Chapter 1

Although Derek already had his suspicions, it still came to him as a surprise to find his wife's favourite skirt in the box that he just opened. The box which he just received two minutes ago from the delivery man.

Just this morning, while going through the wardrobe that he shares with Catherine, his wife, he found her international passport whereas she told him two days before that she was traveling out of the country for a business trip.

Why would she be on a trip out of the country without her passport?

"It's about time she explains herself," he says as he puts down the box to fish his phone out of his pocket.

Derek wastes no time putting a call through to Catherine. And at the third ring, she picks up.

"Where are you?" he demands to know, his voice a bit loud and stern. It reflected just how much he was trying to suppress his anger.

"What?"

That was the response that came from the phone. It wasn't even her response that bothered him. It was the fact that she sounded like she was out of breath.

He was trying hard not to believe that Catherine was cheating on him with another man right at this moment. He didn't want that to be the case.

"Tell me where you are this instant!" he yells into the phone.

"I'm busy," Catherine says, still panting.

"Where the hell are you, woman!? Dammit!"

The call gets hung up from the other end and he gets up on his feet immediately.

Trying the number again, it didn't seem to go through as the server announced that Catherine's phone was off. It intensified his suspicion about what she was up to.

It was at that time that he remembered Nadia, Catherine's colleague whom she claimed was going on the trip with her.

Fortunately for him, Nadia picks up the call the instant he puts one through.

"Nadia. Can you tell me where Catherine is?" he asks the lady with a mix of desperation and anger lacing out his tone.

A moan was what he got in return alongside repeated claps that didn't sound like the friction of palms. Surely, Nadia was in the middle of something and he found it embarrassing.

Before Derek could hang up the call, he hears something that leaves him shocked for a while.

"You're just as hot as Kathy…" It was a man's voice. And it came with a groan.

Derek didn't know when his phone dropped from his hand. Kathy? That was his wife's nickname.

"Is she really cheating on me?"

But there was no one to answer his question as he was alone battling his conflicting emotions.

Realizing he couldn't handle it anymore, he finds his car keys and storms out of the house. Catherine has a lot of explaining to do!