..."

Her forehead hit straight into the sharp corner of the table, and tears immediately welled up in her eyes.

John nervously rushed to her side, then turned to yell at me.

"Alice, she already gave you back the keys. What more do you want?"

"You're so cruel! Attacking a sick person like that!"

I stepped back and innocently raised both hands.

"You know exactly how little force I used on you. She clearly fell down on her own."

John glared at me, picked up Jessica, and headed toward the master bedroom.

I grabbed my luggage and left without looking back.

When I opened my car door, that same sickly sweet perfume Jessica wore filled my nose.

I sat in the driver's seat but didn't start the car right away.

I opened my phone, and John and Jessica's figures immediately appeared on the screen.

Jessica was lying on the bed where I slept every night, covering her forehead, crying softly.

"John, it hurts so much..."

John bent down and kissed her injury, his voice gentle.

"She's just crazy, ignore her. Let me kiss it better for you."

Then he suddenly paused and looked Jessica up and down.

"Why are you wearing Alice's lingerie?"

Jessica wrapped her arms around John's neck, a smile playing at her lips.

"If we're going for thrills, let's make it more thrilling..."

John's hand caressed Jessica's bare shoulder. "You're so sexy."

Jessica playfully hit him: "So between me and her, who do you like better in sexy lingerie?"

John moved closer, his breathing growing heavy.

"Why do you keep bringing her up? Such a mood killer. She's like a dead fish, nothing compared to you. Your body is so soft, and you smell so good..."

"Every time I'm with her, I have no interest. Only when I think of you can I even get it up..."

The two quickly got tangled up together, the scene too disgusting to watch.

I recorded everything.

The company happened to send me an official offer email just then.

[Ms. Alice Brown, hello. The company fully understands your situation. You may begin preliminary work remotely, with compensation as agreed—an annual salary of $300,000, plus separate project commissions.]

I exited the surveillance and saved the file.

Now I had what I needed for the divorce.

But this was far from enough.

This company was the biggest competitor to John's employer, and I had evidence of his affair with Jessica in my hands.