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00:00I came home from a business trip.
00:02The bathroom drain was clogged, water everywhere.
00:06While waiting for the plumber, I scrolled Twitter and saw a post.
00:10How do you hide used condoms?
00:12Top comment said,
00:13Trust me, flush them down the bathroom drains.
00:17Oh, and do it in the shower or sink.
00:19His wife hasn't found out for a year.
00:22I frowned.
00:23Such twisted advice.
00:25Probably just talk.
00:28Just then, the plumber pulled out the clog.
00:31He grinned at me.
00:33You young people really go wild.
00:35Once or twice is fine, but you use too many.
00:37No wonder it clogged.
00:38I saw the bucket full of all kinds of condoms.
00:41I stared at the bucket.
00:43My mind was buzzing.
00:45How could that be?
00:46My husband is Harvard professor.
00:48Very dignified.
00:49Very caring.
00:50My company keeps me busy.
00:52I often work late into the night.
00:54He adjusted his schedule just to cook for me.
00:57How could someone who loves me so much do this?
01:00Must be from the upstairs neighbor clogged my pipe.
01:03I forced myself to calm down.
01:06The plumber didn't notice my turmoil.
01:08I'll run the water to check if it's clear.
01:10Pay me after.
01:12He turned on the shower.
01:14Steam filled the bathroom.
01:15On the glass shower door, handprints appeared.
01:20Several handprints, overlapping.
01:23At a height that required bending over.
01:26Male and female handprints were obvious.
01:29You could even tell what positions they used.
01:32The steam made it hard for me to breathe.
01:34My heart felt squeezed.
01:37The steam spread to the mirror, fogging it up.
01:40Handprints appeared there too.
01:42Messy and scattered.
01:44I stared at those marks.
01:46Suddenly, I remembered that post.
01:48My husband is shy, even resistant in bed.
01:52We never did anything in the bathroom.
01:55The plumber finished testing.
01:57All clear now.
01:59In a daze, I paid him by phone.
02:02He carried the heavy trash bag and kindly warned me.
02:05Miss, don't throw these down the drain anymore.
02:08I'll toss this bag for you downstairs.
02:10Soon the door opened.
02:12Michael rushed in, breathing hard.
02:14A thin sweat on his forehead.
02:17Honey, weren't you coming back tomorrow?
02:19Then why are you here this afternoon?
02:21His tone as gentle as always.
02:24Have you eaten?
02:25I'll make your favorite soup.
02:27Nothing seemed different, but he felt like a stranger.
02:31Then I remembered.
02:32Michael had said some students failed,
02:35and he had to stay for extra classes.
02:38So he gets off at 4.30 every day.
02:41I looked at my watch.
02:424 o'clock exactly.
02:44He left early, and he wasn't surprised to see me.
02:48My driver brought me back.
02:50The car wasn't parked in the neighborhood.
02:52How did he know I was home?
02:57Michael was busy in the kitchen, even humming a tune.
03:01Everything seemed as warm as always, but I knew it was all a lie.
03:06By the way, how did you know I was home?
03:08His hand paused on the knife.
03:10That's my intuition.
03:11Today's the last day of break.
03:13The students wanted to go home early, so I let them go.
03:15His tone was so natural, but my heart sank inch by inch.
03:20I went back to the living room, took out my phone, and texted a friend.
03:25She was the administrator at Michael's school.
03:28She helped him get that job.
03:31Quick question.
03:32Does your school have extra classes for failing students during break?
03:37Yes?
03:38So what?
03:39I felt a little better.
03:41At least, he really was teaching.
03:43Can you send me my husband's schedule?
03:45She replied almost instantly.
03:48Schedule?
03:49Charlotte, you're mistaken.
03:51Yes, there are makeup classes, but he's not on the list.
03:55I stared at those words.
03:58My blood ran cold.
04:00Just then, Michael came out with steaming soup.
04:03The smell filled the room.
04:05What are you spacing out for?
04:07Eat while it's hot.
04:08Your favorite.
04:09I picked up my fork.
04:11Why aren't you eating?
04:13His face flushed unnaturally.
04:15Oh, some Shishin's brought me snacks.
04:17I'm not hungry now.
04:19Eat before it gets cold.
04:20That meal, I tasted nothing.
04:22Every familiar flavor felt like chewing glass.
04:27I don't even know how I finished it.
04:30That night, in bed, he leaned against the headboard reading, peaceful.
04:35I tossed and turned.
04:37Somehow, I opened that post again.
04:39My fingers trembling.
04:41I found that comment and anonymously replied,
04:44Aren't you afraid his wife will find out?
04:48Within minutes, my phone buzzed.
04:51They replied.
04:53My hand holding the phone wouldn't stop shaking.
04:57Every filthy word on the screen was a knife cutting into me.
05:02I suddenly remembered his unnatural blush at dinner when I asked why he wasn't eating.
05:07My stomach churned.
05:09I turned away, forcing down the nausea.
05:13Michael felt my movement.
05:14He put down his book and looked at me with concern.
05:18What's wrong, honey?
05:19You look terrible.
05:21Are you sick?
05:22His eyes were full of care.
05:25I stared into his eyes.
05:27My voice was hoarse.
05:31Michael, is there something you want to tell me?
05:34He paused.
05:38Yes.
05:39My heart clenched, almost jumping out of my chest.
05:43I slowly sat up, looking at him, waiting.
05:47What do you want to say?
05:49He suddenly giggled and reached up to touch my cheek.
05:51I want you to rest well and not work so hard.
05:56Look at you.
05:58Your face is ruined by work.
06:00It hurts me.
06:01At that moment, my heart was sour and bitter.
06:04A mess of emotions.
06:06How could he?
06:08How could he do those dirty things and then casually say sweet things to me?
06:12For a moment, I even thought I was imagining it all.
06:15But that reply, that tracker, those handprints were burned into my brain.
06:21I don't know what came over me.
06:23Maybe jealousy and anger clouded my mind.
06:27I remembered what that person said.
06:30Honey, how long has it been since we did it?
06:34I reached out to hold him.
06:36He instinctively pushed me away.
06:38I laughed bitterly and continued.
06:42Today I saw a post.
06:44They said the bathroom mirror is very exciting.
06:50His gentle face twisted into disgust.
06:54He sat up abruptly.
06:56Charlotte!
06:58What kind of nasty thigh thoughts are in your head?
07:01You know I hate that kind of thing.
07:03I've been tired all day and you say this disgusting stuff to me?
07:08He grabbed my pillow and threw it at me hard.
07:11Stay away from me!
07:12You're dirty!
07:13I looked at his face, full of disgust and contempt.
07:17I felt all my strength drain away.
07:19I said nothing.
07:20Quietly picked up the pillow and walked out.
07:23I'll sleep in the study tonight.
07:25No voice came from behind.
07:28No one called me back.
07:29The moment I closed the study door, darkness swallowed me.
07:33That night I didn't sleep at all.
07:35I sat on the couch and drank one glass of red wine after another.
07:40I didn't understand why everything had turned out like this.
07:44I knew how good he was to me.
07:46How gentle and caring.
07:48I felt guilty.
07:50I was busy with the company, with endless work.
07:53I neglected him.
07:54Maybe, maybe that was the root of it all.
07:57If he really loved her, I would let him go.
08:01That's not weakness.
08:03That's the last respect I have for this relationship.
08:06But how could I bring it up?
08:08I couldn't even imagine what we would become if I said,
08:12You cheated.
08:13Near dawn, I made a decision.
08:16Before confronting Michael, I needed to find out some things.
08:20I texted a tech friend and asked her to trace an IP address and get information.
08:27Honestly, I was running away.
08:30I didn't dare face Michael directly.
08:33The next morning, when I opened the study door, it was already bright.
08:37On the dining table, milk and a sandwich were waiting.
08:41A note was tucked beside them, in Michael's elegant handwriting.
08:46Let's not fight.
08:48Those three words and the still warm breakfast made my heart ache.
08:53I knew this might be the last breakfast he ever made for me.
08:57Today, no matter the outcome, Michael and I would come to an end.
09:02I had to meet this student named Chloe.
09:05I ate that breakfast, changed clothes and drove straight to Harvard.
09:10I timed it for the end of class.
09:12I waited outside the psychology building.
09:17The bell rang.
09:19Students streamed out.
09:21I stopped a girl carrying books.
09:24Excuse me, does Chloe have class in this room?
09:27Yeah, Chloe's in our class.
09:29You're looking for her?
09:30Where is she?
09:31Oh, her group didn't finish their assignment.
09:34Professor Michael kept her after class to finish it.
09:37The student left with her friends.
09:39The hallway emptied.
09:41Only I remained.
09:42But that classroom door stayed shut.
09:45At that moment, all my patience ran out.
09:48I walked to the door.
09:50Sounds came through the crack.
09:52A woman moaning, a man grunting.
09:55The table shook.
09:56My brain buzzed.
09:58Blood rushed to my head.
10:00I kicked the door open with all my strength.
10:04By the podium, Michael's shirt was unbuttoned.
10:07He was holding a young girl.
10:09His dazed eyes looking at me.
10:13The person standing there had a face I knew all too well.
10:17So familiar that I would recognize her even if she turned to Ash.
10:23But she shouldn't be here.
10:25She shouldn't be standing before me, alive, with that youthful arrogance and defiance.
10:32Because she had died 10 years ago.
10:35Michael's first love.
10:37The one he had hidden in his heart for 10 years and never truly forgotten.
10:43Anna, who died in a car accident.
10:46All my anger.
10:48All my humiliation.
10:50Drained away the moment I saw that face.
10:53A chill ran from my feet to my scalp.
10:57I stood at the door like an idiot.
10:59The world went silent.
11:01I couldn't see Michael's pale face.
11:04All I saw was that face.
11:06Identical to the faded photo Michael kept in his wallet.
11:10The same single eyelids.
11:12The same thin lips.
11:13Even the same faint curve of a smile.
11:16She looked at me with no panic at all.
11:19Just a hint of amusement and triumphant pride.
11:23She slowly put on her skirt.
11:25Straightened her messy clothes.
11:27And took two steps toward me.
11:30Michael tried to stop her.
11:32But she gently pushed him aside.
11:33Professor Michael, don't be scared.
11:36This is your wife, right?
11:38We should properly meet.
11:40Miss Charlotte.
11:41Hello.
11:41My name is Chloe.
11:43I'm Professor Michael's student.
11:47Chloe?
11:48I stared at her not taking her hand.
11:50My mind was completely blank.
11:57I remember many years ago, I wasn't a CEO.
12:01And Michael wasn't the gentle, caring professor he is now.
12:05I first saw him in the university library.
12:08Holding a thick psychology book, sitting by the window.
12:12Sunlight fell on him.
12:14He was handsome, like a quiet painting, but fragile as porcelain.
12:18Later, I learned that a dead person lived in his heart.
12:22A girl named Anna.
12:24The only person he ever loved in his youth.
12:27But just before the college exam, Anna was hit by a truck that was saving a child.
12:33She never woke up.
12:35After that, Michael's world turned gray.
12:38He studied like crazy, got into Harvard, and chose psychology.
12:43Anna's favorite subject.
12:45It took me three whole years.
12:46All my patience and tenderness.
12:49Just to slowly pull him out of that closed world.
12:53I thought my love could fill the hole in his heart.
12:57After graduation, he wanted to teach at the university.
13:00I helped him.
13:02My company grew.
13:04We got married.
13:05He put away Anna's photo.
13:07I thought I had finally walked in his heart.
13:10I thought Michael finally belonged to me completely.
13:14But now this girl named Chloe, with a face exactly like Anna's, appeared before me like this.
13:22Anna seemed to be back.
13:24Her face told me, Charlotte, you were wrong.
13:28He never loved you.
13:32Michael's body shook violently.
13:34He looked at me, lips trembling.
13:37Unable to speak a word.
13:38Tears fell like broken beads.
13:41His silence was the answer.
13:43Chloe's smile deepened.
13:45But it doesn't matter.
13:46She pulled back her hand and put it in her pocket.
13:49What matters is that from now on, her tone was light.
13:53Professor Michael is mine.
13:55Right?
13:56No!
13:56Charlotte!
13:57Let me explain!
13:58It's not what you think.
13:59I...
14:00What do I think?
14:02Do I think of you doing those dirty things on my bed?
14:05In my bathroom?
14:07Or do I think of you in bed with her, calling out my name or Anna's?
14:11Every word was a knife.
14:13Stabbing him and cutting into my own heart.
14:16Michael's face lost all color.
14:18He stumbled back.
14:20I didn't...
14:23I didn't...
14:24Enough!
14:25I turned my gaze back to Chloe, that face I both hated and ached for.
14:30Are you leaving on your own or do I call security to throw you out?
14:34Chloe shrugged indifferently.
14:36Fine, I'll go.
14:38She walked to Michael, leaned down, and whispered in his ear, loud enough for me to hear.
14:44Professor, wait for my call.
14:47Then she shot me a defiant look and swaggered past me out of the classroom.
14:52Only Michael and I remained.
14:54And the mess in the room, just like our marriage at its end.
14:59On the way home from school, we said nothing.
15:03The air in the car was suffocating.
15:06Michael sat in the passenger seat, crying since we left.
15:10Curled up, shoulders shaking.
15:12His muffled sobs gripped my heart.
15:16I stared at the road ahead, hands tight on the wheel.
15:20I didn't comfort him.
15:22I didn't look at him.
15:23I was afraid that if I opened my mouth, I was afraid that if I looked at him, I'd turn
15:29the car around and go beat that Chloe girl to death.
15:33But in the end, I did nothing.
15:36The car pulled into the underground garage.
15:38I turned off the engine, pulled the handbrake.
15:42I sat in the driver's seat, not moving.
15:47Get out.
15:48After a long time I spoke, my voice hoarse.
15:52Michael slowly stopped crying.
15:55He looked up, his face stained with tears.
15:58Charlotte.
16:02Can we talk?
16:06What else is there to talk about?
16:08Talk about how you met.
16:09How many times you slept together.
16:11Or how you looked at that face and hypnotized yourself into thinking she was Anna.
16:19It's not like that.
16:21He tried to grab my hand, but I pulled away.
16:24His hand froze in mid-air.
16:27His face was so helpless and desperate.
16:31We'll talk at home.
16:33Then unbuckled and got out.
16:35I didn't want anyone to see us like this.
16:38That was the last shred of pride I had.
16:42At home, a coffee table stood between us,
16:45like an unbridgeable gap.
16:49Talk.
16:52I want to hear what happened.
16:55Michael's tears came again.
16:57Chloe had transferred into his class a year ago.
17:00The first day he saw her,
17:03Michael said he thought he was seeing a ghost,
17:05just like me.
17:07That face was too similar.
17:09So similar that for a moment he froze and called out Anna's name in class.
17:15The whole class laughed.
17:17Only Chloe gave him a meaningful smile.
17:20After that, Chloe started getting close to him.
17:25She would ask him deep psychology questions.
17:29Discuss the philosophers Anna loved.
17:32Even wear white skirts like Anna and appear on his way home.
17:38I knew it was wrong.
17:40I was married.
17:41I was her teacher.
17:43I deliberately avoided her.
17:46But Chloe was like a skilled hunter.
17:49She knew his weak spots.
17:51She would find out of print books Anna read as a teenager and leave them on his desk.
17:58She would play the only piano piece Anna knew and send him recordings.
18:04She even found Anna's grave and showed up with white flowers on the anniversary when he went to pay respects.
18:12Professor Michael, I really want to be the one who lives in your memory.
18:18The day his defenses broke was the seventh day of my overseas business trip.
18:25That night he was home alone.
18:28He received a message from Chloe.
18:30A photo.
18:32In the photo she wore in Harvard uniform and smiled at the camera.
18:37She said,
18:38Professor, I miss you.
18:40I want to see you again.
18:42For her.
18:43That day he somehow called her over to the house.
18:47After that things couldn't be stopped.
18:50He enjoyed the forbidden thrill and illusory comfort
18:54while feeling guilty toward me.
18:56So he doubled his kindness to me to compensate and numb himself.
19:02Charlotte, can you forgive me?
19:03I swear I'll never see her again.
19:09I'll cut her off completely.
19:12Let's go back to how we were, okay?
19:19I listened quietly.
19:21I looked down at him kneeling there.
19:24This man I had loved for so many years.
19:27Suddenly he felt like a stranger.
19:30I thought I knew him well enough.
19:32But only today did I realize I knew nothing.
19:36I didn't know that the person in his heart had never left.
19:40I didn't know that all my years of companionship and love meant less than a similar face.
19:45I didn't know that my so-called happy marriage was a joke from start to finish.
19:50I slowly pulled my leg back.
19:52Then I looked into his eyes and asked.
19:55With a calmness I had never felt before.
19:58The question that had been circling in my mind for so long.
20:02So Michael.
20:04All these years when you looked at me.
20:06Were you looking at me or at someone else?
20:11Michael looked up at me lost.
20:12That look gave me my final answer.
20:17After that night Michael moved to the guest room.
20:20Our home became a place of silence.
20:24He no longer fussed over me.
20:26He just cooked silently.
20:29Ate alone in the kitchen.
20:31Then quietly returned to his room and locked the door.
20:35He moved carefully around me.
20:38Afraid to make any noise that would annoy me.
20:40I locked myself in the study.
20:43During the day I buried myself in endless work at the company.
20:48Numbing myself.
20:49At night I stared at the computer screen.
20:52We were both escaping the reality we couldn't face.
20:56I didn't mention divorce.
20:58I knew that once said there was no going back.
21:01A faint stubborn hope remained in my heart.
21:05A hope I didn't even want to admit.
21:08Maybe time would heal everything.
21:12Maybe he really could cut ties with Chloe.
21:15But I was still too naive.
21:17One afternoon a week later.
21:19I was in an important video meeting.
21:22When my phone buzzed.
21:23A picture message from an unknown number.
21:26I frowned.
21:27About to delete it.
21:29But somehow opened it.
21:30The image on the screen made my pupils contract.
21:34It was a photo.
21:37The photo was taken in our master bedroom.
21:40On the bed Michael and I had shared for years.
21:44Michael lay on his side in a silk robe.
21:47Seemingly asleep.
21:49A young woman's hand gently caressed his cheek.
21:53The angle was tricky.
21:55Shot from above.
21:57As if the photographer was standing by the bed.
22:00Looking at my husband with a possessive appraising gaze.
22:05Below the photo was a line of text.
22:08Miss Charlotte.
22:09Thank you for taking care of him all these years.
22:12But now he's mine.
22:15Something snapped in my head.
22:16I stood up abruptly.
22:18Startling everyone on the video call.
22:21Meeting paused.
22:23I almost shouted.
22:25Then ended the call.
22:26Grabbed my phone and keys.
22:28And ran out.
22:29Remember how I drove home.
22:31I only know my foot was almost to the floor.
22:35Rage burning in my chest.
22:37How dare she.
22:39How dare she be so arrogant.
22:41She slept with my man.
22:42Took over my bed.
22:43And now dared to taunt me like this.
22:45I kicked open the front door.
22:48And stormed into the master bedroom.
22:50The bed was empty.
22:51Only messy blankets.
22:53Michael heard the noise.
22:54And rushed out of the guest room.
22:56Panicked.
22:57When he saw me.
22:58His face went white.
23:02Charlotte, you...
23:03Why are you back?
23:05I didn't answer.
23:06I held up my phone and shoved the photo in his face.
23:11What is this?
23:14Explain.
23:14Michael saw the photo and his body swayed.
23:18As if all strength left him.
23:20He nearly collapsed.
23:23No, no, I don't know.
23:28I don't know when she took that.
23:32Last night, I drank the milk you poured for me and fell asleep.
23:35I...
23:36I don't know anything.
23:38The milk I poured for you?
23:40I laughed coldly, stepping toward him.
23:43Michael, you're still trying to lie to me?
23:47I worked overnight at the company last night.
23:49You were getting I'm really good to go.
23:49You're not, you're not good at that.
23:49I'm not your good at it.
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