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Chapter 5\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 5\u00a0<\/p>\n
I stood there completely dumbfounded. Could his mistress actually be a ghost?\u00a0<\/p>\n
All my girlfriends stared at me with expressions that screamed: \u201cFirst time we\u2019ve ever seen someone willingly frame herself!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dorian looked utterly shocked in his silk robe, still drowsy as if he\u2019d just woken up.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy\u2026 why are you all here?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
My friends exchanged bewildered glances, unsure what to say.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But I exploded. Pointing straight at Dorian, I demanded:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDorian, tell me-where the hell is that slut hiding?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dorian\u2019s eyes reddened, looking utterly wronged:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cVictoria, what exactly are you trying to do?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy are you always so paranoid? I know you\u2019ve been under tremendous stress lately, but you can\u2019t be this heartless-accusing me of cheating!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then he actually started sobbing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My friends had witnessed Dorian and me together all these years. Seeing him cry, they all felt I\u2019d gone too far, looking at him with guilt-ridden\u00a0<\/p>\n
eyes:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cVictoria, what are you doing?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDorian was our campus heartthrob-you were so lucky to land him!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou two have been blissfully happy from college until now-don\u2019t be stupid!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI told you Dorian could never do such a thing! Victoria, you\u2019re completely out of line!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Some even started suspecting I was the one having an affair-that I was deliberately creating drama to justify a divorce.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Watching these chattering friends, I suddenly realized I\u2019d been overlooking a crucial detail.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve got it! Let\u2019s go!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I rushed everyone downstairs to find building management.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cPull up our building\u2019s security footage from an hour ago. That woman must still be in the building!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Today\u2019s security guard was that bespectacled friend of mine, who quickly operated the system for me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dorian sobbed pathetically:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cVictoria, you\u2019re still falsely accusing me! How am I supposed to face the neighbors after this?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Seeing my determination in catching this supposed affair, everyone began wavering again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But looking at Dorian crying so pitifully, it didn\u2019t seem fake either.\u00a0<\/p>\n
10:01\u00a0<\/p>\n
You Thought Cilantro Was Just a Flavor? It\u2019s Actually My FU, Cheater!\u00a0<\/p>\n
26.4%\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 5\u00a0<\/p>\n
For a moment, no one knew whose side to take.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The bespectacled guard helped us scan through the footage frame by frame.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was work hours, so besides our group of friends, only maintenance staff and security had entered the building today.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After checking everything, we found nothing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dorian cried even harder:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cVictoria! Haven\u2019t you made enough of a scene?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
My friends started trying to persuade me:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cVictoria! Enough already! Treating Dorian like this-you\u2019ll regret it someday!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I shook my head: \u201cSomething\u2019s wrong!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Suddenly another possibility occurred to me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If she didn\u2019t take the elevator, she could have used the fire escape! Just go up or down one floor via the stairwell, then take the elevator-simple!\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI need to check the elevator footage for the floors above and below!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The guard\u2019s eyes flickered evasively:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThose aren\u2019t your floor-we can\u2019t violate other residents\u2019 privacy like that!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lucky for me, I knew the woman upstairs. She\u2019d gone abroad last year and asked me to keep an eye on her place before leaving.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cGo ahead and check it!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I showed the guard the note she\u2019d left me with her instructions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The downstairs unit had been vacant, so that was fair game too.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The guard pulled up the surveillance, and finally, someone appeared in the footage.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But it was just Fiona Sharp, that security guard with the prominent canine teeth, doing window maintenance downstairs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This was getting ridiculous-how could this mistress just vanish into thin air?\u00a0<\/p>\n
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