Chapter 2

I immediately sent Ava a SnapChat message: [Ava, do you remember who you are?]

My tone was flat, devoid of emotion.

Ava didn't play dead this time. She replied instantly: [I'm your wife, but I'm also a person. If your sex drive is that strong, I don't mind you going out to find someone to release it with.]

I laughed bitterly at that reply. I immediately sent the video over: [Ten minutes. I want a reasonable explanation. Otherwise, our alliance ends here.]

Yes, we were just an alliance marriage.

She was just leveraging my affection to act completely without restraint.

But I wasn't desperate for her either.

Since she chose another man, as her husband who once liked her, I naturally had to grant her wish.

After sending the message, I went straight to the bathroom.

When I came out, Ava was already back.

Ava, with a slightly flushed face, reached out to hug me. I felt disgusted and instinctively recoiled. "Care to explain?"

"Honey, I lost a game, and that was my punishment."

Ava batted her eyelashes at me.

"Not being intimate with me was the punishment, or kneeling in front of him and begging him to take you was the punishment?" I looked at Ava expressionlessly.

Faced with my questioning, Ava's face instantly hardened. "Ethan, are you trying to humiliate me? I told you it was a punishment, and you're still being so aggressive. Don't you believe me?"

"Then tell me, how am I supposed to believe you?"

I tossed my phone onto the table. Another video was playing on the screen.

I'd asked my assistant to investigate it before I showered.

The man in the video was Caleb, an intern Ava managed. From his back, he seemed to be the same man Ava was kneeling for.

I remembered Caleb had joined the company six months ago.

Back then, Ava had told me, "Honey, Caleb is my mentor's son. We have to give him a chance."

I hadn't thought much of it, but I never expected she'd repeatedly ditch me because of him.

In this video, the two of them were tightly embracing. I wanted to see how Ava would explain this.

"You're tracking me?" Ava's face changed drastically the moment she saw the video. "I'm your wife, not your servant. How dare you track me? Even if I'm your wife, can't I hug someone else?"

"Ethan, your mind is so twisted."

Ava angrily turned and left.

The room fell silent with her departure.

Actually, our families were quite well-matched in terms of social standing, and Ava and I had known each other since childhood.

Although Ava was the one who initially proposed the alliance, I wasn't against it.