Chapter 2

Angela felt her blood run cold.

The Weston villa was Daryl's wedding gift to her. It was going to be where they'd be moving to after the wedding.

Also, Angela only had one bridesmaid, and it was none other than her best friend whom she trusted with all her heart, Cathy Moore!

Cathy was the first ray of sunlight in Angela's life. Angela's parents had died when she was young. During lunch break, she would curl up in a corner nibbling on stale bread, and Cathy would drag her out to the school cafeteria, sharing her meals with her.

When the high school bully wouldn't stop picking on Angela and kept slinging rocks at her, Cathy was the one who protected her from a rock about to hit her in the face. As a result, Cathy got quite a nasty cut on her hand that day.

Those were just some of the reasons why Angela trusted Cathy with her life. They had such a close relationship that they were almost inseparable.

When Cathy met Daryl for the first time, she even playfully warned him, "Angela is practically a sister to me. You'd better treat her right, or I'll never forgive you!"

Daryl refused to back down and retorted, "Angela is the love of my life. Stop hanging out with her. I don't want you to corrupt her."

They glared at each other like sworn enemies. If it weren't for Angela stepping in, they might have come to blows.

Back then, Angela had felt incredibly blessed and lucky because both her best friend and boyfriend cared so much about her. But now, watching the video of Daryl and Cathy wildly entangled together felt like a slap in the face.

It now made sense why Cathy kept being vague about her new boyfriend and refused to show Angela any photos of him. It turned out that they were dating the same person.

Everything fell into place, and the truth wrapped around Angela's neck like a noose, making it hard for her to breathe.

A sudden gasp interrupted her thoughts. The rabbit woman couldn't stop trembling in the fox man's arms. She then kissed him deeply.

The viewers in the comments section were cheering for them.

"Mr. Fox is so energetic today! I can't believe he still has this much energy for his second livestream."

"He avoided Ms. Deer's kiss the last time she appeared with him! I thought he didn't do kisses. But it turns out he's just treating Ms. Rabbit differently."

"Ah, I love watching them together so much. Please fuck each other harder! I need to keep watching you do it!"

Angela slumped back in her chair. Her heart ached so badly that it felt as though a thousand knives were stabbing into her chest.

She shakily reached for her phone and called an international number.

"I agree to your proposal of starting a business overseas," she said. "I'll leave in seven days."

After hanging up, she contacted Joe McCoy, a private investigator.

Daryl returned two hours later, feeling cold and chilly. He hurriedly took a warm shower before proceeding to prepare breakfast and give Angela a good morning kiss as though nothing had happened last night.

Angela just couldn't wrap her head around it. Why would Daryl cheat on her with her best friend when they were always so hostile toward each other in the past?

…

Angela called Cathy and asked to meet up after Daryl went to work.

"You know that I purposely took a day off to meet up with you today, don't you, Angie?" Cathy asked, as soon as she saw Angela. "Do you even know how scary your fiance is at work?

"He's literally the Devil incarnate, always yelling at me if I did something wrong by accident. I'm so glad you asked me to come out today. Now, I have an excuse to take a breather."

Cathy looped her hand through Angela's while she continued complaining about Daryl's treatment toward her at the office.

Angela smelled the perfume on Cathy's body. It was the exact same one that Daryl was wearing. Her fingers turned icy almost at once.

She forced herself to appear calm as she said, "I think Daryl's cheating on me."

Cathy's reaction didn't look fake.

"That's impossible! Are you sure you're not just imagining things? You're pregnant, so it must be the hormones messing with your head. He loves you too much to cheat on you."

Angela didn't reply. Instead, she carefully observed Cathy's eyes.

While ordering their drinks, she ordered an iced black coffee for Cathy out of habit.

"I can't drink iced coffee anymore," Cathy said, gently caressing her stomach. "I'm pregnant."