Chapter 1

We had been married for five years, but my wife had never let me touch her because of her deep insecurity.

To test if I would cheat, she flirted with me using various burner accounts on Snapchat. She even asked her gorgeous cousin to tempt me in person.

Faced with her crazy mind games, I decided I had had enough.

Since you went out of your way to send your hot cousin to seduce me,

I’ll just give you exactly what you asked for, and make you regret it for the rest of your life.

"Vanessa, you have to test him for me. I’m so worried he’ll cheat on me and break my heart."

"If he can resist a gorgeous woman like you, then I’ll finally be able to trust him."

On my walk home from the subway after work, I suddenly spotted a woman ahead of me. Her figure looked exactly like my wife, Chloe.

Chloe had a smoking hot body and stunning looks. She was the kind of woman who stood out in any crowd.

But next to her was another woman with an equally incredible body. Just looking at her back, I could tell she was a head-turner.

I quickened my pace to catch up. As I got closer, I confirmed it was indeed my wife.

Just as I was about to call out her name, I heard her say those exact words to the beautiful woman next to her.

I froze in my tracks, watching their retreating figures fade into the distance.

Chloe and I met through a blind date arranged by our families. We had been married for almost five years, but we didn’t have any kids.

It wasn't because there was something wrong with us physically. It was because even though we slept in the same bed every night for five years, I had never actually touched her.

Every time things got heated and we reached the critical moment, Chloe would abruptly stop. She would make up all kinds of excuses to back out.

I had imagined a million possibilities. I even wondered if she was asexual, or if she was secretly gay.

But over these five years, the reality of living together made me realize the real reason why Chloe wouldn't let me touch her.

She was an extremely sensitive woman with severe trust issues.

In the beginning, the moment I walked through the door, she would immediately sniff me to check if I smelled like another woman's perfume.

Then came the phone checks. She would scroll through every single message, even my chats with my boss on WhatsApp.

We had so many fights over this. Although she got a bit better later, I still woke up in the middle of the night several times to find her secretly going through my phone.

Not only that, but she also created multiple fake Snapchat accounts to add me. She would text me and try to flirt with me.

Her acting was honestly terrible. I could always tell it was her within ten messages, but I had to play along and pretend I didn't know.

And now, hearing her ask her cousin to test me, I had to face the bitter truth. The reason she hadn’t let me touch her all these years was simple: she just didn’t trust the man she shared a bed with.

She was worried I would betray her, and she was always keeping herself ready for a divorce.

This kind of love was suffocating. I had endured a sexless marriage for five whole years.

Watching them disappear around the corner, I let out a bitter laugh and headed home.

I wanted to see what kind of game she and her cousin were planning to play with me.

But before I even reached our apartment, my phone rang. It was Chloe.

I answered, and her voice came through the speaker.

"Hey babe, I just got a last-minute notice. I have to go out of town for a business trip for a few days."

I didn't know if she was actually traveling or just making it up. I just gave a casual reply. Chloe continued, "Babe, I'm going to miss you so much. You better miss me too!"

"Oh, by the way, my college BFF is coming to our city for a seminar. She has nowhere to stay, so she's going to crash at our place for a few days. Don't go teasing her, or I'll skin you alive when I get back."

I was stunned.

The "BFF" she was talking about was definitely the cousin she was just walking with.

That meant for the next few days, while Chloe was away, I would be living alone with her stunning cousin. I was going to be subjected to her "test."

To be honest, if I hadn't overheard their conversation, and a woman that beautiful threw herself at me...

I really didn't know if I could control myself.

After all, my body had been starved of physical intimacy for five years. I was incredibly sensitive right now.

But on second thought, her cousin's test probably wouldn't go too far.

At most, it would be some verbal flirting. She wouldn't dare to do anything truly wild.

After thinking it over, I decided to stop stressing and just went home.

But what happened next proved that I was being completely naive.