Chapter 1

Our new neighbor is a good-looking idiot who's always parking his Ferrari in my parking spot by mistake.

Every time I angrily call him to move it, he politely apologizes.

Then, ten minutes later, right on schedule, he comes down and moves the car.

It annoyed me, but I felt too awkward to make a scene.

That evening, I finished my work early and headed home, even though I was supposed to be working overtime.

And once again, I saw that Ferrari parked in my spot.

It reminded me of a conversation my coworkers had been having at work, about the tricks cheating wives use—one of them being to have their lover deliberately park his car in their own parking spot.

My fists clenched. I didn't call the number on the rich kid's car to have him move it.

Instead, I pulled a steel pipe I'd prepared in advance out of my trunk, ready to go up and kill this adulterous pair.

The livestream chat scrolled like crazy.

What is the male lead trying to do? So the rich kid parked in the wrong spot—that's no reason to kill anyone!

Why does he look to me like he's about to catch someone cheating?

Male lead, please don't think that way! Your wife and he are innocent!

That rich young guy is handsome and kind—how could he ever be the kind of homewrecker who ruins someone's family? He really just parked in the wrong spot!

I gave a cold laugh, dragged the steel pipe along in my hand, and pressed my thumb to the fingerprint lock on my own front door.

...

"Verification failed! Fingerprint not recognized!"

"Verification failed! Incorrect password!"

"Multiple incorrect password entries detected. Suspected unauthorized intrusion. Emergency alarm activated!"

A piercing alarm blared through the whole hallway.

I hefted the steel pipe and started smashing it against the door lock.

Soon everyone on the floor was awake.

Finn from next door was the first one out.

When he recognized me as the one banging on the door, his temper flared up even hotter than before.

"Piers, why aren't you asleep? What are you smashing at in the middle of the night?"

"Catching a cheater," I answered flatly.

Finn was startled, and instinctively denied it.

"Come on, really? Your wife seems like such an honest, decent person—every day it's just work and home, work and home..."

"So who's the other man?"

Finn's eyes lit up with gossip. I didn't even lift my head as I told him.

"Hilary Delgado."

Finn was stunned. "The Hilary Delgado in 1301? The rich guy with the Ferrari?"

"Piers, I'm not saying this to knock you down."

"Mr. Delgado's decked out in designer labels head to toe—the gifts he hands out to neighbors cost more than my whole pension. You really think he'd go for your wife?"

I used to think the same thing.

I'm Piers Perry, just an ordinary office worker.

My wife, Hilary, is just a waitress at a restaurant.

Average abilities, average family.

And a face so plain you'd have trouble finding her again once she stepped into a crowd.

Hilary Delgado is six-two, with a model's build, a movie star's face, and money.

Why would he want my wife—barely five feet, a hundred and thirty pounds?

But my coworkers said that the more unlikely a pairing is, the more sparks it throws off.

And on top of that, that scumbag parks his car in my spot every single day.

If he isn't my wife's lover, then who is he?

I swung the steel pipe even harder, while the chat begged me to stop right now.

Male lead, stop losing your mind! We know you love your plain little wife, but honestly, nobody but you has that kind of appetite!

No matter how desperate that rich young guy got, he'd still book some busty, slim-waisted escort, wouldn't he?

Even the cleaning ladies from building management are better-looking than your wife! I just came to watch an ordinary couple's daily life—don't get the whole book banned!

The chat was one long wail, all of them calling me love-brained, deranged, mistaking a pig for a treasure.

But the more they said it, the more certain I became that Hilary Delgado was using parking in the wrong spot as a cover to sleep with my wife!

I was going to kill them both!