Chapter 4

Fortunately, after a thorough checkup at the vet, Cleo didn't have any life-threatening injuries.

But she was severely traumatized. Fearing what Chloe might do to her if I brought her back immediately, I decided to leave her at the clinic overnight.

I drove back home alone.

But as I unlocked the front door, I froze. Soft, breathless moans echoed from inside the living room.

My hand paused on the doorknob. I couldn't believe my ears.

Even if Chloe and Tyler were completely shameless, this was still my home.

And Tyler’s mother had literally just been buried today. No one could be that sick and twisted.

But when I pushed the door open...

I saw two bodies tangled on the sofa. Chloe's clothes were disheveled, her eyes glassy with lust, pinned beneath Tyler.

In that instant, my brain went entirely numb.

The final thread of my sanity snapped. They actually did it.

Hearing the door open, they both spun their heads toward me.

When our eyes met, Chloe froze. She scrambled to shove Tyler off her, frantically fixing her clothes as she sat up.

But the more she panicked, the more she fumbled.

Tyler, on the other hand, remained dead silent. He stood up, adjusted his clothes, and kept his head down.

"Ethan... why are you back? Weren't you at the vet clinic with Cleo?"

I stared at her blankly. "What? Am I not allowed in my own house?"

She wrung her hands nervously. "I didn't mean it like that."

A suffocating silence filled the room. Tyler took a step forward, trying to sound apologetic.

"Ethan, what you saw... it's not what it looks like. Chloe and I..."

Before he could finish, Chloe pointed a trembling finger at him and shrieked, "It’s him! It was all him!"

"He drugged me! I didn't want this! None of this was consensual!"

She sobbed, lunging to throw her arms around me.

"Ethan, thank God you came back when you did! I don't even want to think about what he would've done to me!"

Listening to her crying, I didn't open my arms. I shoved her away with everything I had.

Drugged?

Thank God I came back?

Did she seriously take me for a fool?

Did she think I’d just blindly believe whatever lie slipped through her teeth?

Stumbling back from my shove, Chloe looked up at me in utter disbelief.

"Ethan, you don't believe me? I'm the victim here! How could I ever betray you? How could I throw away our years of marriage for your best friend?"

Hearing this, Tyler's expression turned incredibly dark.

But he remained silent, willingly taking the fall for the absurd accusation she threw at him.

Honestly, I was a bit surprised.

Tearfully, Chloe reached out to grab my hand, but I dodged her easily.

"Chloe, listen to yourself. Do you actually expect me to buy that garbage?"

"I have eyes. And I trust what I see."

She opened her mouth to argue, but I didn't give her the chance. I slapped the newly printed divorce papers right onto her chest.

"Sign it. I'm done with this marriage. I’m out."