Chapter 3

"Mr. Alex! Where are you? Come home quickly! Something's happened at your place!"

I instantly woke up, bolting upright in bed.

"Mrs. Henderson, what's wrong? What happened at my place? Please tell me slowly!"

Mrs. Henderson, frantic, blurted out a long string of words.

"A girl showed up at your doorstep, claiming she's your girlfriend! She's arguing with Sarah right now! Hurry back!"

At that moment, I was completely sober.

I quickly got dressed and hailed a cab home.

Rushing to my doorstep, I saw Sarah, surrounded by neighbors, and the person claiming to be my girlfriend.

It was Chloe! Of course, it was her!

My rage instantly boiled over.

Yesterday, I'd been kind enough to let her off the hook!

And today, she dared to come to my house to cause trouble?

Chloe stood there, haughtily provoking Sarah.

"Let me tell you! In this world, the unloved one is the third party! Alex doesn't love you anymore! If you're smart, pack your things and leave! And get rid of that thing in your belly too, don't try to pin it on us!"

Mrs. Henderson stood by Sarah, protectively shielding her.

"Young lady, how can you say such things! The baby's eight months along, almost due! Getting rid of it now could kill her! Besides, the young couple's relationship is perfectly fine; *you're* the one destroying someone else's family!"

Chloe completely ignored Mrs. Henderson, her eyes fixed on Sarah's belly, filled with venom.

"What does her life have to do with me?"

"I'll tell you the truth, Sarah! Alex and I have already slept together! He's fantastic in bed, I almost couldn't get out of it today, my back still aches!"

Her shameless words made the surrounding neighbors look at her with disgust.

After all, people usually saw wives confronting mistresses; who had ever seen a mistress proactively showing up at the door?

Sarah, instead of getting angry, actually smiled.

She looked calmly at Chloe, her voice laced with mockery.

"You said you slept with Alex?"

"Yeah! So what? You don't believe me?"

Chloe said, deliberately stepping closer.

"He said he's sick of you, you ugly woman! If it wasn't for you being pregnant, he would have divorced you already."

The neighbors couldn't help but feel indignant for Sarah.

"This girl is too much! Spouting nonsense!"

"Exactly! Alex and Sarah are such a great couple, how could he ever be interested in her?"

"Sarah, don't listen to her, she's just trying to provoke you! You're pregnant, don't get worked up!"

Sarah wasn't at all provoked by Chloe's words; she even looked Chloe up and down with amusement.

"You're lying! Alex would never sleep with you."

Seeing her provocation fail, Chloe, enraged, lunged to hit Sarah.

"You dare not believe me!"

I quickly pushed through the crowd and grabbed Chloe's arm.

Once Chloe realized what happened, she became even more brazen.

She leaned into me suggestively:

"Oh, you're awake? Do you remember last night?"

Last night?

I frowned, my mind a blur.

Last night I'd just collapsed into bed at the hotel; could something else have happened?

Seeing my confused expression, Chloe feigned shyness and lowered her head.

"Last night, after you drank, you called me and asked me to come over. As soon as I arrived at the hotel, you pulled me straight into your room…"

She said, pulling out her phone from her pocket, finding a picture, and holding it up for everyone to see:

"Look! This is proof!"

In the photo, I was wearing clothes and sleeping soundly.

Chloe, however, was lying naked beside me, a triumphant smile on her face, snuggled into my arms.

It certainly looked like the two of us had slept together.