Sweet Sorrow

"Let's just go back to the old times. We'll be in love and grow old together. -- Jacob Gu."

Nicole Du read the message on her phone.

After a few minutes, she bit on her lip and tried to call Austin Liang.

"The subscriber you dialed cannot be reached. Please call again later."

Nicole Du hung up the phone and looked out of the window.

Somehow, Nicole Du felt a little uneasy.

A month ago, her husband's sister gave birth to a baby and asked her to take care of her in the countryside. During the past couple of weeks, Nicole Du had barely gotten a chance to get in contact with her husband.

At first, he barely texted her back. But now he was no longer answering his phone altogether.

'I don't think he's that busy at work to ignore my calls...' she suspected.

Shaking her head, Nicole Du tried to convince herself not to overthink.

It had only been a year since the two of them got married. Austin Liang loved her very much -- what could possibly go wrong?

However...

Nicole Du's heart was still at an unease, and no matter how much she tried to comfort herself, she couldn't help but think of the worse.

To get rid of her anxiety, she decided to pay Austin Liang a surprise visit. The taxi stopped at a gated community. After paying the driver, Nicole Du went up to their house with her suitcase in hand.

Now that she was here, she felt even more uneasy.

Nicole Du opened the door and was shocked by what she saw.

the clothes of a man and a woman were scattered all over the floor. The trail led to

as if her

Nicole Du saw a striped tie and a

tie she had given Austin Liang as a birthday gift last

be hers. With her heart trembling

Du walked over the scattered clothes

was left wide open. It looked like whoever was

Su said that she would keep an eye on Austin Liang, promising that she wouldn't let him get into an affair with another woman. Who would have thought that Sabina Su didn't mean that she would stop herself from

Austin Liang felt that

eyes met

"Ni... Nicole?!"

his eyes wide with shock, Austin Liang sat up and tried to cover himself up

What... What are you doing?"

face at the crook of his neck. "Do you really not understand what's happening here?" Sabina Su said with a smug smile. "Maybe we should continue with what we were doing so you can

trailed off. A teardrop rolled down from the corner

Su giggled as she sat up, fully

Su said as she ran her fingers through Austin's

Austin muttered under his breath, lightly

of them were, the shock and pain she initially felt were now overruled

He's my husband! How can you be so

"I'm not being shameful. Quite the opposite in fact. I have pleasured Austin in a way that you never have. Maybe you should take a good look at yourself before you point fingers. Do

was true that Nicole hadn't been

taken care of. His niece had undergone surgery and needed to be accompanied. His elder sister had recently given birth and needed to be taken care of. For all those times, Nicole was there for everyone without uttering a single complaint. And for what? To just end up

agree, don't you?" Sabina continued as

that things have gotten bland with us lately. Sabina was there for me while you were not," Austin

words were like a sharp knife stabbing into her

home, Austin told Nicole not to get influenced by Sabina, and that he thought girls dressed in such a coquettish way were not