I opened my pet camera from my business trip. A stranger's voice echoed through the speaker:"Mommy's heart aches." She was holding my cat.My cat,who scratches strangers bloody. Colbie purred in her arms like she was family. I called my husband."Just an intern,"he said. He lied. I screenshotted her face and flew home overnight. In the company bathroom,I heard her brag about concert tickets. The tickets he refused to buy me. Now I know exactly who I'm dealing with ... On the third day of my business trip,I opened the smart pet feeder app to check if Colbie was eating well. As soon as the camera connected,a soft,sweet voice came through the speaker."Oh dear,your dad is so careless.He didn't even notice you ran out of food.Did my baby starve?Mommy's heart aches so much." On the screen,a young girl was holding Colbie in her arms,rubbing her face gently against him.The cat,usually so wary,didn't scratch at all.His eyes narrowed in pure contentment. A chill ran down my scalp.I quickly tapped the intercom."Who are you?Why are you in my house?" The girl froze.Panic flashed in her eyes.Then the screen went black. I called my husband."What's going on?" He answered casually."Oh,you mean Desiree?She's a new intern.She helped me grab an urgent file from home.Probably saw Colbie was cute and played with him a bit.She's just a kid.Very childish." I didn't argue.I called my lawyer best friend."Vincent is cheating.Help me draft a divorce agreement." Leighton almost choked."Just because that girl held your cat,you're sure he's cheating?" I took a steady breath."You know Colbie's temperament.With strangers,he'd scratch them bloody.That girl was hugging him,kissing him,and Colbie was calm like a stuffed toy.There's no way she could be that close on her first visit.Vincent is lying." Leighton cursed."That bastard!A man who married into your family dares to cheat?I'll make sure he leaves with nothing." After hanging up,I took a screenshot of the girl's face from the saved footage.Then I rescheduled my flight and flew back overnight. As soon as I landed,I drove straight to the company.The face was nowhere in sight.In the restroom,I overheard two girls chatting. "Desiree,you're so lucky!You found such a rich,doting boyfriend!" "Tickets for Taylor's concert are impossible to get,but he actually got you seats in the inner section." Another girl,her voice sweet and proud,replied,"Oh,it's nothing.He insisted on taking me." I froze.That voice was the same one from the pet feeder. Through the crack in the door,I glimpsed Desiree at the sink.I remembered that a month ago,I had told Vincent I wanted to see Taylor's concert.He had frowned impatiently."Aren't you too old for that?Taylor's tickets are impossible to get." So it wasn't that the tickets were hard to get.He had given them and himself to someone else. A cold laugh escaped me as I pushed the door open. "Desiree,right?Yesterday afternoon…did you go to my house?" Desiree's eyes flickered nervously."President Davidson forgot his documents…he asked me to grab them." I raised my brows."My Colbie is wary of strangers.How did you manage to hold it?" Desiree stammered,"Maybe…because I usually feed stray cats.I carry their scent." "So you like them so much that you called yourself its mom?And called Vincent dad?Then what am I?The nanny?" Desiree instantly panicked."President Higgins,you misunderstood!I was just joking.I really didn't mean anything else." On her social media,I saw her dining with Vincent on our wedding anniversary—the one he had skipped—at an expensive candlelit dinner.She even posted a photo of two hands clasped on a hotel bed,mocking me.That hand,I had known for five years.There was no mistaking it. I turned and walked away. Vincent came rushing back just in time to see me.Panic crossed his face."Wife,why did you come back early?You didn't even tell me." I met his gaze."Are you unhappy I came back early?Or is it that you've got a little secret lover at the company?" Vincent froze,then forced a laugh."What are you talking about?Come on,let's go home.I'll make you something nice!" I sidestepped him."Oh,that concert a few days ago,it sounded incredible." Vincent's face changed."Concert?I was working overtime.How could I have had time?" I sneered inside.I hadn't even said who he might have gone with. When I stayed silent,Vincent grew uneasy."Wife,you've been working too hard.If you really want to see Taylor's concert,I'll buy tickets from scalpers right now." Before,hearing that might have made my heart race.Now,all I felt was disgust.
