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After he fell asleep, I opened my eyes, a mocking smile on my face.
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Coming back to the present, laughter filled the room.
“Jason, hurry up and call Rachel! I can’t wait to see her kneeling and begging for mercy!”
After Jessica spoke, Ethan kissed her cheek.
“You naughty girl, you’re so bad. You knew she would be suspicious of us but still deliberately stayed at our place, sneaking into my bed late at night without clothes. Now you even want to ruin her reputation and force her to divorce me.”
Jessica glanced at Jason out of the corner of her eye, pushing Ethan playfully.
“It’s all because you didn’t take control of the finances after marriage. I had no choice but to resort to this. Didn’t you enjoy it when we fooled around right under Rachel’s nose?”
Ethan said nothing, pulling Jessica into a deep kiss.
One friend mused thoughtfully, “Rachel doesn’t seem that stupid. Did she really fall for it?”
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Ethan confidently assured them, “She may seem smart on the surface, but can she outsmart me? That idiot woman only has romance on the brain. She still thinks Jason and I are both devoted to her – one sulking out of jealousy, one head over heels for her.”
I shook my head. After seven years together, Ethan’s understanding of me was worse than a stranger’s.
Usually eager to participate, Jason
uncharacteristically quiet. Jessica thought he was jealous and whined at him to call me.
Jason finally made the call.
When I answered, I walked away from the others, speaking sweetly as always:
“Jason, what’s up?”
Jessica and the others held back laughter, mockingly imitating my tone.
Jason asked where I was. I replied in a sugary voice:
“I’m preparing a surprise for you, of course!”
Jason was silent for a long time before saying “Okay” and hanging up.
Jessica’s accusatory voice came from the room:
“Jason, you’ve always been kindhearted. Do you regret setting Rachel up now?”
“Don’t forget your promise to me. Don’t worry, it’s just a prank. We’re not actually going to ruin her life.”
Jason was quiet for a moment before standing up.
“I’ll get the video evidence to help Ethan divorce tonight. But you have to swear you won’t follow me.”
Jessica swore earnestly. All I can say is, Jason still didn’t understand his childhood sweetheart very well.
As night fell, Jason returned to the apartment in a suit, preening like a peacock. I had just set out some takeout on the dining table.
Learning I had cooked it myself, the guilt in Jason’s eyes grew heavier.
After a few drinks, he leaned on my shoulder with reddened eyes. As the mood grew heated, he wrapped an arm around my waist and whispered, “Rachel, can we…?”
9:23 AM
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I nodded, pushing him into the bedroom. The room was pitch black. Jason sat on the edge of the bed, face flushed as he waited like a shy
bride.
I checked my phone. Sure enough, the ever–restless Jessica had started a livestream on social media, bringing Ethan and Jason’s other friends to “catch us in the act” under the guise of surprising me for my birthday.
By now, the seven of them were outside the door, using a spare key to enter.
Seeing the candlelit dinner on the table, they grew even more excited. They rushed to the bedroom door. Hearing Jason’s muffled groans, Jessica suppressed the jealousy in her eyes and pushed open the door.
All the cameras immediately focused on the bed as they shouted dramatically:
“Oh my god, Rachel! Who’s that man with you?!”
“Ethan kindly brought us to celebrate your birthday, and this is how you repay him? Fooling around with another man behind his back! How could you?!
The others chimed in as well. The livestream quickly filled with rubbernecking viewers.
“What exactly did I do?” I turned on the lights. The sudden brightness blinded the seven of them. When their eyes adjusted, they saw the bed was perfectly made. The earlier groans had been Jason hunched over the trash can, throwing up from drinking too much.
1 stood with my arms.crossed, clothes neat and tidy.
Everyone stared in disbelief. Jessica and Ethan’s faces turned ugly. They pointed at Jason and me.
“You…you two! How is this possible? I clearly heard noises before we came in!”
“Rachel, just admit it! I’m willing to not press charges given our years together. Just leave with nothing in the divorce!”
“Shouldn’t you be the ones admitting something?” I smiled faintly, pulling back the curtains. Suddenly, photos of Ethan and Jessica plastered
on the windows came into view of all the livestream viewers.
