“Yeah, we all know Jake only has eyes for
you. He carries your picture on every
mission.”
“It’s true. He calls you whenever he can.
You’re all he thinks about!”
:–
Their faces looked so sincere.
If I didn’t know about Jake and Brittany, I
might have actually believed them.
Brittany stood up in the corner, forcing a
smile.
“Yeah, Mrs. Foster, Jake only cares about
you.”
We locked eyes. Her hostility was clear.
If Jake wasn’t here, she probably wouldn’t
even bother with the act.
At dinner, Jake played the perfect husband,
peeling shrimp and piling food on my plate,
sweet–talking me the whole time.
The rest of the team was eating it up.
Only Brittany seemed to get more and more
sour, downing drink after drink.
After a few rounds, even I was starting to feel
buzzed.
Brittany stumbled out.
A few minutes later, Jake got a text, his
breath catching in his throat, and he jumped
- up.
Seeing my surprised look, he forced himself
to calm down. “Honey, I hurt myself on the
last op, and the doctor told me not to drink.
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I… I’m going to the infirmary. You hang out
with the guys.”
He rushed out of the room.
My phone vibrated. It was a text from Jake:
*Come to Room 302. I have a surprise for
you.*
That didn’t sound like him.
Was this Brittany trying to provoke me?
I didn’t respond. Instead, I pulled out my
phone and connected to the internal
surveillance system.
The scene on the monitor was explicit.
Brittany had changed into a bunny outfit and
was on her knees on the bed.
Jake burst through the door, his eyes
bloodshot, his breathing heavy.
He threw her down on the bed and pinned
her.
He wasn’t interested in foreplay.
He just wanted to release his pent–up desires
and get back to me.
But when he saw the text Brittany had sent,
he froze.
The lust in the room dissipated.
The look on Jake’s face scared Brittany.
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“You better hope my wife didn’t see that, or
I’ll kill you!”
Jake turned and left.
He ran, his mind racing.
Did Chloe see the message? Did she go to
302?
He couldn’t bear to imagine.
He pushed open the door to the dining room
and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw me
sitting there.
He hugged me tight.
“Honey you didn’t see that message did
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you?”
I smiled and shook my head. “My phone died,
What message? Is it important?”
Jake was relieved, his voice a caress.
“Nothing. You’re the only thing that matters.”
The team started joking around again:
“Jake, you’re so whipped!”
“You should see him when he’s yelling at us.
But he gets all soft when he’s talking to
Chloe!”
“Chloe, you should come around more often.
We could use the break.”
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Brittany, who had come back late, also
grinned:
“Yeah, Jake is so different when his wife is
around.”
She grabbed my hand. “You don’t know how
awful Jake is when you are not around! You
have to stick up for me.”
“Oh? How does he bully you?” I said.
“He tires me out so much in bed.” Brittany
says.
Jake’s face changed instantly.
He forced a smile. “Don’t mess around …
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honey, what she means is, I was too tough on
them when I was training, so everyone was
too tired to get up.”
After being glared at by Jake, Brittany
reluctantly said: “Yeah, Chloe, that’s what I
meant. Don’t misunderstand.”
The tone clearly hoping I would.
Jake carried me away, away from Brittany.
Before leaving, I saw the resentment in
Brittany’s eyes.
On the way home, the atmosphere in the car
was heavy.
No matter what Jake said, I just brushed it
off.
Lying in bed, Jake got close to me, and I
whispered: “Honey, why do you smell like
someone else? Strangely, I think I’ve smelled
it somewhere.”
Jake ran to the bathroom and said: “That …
maybe it’s the smell of disinfectant in the
infirmary … I’ll take a bath, honey, you don’t
have to wait for me.”
I breathed a sigh of relief and suppressed the
nausea.
Does the baby in my stomach hate his father?
Every time Jake touched me, I couldn’t help
but feel like throwing up.
I closed my eyes and said: *two more days,
and I can leave.*
The next day, when I woke up, it was noon.
The bed next to me was empty, as if no one
had slept there all night.
Jake pushed the door open and walked in.
“Lazy bum, get up and eat.”
The table was filled with food that made my
mouth water, and Jake smiled as he watched
me eat.
“Honey, I’m going to stay home with you
today. I want to stay by your side for the rest
of my life, and not be separated for a
second.”
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He really did stay by my side all afternoon,
never leaving.
Even though the phone rang over and over
again, he didn’t even look at it.
He took care of all the housework and
watched boring idol dramas with me.
As night fell, the doorbell rang.
