My daughter, Yuki, and Max Brown's son, Eric Brown, were classmates in primary school.

Max was my wife's best male friend, and Max had loved my wife, Tina Green, deeply since college.

They were so passionate and crazy that they checked in early in the morning on the day of my son's sip-and-see party.

They thought their affair was hidden, but I had known it for four years.

***

I had had a crush on Tina in college, who was the most beautiful girl. Before marrying her, I spent all my savings of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars and crashed out my credit card to treat Tina's father, Mr. Green.

Then, we got married naturally.

After marriage, Tina was still arrogant. I thought it was her personality. But later, I was wrong.

When Yuki was three years old, Tina told me to let Yuki attend the best kindergarten.

I could afford the annual tuition fee of one hundred and twenty thousand dollars, but it was difficult to get a place.

A few days later, Tina suddenly came home happily and told me that Yuki could attend the best kindergarten.

"Who helped us? We should thank him." I was excited. After all, Yuki would study at the best kindergarten.

Tina was grateful and happy. "Max helped us. Do you remember him? We three were in the same club in college, and you had a very good relationship with him."

I did a double-take. "Max? Isn't he abroad?"

Then, Tina became even more excited.

"Yes, but Max will come back in two days, and his son, Eric, also applied for admission, so Max helped us by the way!"

"Oh, that's really nice!" I felt somewhat uncomfortable because I knew that Max had a crush on Tina in college.

Now, it had been several years, and they were in touch again.

A few days later, I was going to take Yuki to the kindergarten for admission procedures, but Tina deliberately asked for leave and insisted that she take Yuki to the kindergarten.

I was puzzled and followed Tina.

I waited at the kindergarten gate for more than an hour before Tina came out.

Tina and Max held their children's hands and talked and laughed happily.

Surprisingly, the two didn't leave but waited there.

After a while, Eric was taken away, and Yuki was also picked up by my brother-in-law, Tony Green.

Then, Tina and Max were walking under the romantic sycamore tree like a couple.

From this time on, Tina and Max met each other frequently.

Although I felt unhappy, I suspected that they had an affair, but I had no evidence.

Once, the school held the parents' meeting, and all parents were required all parents to attend.

I was busy at work, so I was a little late.

I didn't know that Max's wife had taken Eric back to her hometown until I arrived, but Max attended the meeting.

Tina and Max played games with Yuki like a couple.

All the parents thought Tina and Max were a couple. What was infuriating was that Tina and Max were awarded as "The Best Dad and Mom".

Looking through the glass window, I clenched my fists.

Tina and Max also saw my dark face, and I left.

The moment I left, I clearly saw Tina's panic and the faint smile of victory on Max's face.

Tina brought Yuki back home, and as usual, I played the role of a good father and helped Yuki wash up and go to bed.

After I left Yuki's bedroom, Tina seemed to be observing me carefully.

"Honey, please massage my feet. I'm so tired."

I felt extremely unhappy, and with a cold face, I poured a basin of water for Tina.

"I'm tired too, and I'm going to sleep."

Tina was stunned and then slightly angry.

"I saw you at the kindergarten. Why didn't you come in?"

I sneered. "Why should I come in? What if other parents and teachers think I'm a mistress? It's bad."

Tina was embarrassed. "I guessed you might misunderstand. I know you're busy, but other children attended the meeting with their parents, while you were absent. Max is kind. After knowing that you didn't go to the kindergarten, and he was afraid that Yuki would be diffident, so he just acted as Yuki's dad."

"Oh..." I said expressionlessly, "Then how did Max know that I was too busy to go there?"

Tina was suddenly speechless and changed the subject. "Yuki is happy today, and Max is our friend. It doesn't matter."

"Well, as long as you are happy!" After saying that, I went to the bedroom.

That night, we slept back to back, and this was the first time since we got married.

At night, I thought a lot, including the harmony we had enjoyed over the past few years, and then I felt that I might be sensitive.

The next morning, I prepared breakfast for Tina and Yuki as usual. Tina also seemed to act as if nothing happened yesterday.

But the harmony didn't last long.

One night, Leo, my good friend and colleague, suddenly sent me a message.

[I'll send you a video. Can you confirm if the woman is Tina?]

When I saw the video, I was in a bad mood.

In the messy bar, men and women were dancing excitedly on the dancing floor. And Tina and Max were also there.

They were sweating and excited, shaking heads, twisting waists, and hugging each other.

If I hadn't been familiar with Tina, I wouldn't have believed the scene I watched.

Tina had told me that she was working overtime!

At home, I never let Tina do any housework.

However, Tina, who had never sweated at home, was now sweating profusely on the dancing floor.

I didn't realize that Tina could be passionate, who was usually gentle and quiet.

It turned out that she was only so calm in front of me but so hot in front of Max.

I hadn't seen her like this.

I angrily called Tina, but no one answered. Was it because of the noise or excitement?

I called three times in a row, but Tina still didn't answer. Then, I held my anger and sent a few messages to Tina.

[Have you finished?]

[When will you arrive home?]

[Do you need me to leave you some food? ]

Like a stone sinking into the sea, there was no answer.

Leo called me.

"Milo, I took a closer look, and it was indeed Tina! It's shocking!

"Tina is usually such a gentle and quiet woman, and I envy that you married her so much. But I didn't expect her to be so open in the bar!

"They're leaving the bar now, I'm following!"

I gritted my teeth. "Help me watch them!"

"Milo, why don't you come over?"

I looked at Yuki's room. "I can't leave Yuki home alone."

"Don't worry, Milo. I'm following them."

Afterward, Leo continued sending messages.

[Milo, they went for a walk in the park. They're holding hands.]

[They sat on the bench, hugged each other, and kissed.]

[That man put his hands into Tina's collar and skirt.]

[I'm so mad. They went to the hotel!]

[Don't worry. I took pictures of it.]

I sneered. "Leo, well done!"

...

At five o'clock in the morning of the next day, I was still sitting on the sofa and smoking.

The front was pushed open, and Tina arrived.

She looked tired, tiptoed in, took off her high heels, and put on slippers.

When Tina turned around, she saw me sitting on the sofa, which startled her. Then, she quickly covered her chest.

"You...scare me!

"It's not even bright yet. Why are you up so early?"

I clearly saw the hickey on the neckline of Tina's low-cut dress, and it was like a knife stabbing my eyes.

I grinned. "You were not at home. I was worried about you, and I couldn't sleep, so I got up."

Tina was furious when she saw the unextinguished cigarette butt in the ashtray on the table.

"You're smoking at home again, right?

"Why don't you listen to me?

"Do you care about me?

"Won't this make me smoke secondhand smoke?"

I stood up with a smile, picked up the ashtray, and went to the toilet to dump it.

After washing my face, I looked at myself in the mirror.

"Tina, aren't you afraid of secondhand smoke when you're in the smoky bar?

"You and Max were hugging each other and even had a night at hotel. Did you consider me?"

Since Max came back from abroad, Tina had been pickier about me, and she had worked overtime at night.

But how could paper cover fire? The affair cannot be hidden forever.

I didn't say anything, but I hired a private detective.

I also asked Leo, who was good at computers, to find Tina's cloud backup password through her old phone.

It turned out that Tina, who had always been traditional, was really passionate.

After Tina and Max reconnected, their mutual attraction was like fire, very hot.

After the initial short period of testing, the fire burned more and more fiercely.

In just one year, Tina and Max went through the trial stage, the rekindled love, and the passion period. Now, they had various ways to have sex.

It was hard to imagine that Tina, who usually frowned and scolded me when I proposed to change the sex style, was actually willing to help Max...

Tina and Max even took lots of sex photos and videos.

It had been so many years since they graduated from college, but they were still maintaining the good habit of reviewing.

With such hard work, they should have taken the postgraduate entrance examination a long time ago!

I remained silent about all this and pretended I knew nothing.

But I was heartbroken and knew very well that our marriage was dead in name only.

Yuki was the only bond between Tina and me.

...

Yuki was growing, and I didn't want her to have an incomplete family.

So, I'd like to be honest with Tina on our wedding anniversary.

I was still foolishly hopeful. If Tina would end her affair, I might continue enduring her like the past few years.

A marriage in name only was not scary, and what was most scary was making Yuki sad.

I received a call from the principal of the kindergarten before I got off work in the afternoon. He told me that Yuki was sick.

I was in an important meeting at the time, so I called Tina in a hurry, but she didn't answer.

I had to hand down work to Leo, and then I drove to the kindergarten to pick up my daughter and went to the hospital.

After a time, Yuki had to hang a drip. We didn't get home until the evening.

After coxing Yuki to sleep, I checked my phone.

Tina did reply to me.

[Honey, I'm not going home tonight. My best friend is having her birthday, so I'm going to sleep at her house tonight.]

My face suddenly turned dark again. "Does she forget our wedding anniversary? Best friend? It's her best male friend, Max, right?"

I suddenly realized that all my thoughts were too naive.

How could a person change his habits?

Maybe because I became more tractable, Tina seemed more unscrupulous and cared less and less about my feelings.

So, I also changed my strategy.

In the early morning, when putting on makeup, Tina asked me as if she was testing or notifying me.

"Honey, it's Eric's birthday today. Max invited our family to have dinner at his house. Do you want to go?"

"Hmm? Okay!"

Tina suddenly stopped and looked a little surprised.

"Are you sure?"

I smiled. "Yeah, I haven't hung out with Max for a long time. It's Eric's birthday, so why not go and have some fun?"

Yuki's face wrinkled. "I don't want to go!"

"Why?" I was curious.

Yuki pouted. "Eric always bullies me at school, and he also instigates other children to bully me. He often pulls my hair and rips my skirt!"

I was suddenly angry.

Tina quickly said, "Yuki, Eric is playing with you. He likes you, and you should unite."

Yuki was unhappy.

"No, Mom likes Eric instead of me. Last time you picked me up, you bought Eric a Transformer. I know it's over three thousand dollars. But you didn't even buy me a two-hundred-dollar doll!"

Tina glanced at me and quickly interrupted Yuki.

"I didn't buy the Transformer. That was... Oh, Eric's dad bought it and asked me to give it to Eric!"

Yuki was naive, and she believed it, but how could I believe it?

Tina's credit card was my secondary card. Her salary was only enough to buy clothes and cosmetics every month. I covered all the household expenses.

I checked the consumption records regularly over the past two years. One of the items was the consumption record at a toy store, and the amount was exactly three thousand six hundred and eighty-eight dollars.

I hugged Yuki and smiled.

"Yuki, I'll take you to the toy store later and buy you the doll you like, and then we pick out a gift for Eric, okay?"

Yuki nodded excitedly.