Book 5 | Discovered My Husband’s Stepmother Was
His Lover
At 3 AM, I was jolted awake by the urgent need to pee.
Instinctively, I reached out beside me, but there was no one there.
Where’s Daniel?
I sat up groggily and noticed a warm, yellowish light streaming from under the door.
Rubbing my eyes, I faintly heard my husband’s low voice.
As my hand touched the doorknob, I
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I Hekelch my breath, cautiously cracking the e dobropopen just a slit.
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“Baby, I’ll definitetely marry you!”
“Don’t worry, i’vevelæready checked it out. It’s remote area, nononene Will see us.”
“Once we lure herintoto the wilderness, she’s as good as dead. Afterenataalalleher assets w will be ours!”
“Alright, alright, calm down.Don’t forget, yoyou’re carrying our son! Gotots steeponow. I lolove you too, goodnight!“!”
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A chill ran down my spine, a cold dread settling deep in my heart.
In the dark, I bit down hard on my trembling hand, the bitter, metallic taste of blood flooding my mouth.
Suddenly, I heard rapid footsteps
approaching the door, followed by the sound of a switch being flipped.
The footsteps grew louder, and my terror reached its peak.
I imagined Daniel Hardy holding a gleaming, sharp knife, his face twisted in a cruel grin as he slowly advanced toward me.
“Honey? Is that you?”
I pretended to have just woken up.
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“Sweeeleelaeart, why aren’t you asleep yet?”
I openedetth the door, rubbing my eyes sleep asalslookeddeat at him.
“I woke up to toogo to the bathroom. Were you up all nighgwoworking on project report again?“?”
The figure in front of onene stiffened, and th next second, he blutedeci.out,
“Yeah, just finished.”d”
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With that, I hurriedly walked into the bathroom.
As I closed the bathroom door behind me, I felt an icy, intense gaze drilling into my back.
I sat on the toilet, my trembling hand hovering over my phone’s dial screen.
Should I call the police?
But nothing had happened yet. Would they believe me without any proof?
Should I tell my family?
They’ve always been pleased with Daniel. They would never believe he could cheat.
I quickly scrolled through my Whatsapp contacts, my finger pausing on one particular profile.
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I tapped on the lotus icon and sent a
message.
“Are you awake?”
I glanced at the time–3:30 AM. She might be asleep.
A few seconds later, my phone buzzed.
“Yes, Jane. Why aren’t you sleeping?”
Seeing her reply was like a drowning person finally grasping a lifeline.
I couldn’t hold back any longer. Tears poured from my eyes like a flood.
My hand shook uncontrollably as I typed carefully.
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“Penny, do you have time tomorrow? I need
to talk to you.”
Penny Baldwin didn’t reply. Instead, she immediately called me on video.
The ringtone startled me, and I nearly dropped my phone in shock.
I scrambled to hit reject and quickly typed a message.
“Don’t call on video. Don’t send voice messages.”
Penny responded almost instantly.
“Jane, what’s going on? Don’t scare me!”
Daniel’s calm, cold voice echoed in my mind, sending shivers down my spine.
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“Penny, Daniel is cheating.”
This time, Penny didn’t respond immediately. It took a few minutes before her reply came.
“What? No way! Daniel’s not like that! Jane, are you sure? Do you have any proof?”
“I just heard him on the phone. And he invited me to a remote area. Penny, can you come with me? I’ll tell you everything when we meet, but please, don’t tell anyone, okay?”
“Okay, I won’t say anything. Don’t be scared, Jane. I’ll go with you tomorrow.”
I didn’t reply to Penny after that. My hand holding the phone began to sweat, my mind a chaotic mess.
