Meanwhile, when they arrived at Alex's parents' house, Aurora remained friendly and casual. As usual, she politely helped Savana prepare dinner. Serving food on the table, then they ate together while chatting lightly."How's your job, Alex? Everything going smoothly?"Alex nodded as if nothing had happened. In reality, even swallowing food felt difficult. He was preoccupied with figuring out how to tell his parents about the fate of his crumbling marriage."Smooth, Mom. No problems with work.""Thank God." A moment later, Savana turned to Aurora. Now, it was her daughter-in-law's turn to be questioned, akin to a student being interrogated. "And how about you, Rin? Is your job at the hospital going well? I heard you've been working overtime a lot lately."Aurora grumbled inwardly. She was certain her in-laws knew about her coming home late from their son. It was ridiculous to her. Why should she have to explain all this? Moreover, whether she worked overtime, came home early, or didn'

Early in the morning, Aurora had already arrived at the hospital. Because she had stayed overnight with Alex, she deliberately avoided any unnecessary meetings, especially engaging in conversation with him.Since earlier, Aurora had been sitting at her desk lost in thought. Staring straight out the window while observing the row of buildings in front of her, she continued to ponder, searching for the best way to respond to Alex, Nicole, and her in-laws' actions towards her.For God's sake, Aurora felt openly manipulated. She seemed so foolish because her self-esteem had been undermined. Trampled upon. What's worse, she, the victim, was made out to be the most culpable figure in the marital problems she was facing."Aurora... can I come in?"The sound of a knock on the door instantly interrupted all of Aurora's musings. Turning, she found Alden standing outside the room, throwing his characteristic smile. The man seemed overly eager for an answer to the permission he had just requested

Nicole never forgets last night's events when she revealed her pregnancy to Alex and Aurora's family.Of all people, only Savana seemed supportive and trusting. Alex even questioned, seeming to doubt the situation he was facing."Are you really pregnant?" Shortly after Aurora was picked up by the driver, Alex approached Nicole. After a moment of silence, he finally asked the question."Do you think I'm joking? This isn't a joke, Alex!"Alex's eyes briefly closed followed by a soft sigh. Instead of happiness, his head only felt more dizzy hearing about Nicole's pregnancy."Since when?"It was Nicole's turn to sigh. Slowly, she gave an explanation."Do you remember our last date in Singapore? Since we got back from there, I haven't had my period.""But, haven't you always been taking birth control?""Yeah, but that time I intentionally didn't take it."Nicole responded casually, as if the pregnancy had been planned. "Besides, if you forgot, ever since Aurora didn't want to be touched,

Alex feels incredibly lazy to go home. It's only been a day since Nicole started living with him, and she's already exhibiting all sorts of behaviors that irritate him.Despite Alex's memories of their secret relationship when Nicole seemed so delightful, every time they were together, his mistress often made him both fond and longing. But why does she appear so annoying now that they're under the same roof?"Why are you in my room?"That night, Alex arrived home exhausted and with a headache from thinking about divorce and tiredness from work. He was taken aback when he entered the guest room and found Nicole lying on the bed. After all, there were three guest rooms in the house. Why did Nicole choose the same one as him?"I'm tired, Nicole. Please go back to your room."Alex politely requested. For God's sake, he was seriously tired and not in the mood to deal with this. But instead of complying with Alex's request, Nicole sounded petulant."I want to sleep with you, Alex.""Sleep w

Asher really didn't want to waste much time solving the puzzle of who the man was that had impregnated Nicole. In the evening, after work hours, the Arab descendant decided to visit the apartment where Alden had been living.Hearing from Alden that he had caught Nicole entering the apartment with another man twice made Asher curious. Even though the man Alden saw might not necessarily be the one who impregnated her, Asher still wanted to check and make sure. Who knows, after confirming it himself, he might get clues to stop the cunning game Nicole was playing.At exactly six o'clock in the evening, Asher's sleek black Rubicon, which he often drove, was neatly parked in the BVLGARI apartment parking lot. Accompanied by Alden, he went straight to the security room to request access to the CCTV footage to check Nicole's movements recently.Initially, the apartment security didn't grant permission. However, after giving a reasonable explanation and persistently trying to convince them, As