Chapter 2
I convinced my aunt to leave, then rushed home, where Derick greeted me with a smile.
“You’re back, honey.”
I didn’t respond. His neck was covered with several red hickeys, and the sight pierced my eyes, rendering me speechless.
Seeing my silence, Derick stepped closer and pinched my cheek.
I quickly took a few steps back, the unfamiliar scent of perfume flooding my
senses.
“You changed your perfume?”
Derick sniffed his sleeve nervously and gave
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an awkward laugh.
“No, honey, you must be mistaken, huh?”
His eyes suddenly widened as he stared at me. “Honey… you… you can talk now, so you can hear me, right?”
“Yes.”
“That’s great!”
He excitedly picked me up and spun me around!
But as I thought about what he had said to Fariza earlier, I couldn’t decide whether he was truly happy about my hearing restoration or if he was just relieved that now, with me hearing again, he had no further obligation to me. He could divorce me and marry Fariza.
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“Put me down! Stop spinning, I’m dizzy and feel like I’m going to puke!”
“Okay, okay!”
I walked past him into the bedroom. A black lace bra hung carelessly at the headboard.
“Is this… mine? It can’t be!”
Derick’s expression instantly stiffened.
“This… this is something a friend left here when they visited. I’ll have them take it right away!”
He quickly grabbed the bra and rushed out of the room.
I felt suffocated, sitting on the chair to steady myself. But out of the corner of my
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eye, I noticed a used condom in the trash.
I sprang to my feet, heading straight for Fariza’s room.
“Fariza, how careless can you be?”
Suddenly, a familiar voice came from the room. I held my breath and listened in.
“I’m sorry, darling Estelle came back too early, I didn’t mean to!”
“Such a little silly”
I could almost picture the look of affection on Derick’s face as he spoke.
The first few months after we married had
been sweet.
He would sometimes forget to use sign
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language and, with a gentle smile, would call me “silly.” Just seeing the way his lips shaped the word made me feel happy.
But now, that special nickname no longer belonged to me.
I couldn’t take it anymore. I shoved the door open, and two figures quickly pulled apart.
When Fariza saw me, she immediately bent down, greeting me with her usual respectful attitude.
“Ugh! Damn deaf girl!”
I couldn’t believe my ears.
Was Fariza always like this, mocking me while pretending to bow her head?
Seeing my silence, Derick reached out
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to help Fariza up, his face filled with impatience.
“Honey, why didn’t you knock before coming in? You scared Fariza.”
“She scared me! I never knew she’s been insulting me all this time while I was deaf!”
Fariza’s eyes widened in shock when she heard me speak so fluently.
“You… you can hear now?”
I didn’t answer. I simply stared at her.
Fariza’s face shifted with panic as she stammered, “Mrs. Presley, please let me explain. I didn’t insult you. You’ve just regained your hearing, but it’s not stable yet, so you must’ve misheard. I said, ‘I’m sorry, I deserve to die!“”
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“Is that so?”
I didn’t buy her lies!
Would a woman who’s seducing my husband tell me the truth?
Today’s events made it crystal clear how they had been deceiving me, playing one. game in front of me and another behind my back!
“Of course! Mrs. Presley, please believe me. I’m an expert when it comes to hearing therapies. Since you just regained your hearing, your condition is unstable. You still need to continue therapy!”
Fariza stepped forward, trying to lead me to the therapy room.
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She knelt in front of me, fiddling with various bottles and jars.
I watched her carefully, my gaze unwavering.
I had to admit, she was indeed an attractive woman!
But using beauty to seduce another woman’s husband was the greatest crime!
She stole a quick glance at me, rolled up her sleeves, and intentionally raised her hand to reveal a starry bracelet on her wrist.
I caught sight of it: etched into the corner of one star was the name “Estelle.”
My name!
This was the bracelet my late mother had left me!
