With a shaky step, I walked toward Shirley's room, which was only one hallway away from mine.

Steven had tried to persuade me to change my mind, but this feeling of annoyance in my heart made me uncomfortable.

Fortunately, the hallway where Shirley's room was located was not too crowded, making it easier for me to walk down the long corridor along this hallway.

When I got to Shirley's room, I realized that the door wasn't closed properly, and the small gap between the doors allowed me to see a little of what was going on in the room.

At first, I intended to knock on the door and walk in. However, I saw something that shocked me.

Melvin was making out with Shirley on the hospital bed. The two of them were openly and shamelessly sharing their love there.

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the sight. How could they betray me like this?

"Honey, be gentle, you don't want to hurt our child, do you? "Shirley said coquettishly to Melvin, gripping his hair and enjoying the pleasure she felt.

"I can't hold myself when I'm with you, Shirley." Melvin leaned down to kiss Shirley's neck while hissing softly.

"You still remember your promise to give half of your company shares to our child, right? "Shirley glanced at Melvin, making sure he heard her words.

"Whatever you want, Shirley." Melvin closed Shirley's lips by kissing her.

My eyes bulged when I heard their voices while they were making love. I didn't expect Shirley to be pregnant with Melvin's child at this time.

Even though he had been married to me for five years, Melvin had never once touched me. The reason was because I was often sick, so Melvin didn't want to hurt me.

But it turned out that it was all fake, that all Melvin wanted all this time was Shirley, not me. My knees were really weak at the moment, and I fell down in front of Shirley's bedroom door.

My movement made a sound, and Melvin realized the sound I had made.

"Who is it?!" Melvin, who seemed surprised after hearing the sound, immediately panicked.

Realizing that I could have been caught here, without thinking, I immediately dragged my feet to leave the hallway where Shirley's room was.

I returned to my own room after that. My knees felt weak and I fell to my knees when I got to my own room.

Tears slowly flowed down my cheeks. I closed my mouth so that no one would hear my tears.

I had been married to Melvin for five years, and I thought we were living this marriage with love and affection.

Even though Melvin did seem cold towards me, he was the only person who understood me.

I had liked Melvin for a long time, considering our family was very close, but I never knew that Melvin had been in love with Shirley all this time.

"No! It's impossible! How could they betray me!" I roared angrily, pulling my hair out in frustration.

"So this is why he never touched me all this time." My voice slowly faded as I realized Melvin's behavior towards me all this time.

My mind was really shaken at the moment; I never thought I would be betrayed by the two people I trusted the most all this time.

. .

I was sleeping in my bed while playing with my cell phone when Melvin rushed into my room.

Melvin was in such a hurry that he broke the door to my room. At a glance, I could see the lines of panic on his face.

I secretly smirked. I would make sure to repay what they had done to me all this time.

Not only stabbing me in the back, they even thought of taking my life in the previous fire.

"Eleanore?" Melvin's voice calling me sounded hesitant and awkward for a moment.

"What's wrong? Are you satisfied with entertaining Shirley?" I only glanced at him, then got busy with my cell phone.

Realizing something was wrong with my behavior, Melvin walked closer to me and finally sat down next to my bed.

"Don't frown like that, I'm sorry I left you before. This time I will accompany you," said Melvin as he held my hand.

I looked up to look at him, "Do you promise you will accompany me tonight?" I looked him straight in the eye.

For a moment, I could see Melvin's eyes trembling, hesitating to answer my question. But the hesitation quickly disappeared, replaced by a bright, calming smile.

"Of course, you are the wife I love the most," he replied, then pulled me in for a tight hug.

My gaze turned cynical when I heard Melvin's remark. I wanted to see how long they intended to keep deceiving me like this.

It seems that because he was afraid that I would suspect their relationship, Melvin really did accompany me for the past few days after he got home from work.

And today Shirley and I have been allowed to return home. Melvin also preferred to help me rather than Shirley.

Even though I could feel Shirley's sharp gaze on me. If a gaze could kill, then my head would be blown off by Shirley's gaze right now.

In the past, I wouldn't have noticed a small thing like this, but after finding out about the affair between Melvin and Shirley, I could see it so clearly.

I no longer trusted Melvin or Shirley, and that made me wary when they were around me.

Moreover, I realized that Shirley was very dangerous with her great ambition to replace me.

"Honey, my legs still feel stiff, can you help me?" I asked Melvin to help me, I did that on purpose to see how Shirley would react.

Melvin was surprised to hear my request, but he had to do it to avoid arousing my suspicion.

Of course I noticed the awkwardness, at a glance Melvin was seen glancing at Shirley who was staring in disbelief.

I could hear Shirley stomping her feet. I'm sure she was very annoyed when she saw Melvin embracing me to help me down the stairs.

Shirley also quickened her pace to catch up with me and Melvin. When Shirley was right behind me, she pushed my shoulder hard, causing me to fall forward.

Fortunately, the stairs we were going down were almost over, so I only rolled over twice. Even so, my legs were in a lot of pain this time.

As I was about to scold Shirley and ask what she had done, I could hear Shirley's muffled screech with her eyes watering.

"Oh my goodness, sister. I'm so sorry, I tripped on my foot and accidentally bumped into you." Shirley's soft voice sounded trembling, and her face looked like she was about to cry.

Melvin, who saw Shirley's pitiful appearance, immediately felt sorry for her and approached her with a panicked face.

"Are your legs okay, Shirley? Why aren't you careful? You tripped, didn't you?" Melvin held Shirley's shoulders and stroked her hair lovingly.

I, who was slumped on the floor with a bruised leg, could only stare at them in amazement and disbelief. Fortunately, my assistant, Steven, promptly helped me back to my feet.

Melvin embraced Shirley's shoulders, which were visibly trembling, then they walked over to me. To be honest, I was sick of looking at them both, it made me feel sick to my stomach.

"Sister, are you okay?" Shirley's hand reached out to touch my arm, she looked at me with a guilty gaze.

Unwilling to be touched by her, I brushed Shirley's hand away quite forcefully. Shirley moaned softly while holding the hand I had just brushed away.

Melvin, who saw that, became angry and displeased with my actions.

"Eleanore! Why did you treat Shirley so rudely?! "Melvin threw a sharp look at me, then immediately switched to checking Shirley's hand.

"I'm fine. You're going to make Shirley even more angry, Melvin." Shirley secretly blinked her eyes to squeeze out a tear.

I rolled my eyes lazily at Shirley's hypocritical behaviour. Why couldn't I see all these lies before?

This time, I really felt stupid. How could I not have realized Shirley's abnormal behaviour before?

"Stop acting childish, Eleanore. Didn't Shirley already say that she didn't mean to? "Melvin frowned unhappily as he looked at me.

"If she didn't mean to, how could I have fallen like this?" I replied loudly to Melvin, I didn't want to keep giving in like before.

"Eleanore!" Melvin yelled at me so loudly that some passersby looked at us.

Shirley jumped back into action, taking Melvin's arm and trying to calm his overflowing emotions.

I waved my hand at them, intending to drive them out of my sight.

"Go away, I'll go home by myself." Luckily, I deliberately told Steven to bring my car so I didn't have to travel with those two bastards.

Melvin quickly turned away and walked away, hugging Shirley carefully as if she would crack if he touched her too hard.

"Take me to the car."

Steven immediately took me to my car; at least this way, I could be a little calmer.

. .

When I got home, it turned out that Melvin and Shirley had arrived first. Without any hesitation, I entered the house with Steven's help.

However, when I entered the house, I felt an unusual atmosphere. I could even clearly feel that my stepmother was staring at me sharply at that moment.

My stepmother walked towards me with an angry face. I was about to greet her when a slap landed smoothly on my cheek.

No one said anything when my stepmother slapped me in front of the other family members. Even out of the corner of my eye, I could see Shirley secretly grinning happily at me.

I just smiled bitterly realizing this. Now I realize that all this time I could only rely on myself in this house.

"What do you mean by slapping me like this, Auntie?" I gently rubbed the side of my lip, which was torn again, and stared at my stepmother with a cold gaze.

From the beginning, my stepmother didn't like me when she and Shirley entered my family. I didn't show my interest in them either, even though I was always envious of Shirley, who was so dear to my stepmother.

"You still dare to ask me questions?" My stepmother glared at me, her hand raised again to land another slap in my face.

I held her hand and threw it away forcefully. I wouldn't let these bastards treat me like that again. Even though I am powerless at the moment, I don't want to be seen as weak in front of them anymore.

My father, who was surprised by my behavior, also began to get up and help my stepmother. I had guessed that no one in this family thought about me.

In fact, Melvin was making out with Shirley right in front of me. Although Melvin was still looking at me with a slight sense of guilt.

Shirley hugged Melvin tightly and put her arms around Melvin's arms while resting her head on Melvin's chest.

My heart ached when I saw that scene, even though my parents didn't scold them even though I was Melvin's wife, not Shirley!

"Eleanore! Why are you being so rude to your stepmother, hurry up and apologize to her." Dad stared at me sharply and his voice sounded like an order that I had to do.

"Darling, I'm fine. Eleanore doesn't need to apologize to me, it's just that I can't let what she did to Shirley slide!" At a glance, I could see the sly gaze of my stepmother.

Ah! It turns out that this was my stepmother's goal. She intended to drag my father into this matter so that I couldn't do anything.

After hearing her mother's words, Shirley got up from her position and pulled Melvin with her.

"It's true, Dad! Eleanore tried to kill me when we were trapped in the fire," Shirley replied, immediately putting on an innocent and innocent face, seeking sympathy from my father.

"What?!" My father looked shocked when he heard Shirley's words. He even looked at me with a disappointed look.

"It's not like that-"

My words stopped when I heard Shirley start crying with her crocodile tears; even Melvin, who was next to her, now looked worried.

"I know that I am not your blood relative. But how could you try to kill me to save yourself, Eleanore?" Shirley said so, sobbing miserably.

Melvin and my stepmother, who were next to Shirley, tried to calm Shirley down by saying words of love and affection to her.

In the corner of my heart, I felt envious of Shirley because I had never received that love since my mother left this house.

In fact, my husband, Melvin, who was supposed to share his love and affection with me, cared more about Shirley and ignored me completely.

"Eleanore, did you really do that to Shirley?" Dad asked me, but I felt cornered by his question.

Moreover, my father no longer looked at me warmly. There was only a cold gaze that pierced my heart.

"Dad, I didn't do it! Shirley was-"

"Dad, if you don't believe me, you can ask Melvin who came to save us." Shirley quickly cut me off.

I knew that Shirley would not let Dad know what really happened because she was the one who tried to kill me in the fire.

"That's right, father-in-law. I found Shirley injured and almost burned to death when I came to save her," Melvin replied to Shirley's statement.

At that moment, I stared at Melvin in disbelief; how could Melvin choose to defend Shirley over me, his wife?

I stared at Melvin in disappointment; it seemed like his love for me was completely gone.

It seemed like my last hope for Melvin was destroyed entirely. There was nothing more I could defend for Melvin at this point.

"Honey, you heard it yourself! Eleanore really intends to kill Shirley!" My stepmother also started to provoke my father.

Now, I could feel everyone in the room staring at me with a look of contempt. They had believed Shirley and all the lies she had told about me.

I laughed bitterly when I realized that I no longer had a place in this family, that they no longer needed me.

"You don't even intend to give me time to explain. In that case, it's up to me." I waved my hand, not caring, then walked to my room on the second floor.

My steps stopped when I was about to leave the living room. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see that it was Melvin who was holding my hand.

"What else do you want?" My gaze for him was no longer gentle; my feelings for Melvin were dead at this stage.

Melvin looked stunned when he saw how I was looking at him now. However, even so, Melvin did not ignore it and still said something that made my heart hurt even more.

"You have to apologize to Shirley. Your actions have been outrageous," Melvin said seriously.

"What did you say? I have to apologize to her? Come on! "I wrenched Melvin's grip until it came off. I gave him a toothy smile and walked away.

"Eleanore! Apologize now while I'm still talking to you nicely!" Melvin started to get angry when I ignored him.