Chapter 4

I tried my best to see the woman's face, but Jake kept blocking her. I could only see that hateful shade of purple.

But that was enough.

With this surveillance video, Jake's infidelity was undeniable.

This weekend, I would throw this video in Jake's and his parents' faces.

My anticipated weekend quickly arrived.

Jake and my in-laws still glared at me. The three of them even put on an arrogant front when my parents arrived, sitting haughtily on the sofa, waiting for my parents' "apology."

My parents came bearing expensive gifts. Though clearly embarrassed by the blatant humiliation, they forced smiles.

"Everything before was Maya being foolish. We apologize on her behalf."

Seeing my parents' humble demeanor, my eyes instantly welled up, and I pulled them both up.

"I'm not wrong! Why should we apologize? Jake is the one at fault, they should be the ones apologizing to us!"

As I spoke, I pulled out my phone and started playing the surveillance footage.

"I have surveillance video here. Now can you believe that Jake cheated with the woman in the purple nightgown?"

The video began to play, and suggestive moans echoed through the living room.

Everyone in the room's face changed drastically.

I smirked at Jake, about to speak, when a sharp pain shot through my wrist.

My phone was snatched and slammed to the ground.

The screen instantly went black, and the moans stopped abruptly.

Before I could even react, my dad suddenly raised his hand and slapped me hard.

"Filming such a video, have you no shame?!"

He stormed into the bedroom like a raging bull and smashed the camera I had installed to pieces.

"Dad, why?" I clutched my cheek, filled with disbelief.

My mom gripped my shoulders tightly, her eyes filled with disappointment and agonizing struggle.

"Why didn't you listen? Why did you insist on investigating that purple nightgown? Now look, our entire family will become a laughingstock because of you!"

"You are not to investigate this any further! If you don't repent, your dad and I will disown you!"

In that moment, they both stood on the same side as Jake and his parents.

The air solidified, and I felt like I was suffocating.

My head throbbed with a thousand tiny needles.

I bent down, picked up my phone from the floor, and stumbled out of that suffocating cage.

After getting my phone restored, I discovered the truth. They'd installed not just one camera in the bedroom, but several.

The harder they tried to stop me, the more I was determined to dig up the truth!

I tapped open the surveillance video and immediately saw the woman in the purple nightgown on my bed.

From that angle, her face remained unseen.

I frantically fast forwarded, freezing the video the second her face came into view. I jammed pause and pinched to zoom.

The woman's face filled the screen.

My pupils dilated violently the moment I recognized her.

The woman in the purple nightgown.. was...