Chapter 5

"What's wrong?"

Julian finally let go of my hand, a hint of panic in his expression, and strode towards the bathroom.

Not long after, I heard Chloe's mischievous, triumphant laughter.

"The water's so nice, Julian, why are you here? Want to join me?"

"Chloe, you tricked me?"

He deliberately deepened his voice, but it was laced with an undeniable tenderness.

The moment I heard his voice, my body went rigid, as if something inside me was slowly being torn away.

I knew that tone too well.

Because when Julian loved me most, even though he'd say things like, "Why are you such a handful?" his eyes would sparkle with an unmistakable, hidden smile.

Not only was his body tainted, but his heart was too.

I had to face the reality:

Julian was in love with someone else.

I raised a hand to wipe the tears from my face, then turned away from the bathroom and walked to the sofa. From the suit jacket Julian had taken off earlier, I took out two phones.

I found it somewhat ironic that his password was still my birthday.

His phone was full of my pictures.

Each captioned with a date, and a sweet memory.

Tears streamed uncontrollably down my face as I scrolled through picture after picture with trembling hands.

Until I saw the video he'd used to threaten me.

Our wedding night video.

Later, after I'd fallen asleep, he had carefully caressed my cheek, murmuring to himself.

"Skylar, do you know how long I've waited for this day?"

"But sometimes she's so much like the old you, that I just couldn't help but make a mistake.

I know you can't tolerate betrayal, but when you wake up, I'll apologize first. You'll forgive me, right?"

He held my hand and rubbed it against his face. His reason for "repentance" was so laughable!

He couldn't control himself, yet he had to use such a flimsy excuse to justify his actions.

I composed myself, clicked "delete permanently," erasing all photos and all videos.

Then I changed his password to his own birthday.

To prevent any backups, I put the phone back, then went to the upstairs study.

I deleted everything related to me there too!

As for those glaring wedding photos, I waved my hand and told the housekeeper to have them all taken out and thrown away.

"Was this Mr. Julian's instruction? Did he already tell you that to avoid upsetting Chloe, nothing intimate between us should be left in the house?"

The housekeeper hesitated, then nodded reluctantly, immediately instructing someone to take the photos.

I reminded him, "Don't listen to Julian about putting them in storage. Throw them out directly.

What if Chloe gets a whim to go to the storage room one day, she might get upset and slit her wrists in there."

"Oh dear!"

The housekeeper had no choice but to have all the photos thrown away.

I finished packing my luggage and called my family's driver.

"George, please bring the car around and take me to the airport."

Just as I reached the stairwell, Julian, wearing a bathrobe, walked over. Seeing me with my suitcase, his deep eyes filled with fury.

"Skylar, why aren't you listening? Where are you going?"

I met his gaze, unyielding, and walked down the stairs step by step.

"We're over, Julian. My affairs are none of your business."

Seeing that I was determined to leave, he smiled, walked to the sofa, and picked up his phone.

"Fine. If you walk out that door today, I won't mind sharing the video of you clinging to me, with thousands of online strangers!"

I raised an eyebrow, letting out an indifferent, cold laugh.

"Julian, that's all you've got."

With that, ignoring his ashen face, I continued towards the door.

He was furious, typing in the password wrong several times. Just then, Chloe, also wrapped in a bathrobe, slowly walked over.

"What's wrong, Julian?"

But he pushed her away sharply. "Get lost!"

Then he eagerly rushed after me.

"Skylar, you changed my phone password?"

"But what if I did? The password can be recovered quickly."

He suddenly remembered something and smiled coldly.

"Even if you deleted it, what then? Skylar, you know how much I love you. How could I not have backups? So don't try my patience. Stay by my side obediently!"

I took his phone, typed in his birthday right in front of him, and handed it back.

"I didn't delete the video, see... it's all there!"

He snatched it back, glanced at it casually, not clearly seeing it. Just then, Chloe, full of anger, walked over and snatched it from him.

"Why are you wasting words with her, Julian? If she wants to leave, I'll post it for you!"

Saying that, she eagerly tapped on a random video and uploaded it online.