Todos los capítulos de I'm the Secret, He's the Favorite: Capítulo 1 - Capítulo 9

The moment my wife, Renee Hickman, saw the pair of cotton slippers with some aspen leaves embroidered onto the front, the smile on her face froze at once.Still, she tried to explain things."You know that Aspen is one of my most mischievous students. It's just a prank he pulled on me."While saying that, she reached over toward my hand and swirled her finger lightly across my palm, just like how she used to do in the past.I didn't respond to her. All I wanted to ask was, what kind of audacity would a student have to possess to come and go freely in his lecturer's home, reach into the safe, and even enter the en suite bathroom in the master bedroom?And what on earth had she and Aspen Frost been doing inside that bathroom—and for how long—for them to have left the smudged marks on the mirror?Had Renee kissed him the way she kissed me, by wrapping her arms around his neck and standing on her toes?However, the moment the questions reached my lips, I forced them back down my thr

When I woke up at 8:00 am the next morning, Renee had already gone to work. There was a note on the dining table next to a very rare plate of breakfast from her that said, "I got help to clean up the dining room. Stop acting like a kid. Have some breakfast when you're up."She had excellent handwriting that somehow just looked exactly like her.I stared at the note as I chewed on the toast and eggs, feeling the hole in my heart fill just a little.However, the illusion lasted only for a short while.Aspen happened to update his social media just then, and the notification jumped out with a ding. He had posted a photo of the exact breakfast on my table, except that he also had a few extra ingredients that I didn't.His caption read, "I'm so lucky to have a mentor who would have breakfast with her students!"The edge of another plate was visible beside his in the photo, and it looked so familiar that it was jarring to see.Those plates were the ones that Renee had personally pic

Renee clutched her phone, unable to sleep all night. She'd assumed that I would at least call back once after she'd called me so many times, but there was nothing from me at all. I never responded to a single one. I never came home after that night either.She frantically ransacked the house and realized that my documents and bank cards were missing. I'd only left my old suitcase behind, the one inside the wardrobe. However, there had been very few of my clothing items in there to begin with, so it didn't really matter whether I brought them with me.An overwhelming sense of panic pressed in on her nerves as though she'd just been plunged into the deep sea. Her gaze landed on the grease-stained divorce agreement that had been ripped to shreds in a fit of fury, and her pupils darkened.It wasn't until now that she finally realized I hadn't been threatening her with a divorce with that agreement. I had really wanted to divorce her after all.She hurriedly called up the company wher

Aspen then tried to lunge forward and throw his arms around Renee, his eyes bloodshot. But Renee felt a wave of nausea wash over her, and her pent-up rage finally exploded.She kicked Aspen out of the way and slammed the door shut with a loud bang.After driving Aspen away, Renee went back inside her apartment and grabbed a rag and a broom to toss out all of his belongings. Every time she thought about his past, she would feel nauseous as though she'd just swallowed a thousand flies.Her face was white and pale, and she couldn't stop shuddering as she got rid of all of Aspen's things. After she was finally done, she collapsed back onto the couch and kicked the coffee table in a fury.Her phone buzzed again. But this time, it wasn't Brady. It was one of her closer colleagues at work, Penny Falcon."Dr. Hickman! Terrible news! Take out your phone and go on TikTok Live right now! That student of yours, Aspen Frost, is telling the whole world that you're one of his sugar mommies!"Th

I typed out a reply to Renee."Fine. Let's meet at the cafe in the neighborhood."The weather in Janderville was just the same as ever. There was no Landonia fog and no damp chill seeping into the bones—only the warm, pleasant sunshine on my skin.Unfortunately, the beautiful scene was ruined the moment Renee pushed the door open and walked into the cafe.She stood frozen at the entrance for a few seconds. Then, she slowly shuffled toward my table, sat down opposite me, and swallowed hard."You've changed a lot, Jerry."I glanced at her coldly, my expression unruffled.She didn't dare to hesitate and continued speaking."Why haven't you been replying to my messages? I've been looking for you for ages. Nobody knew where you went."I replied perfunctorily, "If you were looking for me to hand over the signed divorce papers, you can do it now."Renee's eyes reddened the moment she heard me bring the divorce papers up. She stared straight at me and hoarsely asked, "Why…"I replie