After I Checked My Husband's Phone

l love me, right?" "Just forget about last night." Although it was just two short sentences, I alre

sband stood at the do

.

aying that "No woman can still be happ

a magical law, but I

ing from the bathroom out

he phone of Joshua Collins, my

ee years, and I never c

believed trust was essential

as genuinely honest, and

back and forth between

, my curiosity got

s still running in the bathroom, and only then

s my birthday, unchan

tting interface of a s

ork-related messages, whic

he photo albums,

appropriat

state when a familiar profile picture appeared at

reen for a long time, hesitating, bu

l love me

et about l

messages left

or her, but I recognized h

shua's first love and

ut it back in its place, but

ua said he was working over

e at the time. Were the

nd met Joshua

here froze

my phone?" Joshua

"No, why would I l

om the door, and you're still denying it?

o was angry? Yet he was t

ut? I must have been out of my mind to marr

eyes. He rushed over and grabbed my collar, his

hit me again? If you do it

his mind in

ed my hair, and dragged

at the person in front of me, feel

times, then a burning pain sp

ding my head with my arms, unabl

me go, straddlin

ually lost c

I was already

h his head down, guilt wr

rget his expressi

at a phone could lead to such viol

? Are you feeling un

ed at me wi

na come

and asked what I was

shua answe

sleep w

or a long time, the

n accident. I d

at happened that day, but I already

.

s div

s devoid o

n't a

or a moment, then he

ivorce me. Andreas can

eyes and ignore h

lled with thou

eard about her was

shua was fervent

young, so I suggested starting as friends. It was

ssmates, both from rural are

autiful and had many

her, he didn't dare t

Luna suggested t

g. Two years later, Lu

she found a rich m

ationships, and he was handsome, a

ing he seemed honest but was actually schemin

my dad was be

ot married, Joshua an

a relative from his hometown afte

my opinion befo

ad peeked in f

ly walked in wi

oup for you and some side d

e went

ever he was upset, then

ought he was s

shua's moods have been

hed out at me, then cooked and ap

eemed to have b

ponded, "I'm

nd with a thud, crying b

wrong. I'm a beast. I

epeatedly, o

ful look, I felt a

r three years, it was n

elp but wipe

flashed a strange smile, but it was fle

y, I swear, if it happens agai

mouth, stopp

th Joshua taking meticulous care of me, prep

me ward said I had f

thinking about what happened that

d, I stayed with my p

me with me, but he still called me every few days,

my dad started u

ot right to stay at your pa

t I knew he was worried about

disliked his son-in-

o one answered, so I had to