Chapter 1

On maternity leave, I was killing time scrolling through my phone.

I stumbled across a viral post on a popular forum.

The title was something like, "I don't envy the wife, because her husband gives all his love to me."

I clicked on it, and the user's avatar was a butterfly.

The same butterfly my husband, Alex, has tattooed on his arm.

……

The postpartum exhaustion was a constant weight, and a sharp pain shot through my lower back, feeling like it was about to snap.

I was just trying to distract myself with my phone when I stumbled across that viral thread.

The poster's avatar was a butterfly, identical to the one on my husband's arm.

Curiosity got the better of me, and I opened the thread to find a masterclass in mistress-level bragging.

[My boyfriend's wife just had their son, and she's still recovering from the birth.

I just mentioned I was craving a fancy dinner, so he immediately booked us flights to Vegas for the weekend.

After eating at this incredible celebrity chef restaurant, we went straight to a luxury suite on the Strip.

While we were in the middle of things, his wife called, frantic because the baby had a high fever.

He just mumbled a few excuses, hung up, and went right back to me.

So, you see, the one who isn't loved is the real "other woman."]

The comment section was a dumpster fire.

[Are mistresses this shameless now? Wrecking a family and acting all proud of it. Disgusting.]

[His wife just went through childbirth, the POS doesn't even care that his kid is sick, and you're bragging about it? How vile can you be?]

I clicked on her profile and scrolled through her post history, finding the earliest one was from two years ago.

It had thousands of upvotes.

[My married man confessed his love for me in a five-star hotel suite tonight.

He told me I was so wild, so intoxicating, that he couldn't help himself.

He said his wife was like a block of wood, totally vanilla, and he was bored to death of her.

My best friend told me not to get too attached, but I think she's just jealous that I have a man who loves me this much.

I don't mind that he has a wife; he's just trapped in a conventional marriage he entered because she came from a wealthy family.

He sacrificed his own happiness to marry a woman he doesn't love, and now he uses her money to buy me designer bags, jewelry, and give me the life of a pampered wife.

If that isn't love, what is?]

The comments section had exploded.

[Using the wife's money to fund the side piece? What a winner.]

[Your friend is a real one for trying to warn you. I feel sorry for her having to deal with a shameless person like you.]

Mixed in with the outrage were the usual creepy comments from thirsty guys.

[How wild? Post a pic and show us.]

[You must have some killer moves in bed to have a married guy that hooked. Spill the tea.]

A few voices of doubt started to pop up, too.

[This whole profile has to be fake, right? Just rage-bait for clicks.]

[Probably some wannabe influencer making up drama to go viral. They really think we're that gullible.]

The thread was getting a lot of attention, and the skepticism was growing.

So, to prove she wasn't lying, the poster uploaded an intimate photo of herself and the married man.