I was responsible for plant maintenance and learned that the rare bicolored rose was picked by a couple.
When the couple was caught, I saw that one of them was my wife who was on a business trip.
My wife cried and said she wanted to spend Valentine's Day with her boyfriend, and she heard that a bicolored rose represented a beautiful love.
Those words failed to calm the public wrath, and the park demanded compensation.
My wife called me and said, "I had a car accident. Transfer me 10,000 dollars."
I sneered.
"Since you mentioned a beautiful love, why don't you ask your boyfriend to pay for it!"
My wife turned around, and I saw the panic in her eyes...
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"We didn't mean it. We just thought the rose was beautiful."
My wife explained to the angry staff with a pitiful look.
The ruined rose caused the staff a great deal of heartache, and I knew clearly how precious the bicolored rose was.
It took ten years for this one to bloom.
It just bloomed yesterday and was picked by someone today. Anyone would be upset.
I came to join in the fun and see what kind of weirdo would do such a thing.
Unexpectedly, I found my wife having an affair.
"I heard that a bicolored rose is a symbol of love. Valentine's Day is around the corner, and I wanted to give it to my girlfriend."
The man next to my wife looked at her with tenderness.
My wife smiled sweetly.
Seeing my wife like that, I couldn't help but feel a sudden pain in my heart.
We had been married for many years, but she had never treated me like that before.
Angry crowds gathered there, shouting that if they didn't pay, they would be sent to the police.
My wife and her boyfriend panicked.
The man had a worried look on his face.
"Laura, I've been short of funds recently. Can you..."
My wife quickly understood what the man meant and comforted him gently.
"It's okay. I have money. I just need to make a call and ask my dad to transfer me 10,000 dollars."
The next second, my phone rang.
It turned out that I was her dad in her eyes. I wondered how Oliver would feel if he found out.
I answered the phone and heard her voice on the other end of the line.
Her tone was cold and impatient.
"I had a car accident. Transfer me 10,000 dollars."
I sneered, hung up the phone directly, and then applauded loudly.
Everyone was attracted by my behavior.
My wife turned her head and saw me, her face instantly turning pale.
"What are you doing here?"
I snorted and said, "I came to see what you, my good daughter, have been doing behind my back!"
People present had a heated discussion.
"Is he the father of this woman? He looks too young to be her father."
"Something doesn't seem right. This woman has a gloomy look. She must have done something wrong."
My wife gritted her teeth and wanted to speak several times, but she ended up lowering her head in guilt when faced with my stare.
The man thought I was really her dad and walked up to me with a smile, saying, "Hello, Mr. Parker."
I wanted to laugh. My wife was indeed a player.
"Laura Parker, he called me Mr. Parker. What do you think I should respond?"
Laura lowered her head and took a long time to say something.
"Let's talk about it when we get back. I know I shouldn't have picked the rose. Pay it for me, and I'll explain it to you later."
She still refused to reveal our relationship to the public.
At the same time, she deliberately mentioned the rose-picking incident, making everyone think that I was angry because of that.
At that point, my colleague ran over, asked me to calm down, and pulled me away forcefully.
As I left, I clenched my fists and looked at Laura fiercely.
"Laura, you are really something!"
Seeing that I was about to leave, Laura quickly stopped me.
When I thought she was finally going to give me an explanation for her behavior, she suddenly said something unexpected.
"Transfer me the money."
Good! You want me to pay?
"Didn't you say love was beautiful? Ask your boyfriend to pay for it!"
I was so angry that my fists made cracking sounds.
The man, seeing that the situation was not right, stepped forward and stood between Laura and me.
"Mr. Parker, I know I was wrong, but Laura didn't do it on purpose either. If there's anything, come at me!"
I squinted at the man and cursed "asshole" before I was quickly pulled away by my colleague.
2My colleague pulled me into the office, poured me a glass of water, and asked me why I seemed different than usual just now.
"Is she really your daughter? I couldn't tell that you are in your forties or fifties."
I rolled my eyes at my colleague.
I gritted my teeth and suppressed the anger inside me.
"That's my wife."
"What!"
My colleague was shocked at first, but soon showed sympathy towards me.
I was not in the mood to continue working, so I took a leave and went back home.
After a good while, Laura came back, looking exhausted.
She threw her bag on the sofa and went to take a shower without even looking at me.
I kept waiting for her to explain it to me, but she avoided it until we went to bed.
I couldn't help but drag her up from the bed.
"What did you mean today?"
Laura looked at me calmly and said indifferently, "What else could it mean? It's what it looked like.
"You sucked today, making me lose face.
"And, can you stop bothering me? I want to sleep!"
How dare she think about sleeping after cheating on me?
I looked at her incredulously. She seemed so strange to me.
"Laura Parker, did I not satisfy you? How dare you mess around outside! Can you justify yourself to me?
"I work hard under the scorching sun, and you, you take my hard-earned money to support another man!
"Have you ever considered my feelings? Is your heart still cold after all these years of marriage?"
I couldn't control myself anymore and yelled out years of repression.
Laura was stunned for a moment. We had been married for many years, but I had never spoken loudly to her before.
I was willing to give her whatever she needed.
My elementary school classmates all told me not to spoil her so much, as she would know no bounds.
But I thought that being good to the woman I loved was the most basic thing.
Now it seemed that some people just didn't deserve that.
"Can't you be more generous? Look at yourself. Your rough skin and dark complexion. You are not even worthy of me.
"I was just fooling around outside, and I didn't bring anyone home. Why are you so anxious? Who do you think you are to speak so loudly to me?
"I want you to apologize to me immediately!"
Laura came back to her senses, with an expression of dissatisfaction on her face.
I didn't expect her to say so many ridiculous things.
She was a college graduate, but what she said stunned me.
"Either break up with him and write a promise to never fool around again, or get a divorce."
I suddenly felt exhausted.
Laura looked at me in shock.
"Are you fucking crazy? You can get a divorce, but you'll leave with nothing. Otherwise, don't even think about it!"
I never thought that a person could be so shameless.
I was not the one at fault, yet she demanded me to leave with nothing!
I wanted to say something, but Laura didn't give me the chance. She slammed the door shut and left.
I still worried about her. She went out alone at night. What if something dangerous happened?
After a while, I put on my clothes and followed closely behind her, only to see Laura and the man I had seen during the day hugging each other and entering a hotel.
In the scorching hot summer, I felt like I was in an icehouse.
Trembling, I called Laura, but it took her a long time to answer.
She sounded out of breath.
"You're so annoying. Can we just take a break and calm down?"
3If I was furious when I found out about her affair before, now I felt like I'd lost all my emotions.
"Where are you?"
"I'm at my best friend's place. Okay, she's going to sleep now, so stop calling."
Then the call was hung up.
I looked at the brightly lit hotel building, feeling like my legs were as heavy as a thousand pounds.
I didn't even know how I managed to drag my heavy body back home.
My phone rang again right after I lay in bed.
"Are you Laura Parker's husband? She had an accident and is in the hospital. We need her family member to sign the paper."
An accident?
I didn't care about anything else and hurried to the hospital.
When I arrived at the hospital, I saw that man pacing back and forth with a pale face.
When he saw me, he seemed to understand instantly.
"Are you Laura's husband? Could it be..."
I didn't bother to pay attention to him and hurriedly asked the doctor what had happened.
The doctor glanced at me and said it was a ruptured corpus luteum and surgery was needed.
Thinking back to when Laura and that man entered the hotel, I understood everything.
It was really funny. Now everyone knew that I'd been cuckolded, and I had to come to sign for Laura's surgery.
During the surgery, my father-in-law Oliver and mother-in-law Paige also rushed over.
Paige found out that it was a ruptured corpus luteum. Before I could explain, she slapped me hard.
The crisp sound of the slap made everyone passing by turn to look at me.
"I entrusted Laura to you. Is this how you treat her? I thought you were honest, but I didn't expect you to be so unkind to her!"
I was innocent.
I didn't do it, but I was being blamed for it.
With so many people around, I wanted to save Paige's face. I took a deep breath and whispered to her to wait until Laura woke up before talking about it.
However, when Paige saw me like that, she became even more arrogant and raised her voice.
"Don't think that Laura will speak up for you after she wakes up. This matter is not that simple!"
More and more people were watching.
Those who didn't know the inside story started whispering, using voices that were just loud enough for me to hear.
"I heard that it was a ruptured corpus luteum. I didn't expect this seemingly honest young man to be so careless."
"Yeah. He seems honest, but he is actually a player in private. I really feel sorry for his wife."
Everyone was talking about it, and it seemed like they were determined to blame me.
My face couldn't help but darken.
"Do you have to talk to me about these things in this place? Don't conclude before knowing the truth."
Seeing my gloomy face, Paige not only didn't back down but became even more arrogant.
"What do you mean? Do you think I've wrongly accused you? I've said that you are not a good person a long time ago. And now you finally reveal your true colors!
"I'm going to call the police to arrest you, you ungrateful person."
I didn't stop her. Instead, I urged her to be quick.
Paige was so angry that she trembled. She called the police and explained everything.
I noticed that the man Laura had an affair with wanted to quietly run away when he saw that the situation was getting worse.
But I was one step ahead and stopped him.
"If you run away now, won't it prove that you're guilty?"
The man was too guilty to speak.
Paige started to be sarcastic again. "Even if you find a scapegoat now, it's too late. He looks way better than you. He wouldn't do such a thing!
"You and Laura are husband and wife. What? I don't believe Laura is having an affair!"
4I shrugged and said, "You have already concluded that it was me. No matter how I explain it, will you believe me?"
Paige was stunned by my retort and didn't know what to say for a moment.
"Shut up, you are so uneducated!"
Oliver also joined Paige.
I didn't bother to pay attention to their criticism of me. I just told them that no one could leave before the police arrived!
The man Laura had an affair with standing aside didn't dare to speak and could only minimize his presence.
Soon the police arrived. After understanding the situation and asking the doctors, they learned that the person who sent Laura to the hospital was the man Laura had an affair with.
Laura had a ruptured corpus luteum late at night, and a man who had no right to sign the paper sent her to the hospital. Anyone who could think normally knew what was going on.
Paige instantly looked unhappy.
She still had a glimmer of hope.
"Sir, maybe my daughter encountered a kind-hearted person who sent her to the hospital after her corpus luteum ruptured?"
The police glanced at Paige and then said to the man Laura had an affair with, "You are the party involved, so tell me what exactly happened? I advise you not to lie."
With the deterrence of the police, the man Laura had an affair with dared not lie anymore.
He told the police the whole story in one breath.
The man Laura had an affair with was scared. His legs were trembling non-stop from the moment he saw the police. I didn't know what attracted Laura to the man.
Paige's body was shaking. If it weren't for her husband supporting her from behind, she would have fallen to the ground long ago.
At that moment, the surgery was completed.
Without caring about anything else, I went to the ward with everyone else.
Although Laura was still weak, she was conscious.
When she saw the people around her, she knew that everyone knew about her affair.
Paige persuaded her on the side, asking her to live a peaceful life with me and not to think about unnecessary things.
Laura cried bitterly.
"It's all my fault. I will live a peaceful life with you in the future. After I'm discharged, let's be as good as before, okay?"
I didn't say anything. Paige changed her attitude and tried to persuade me in various ways, even apologizing.
Seeing that I was indifferent, she became anxious.
"What's wrong with you? I wrongly accused you just now. Everyone makes mistakes. Laura was blinded by the other man. Please forgive her.
"Do you want me to get down on my knees?"
After saying that, Paige tried to use her action to guilt-trip me. Of course, I couldn't let her do that. That would shorten my life.
I promised to live a peaceful life with Laura after she was discharged from the hospital. Paige breathed a sigh of relief when she heard my promise.
But I knew that Laura couldn't change her nature.
During the hospitalization, I took care of Laura attentively and delivered meals to her on time every day.
I finished work early today, so I delivered the meal in advance. Unexpectedly, I bumped into the man Laura had an affair with from last time. At that very moment, they were passionately kissing in the ward.
I recorded the explicit scene expressionlessly.
Then I pushed open the door and clapped my hands with a sneer. "You guys are really horny, making out just in the ward.
"How come I remember that only dogs mate with each other anytime anywhere?"
Laura was lost in the excitement, so she was startled by my sudden words.
"Let's get divorced!"
I left without looking back and casually posted everything I had just recorded in the WhatsApp family group.