Secrets in the Scrubs: A Nurse's Unraveling

ove my station and thus was obliged to my h

a mysterious little bottle o

cided with my period of ovulation

ed for my husband to come home so we co

l, he didn't return

s, my hair styled elegantly, a hint of perfume, and

day? My words trailed off as

red his clothes t

t, tissues, and notebook, a bottle labe

and a pungent

zy, my heart raced, a

How could my husband, a profess

aining told me there must be somethin

and sent it to my bes

iends when we were wo

nurse, and she was

ng before Et

d this bottle?" He

hesitated, not wanting to reveal the truth but eag

ls in this bottle is volatile alkyl nitrites. Inhaling it relaxes smooth muscles and dilates bloo

rds "between same-sex part

r husband's, right

d it, but my trembling body

this be

the bottle in my hand, my thoughts

r family that valued

me to change my college major and my mother's parting words. "You should

I got a job in the obstetrics department

le and brought my younger broth

t, you're so capable. You definitely deserve a grand wedding. I'll save the money for you, and when y

accepted it with a sliver of hope

en complaining I didn't earn enough money fo

t stash, and I endured the pr

go out, and order takeout,

in this stressful

unch of takeout for my colleag

, Harold rushed out

hands fell, spill

handsome, and exuded a gentle elegance. He cro

uldn't afford to compensate for it, so

d me to reorder the takeout. "I'm sorry. I have

is retreating figure was

eft to Harold with a message. "Here's the bre

I could wash my dirty clothes.

. At 1 a.m., Harold confirmed that he ac

ns with the handsome st

found me at my departme

es' envious remarks, I le

diology at our hospital, and a

utive at a well-known pharma

tigious university, a doctor in the cardiot

moved towar

ars without the intention of giving them a

ted a grand w

as prepared for a passion

nd unsuitable for intimacy, takin

I suddenly remembered my mother-i

about anything besides studying and working, let alone sexual life betwee

nd afraid of not

were each othe

yself with th

d he was urgently needed and returned to

ten night shifts, leaving me n

e at all. Could it be that he had

n I couldn't take it anymore and decided to tal

n the table and handed me my salary card with a smile, saying, "You'r

rd in my hand, overwhelm

my in-laws after my marriage, but I never imagined she woul

nged for my brother to work as a warehouse manager in her company but

er-in-law took the initiative to negotiate its return by agre

y mother-in-law, given that my brother had a new

my husband's family with my moth

work life because he was under a lot of pressure. And she said I should take care of my health for pregnancy, and finally suggested I resign from my

I love my job," I r

stand my ground, she pulled out ovulation test strips from her bag

nly nod o

, I blushed as I told Harold abou

strips, his expressi

ed and went

Harold climbed into bed in the dark, hol

, and he even forbade me to speak. Wit

urned his back to m

cautiously approached

"Go take some medicine. Don't come

er side of the bed, tr

ery night, he always turned his back

uched him, he would recoil as if e

claimed he was obsessive about cleanlines

m drinking with his classmates

sh about cleanliness only

he marry me and have sex with me du

he answer, but I dared

e, with me always going to bed first

to bed in the dark to have sex with

felt like I was

rosity of my in-laws towards my family, and my mother-

d passed, and I sti

ly anxious, taking Harold and me

with Harold and me, prompting my mother-i

ng the frequency of our intimate encount

indness of Harold's family, conv

more impatient and cold, while my mother-in-law became more anxious

cided with my period of ovulation

ed, but instead of a passionate night t

that bottle of pills. I assured her I

d to st

g marriage didn't necessarily mean Harold was secretly ga

pocket didn't automatically mean it be

rongfully ac

ntered Harold's study without hi

puter startled me. On the screen, two men were having

oming in?" Harold stopped his

aving sex with me. It was just that he wa

ested in women, wh

e only had sex with me during my period of ovulation. The details I had overlooked appe

e!?" I shouted at him, tears well

picked up the medicine bottle from t

and he lu

smart or str

slammed my head against the floor. "How dare you m

Survival instincts made me gradually stop resisting

again?" He forced me to lo

and I seemed to see a dem

!" He sneered, releasing

social media platforms, cal

inally relaxed and crouched down

left unknown. Why can't

once, deleting all records before confron

ankfully, we didn't

ed me, choking me and slammi