Chapter 11: We Both Have Secrets

"Just a friend. I ran into her when I was shopping for vegetables. She paid for the food for me and sent me back by the way." I reply.

I think I must be affected by cheater Hank, so I can tell a lie fluently now.

Hearing my words, Hank looks terrible. He gazes at my new clothes, said, "If you didn't spend more than 50,000 yuan on those clothes, I wouldn't cancel your credit card."

I sneer at him and retort, "If you didn't give my clothes to Lina and slap me, I wouldn't buy myself new clothes. It's your fault!"

"I have explained it to you. You were crazy at the time. I just wanted to protect the child in her belly. After all, that's my kid." Hank adds, "Rachel. How could you be so mean to an unborn baby?"

His tone is so innocent that it seems that I should be blamed for that illegitimate child.

WTF? I was cheated by my husband and his mistress. I am the victim! How could he say something like that?

Hank finds that I'm angry, so he quickly changes the subject: "I find your clothes are a bit familiar to me."

Then he looks at me suspiciously, asks, "You haven't been to our company today, right?"

His words remind me of the sex scene in Luke's office, I blush immediately. Although Hank doesn't directly see my face today, he must have some impression of my clothes.

"What are you talking about? I won't go to your company, OK? What am I doing there? Watching you hook up with your mistress in your company? I'm not that sick as you two! " I lie to him.

I think that maybe a person will be gradually influenced by who he is with, at least I am. Through this avenging, I grow to a mature liar.

Heard about Lina, Hank suddenly becomes very impatient. He says, "Don't mention Lina, Rachel. You pushed me to her. It's your fault. If you don't want more trouble, stay calm, and stay quiet. Leave us alone. We can still pretend to be a normal couple, at least."

Hank is a freak! He is crazy, greedy, and selfish!

I now realize that he wants both me and Lina to be his lover at the same time! Maybe this is the dream of every man. He hopes that his wife and lover get on well with each other and keep loyalty for him.

That's ridiculous! This man is indeed sick.

The next morning, when Hank does not leave to work, I reach out to him for living expenses.

"You cancel my credit card, so you have to give me living expenses!" I growl.

"I gave my mom the living expenses. She will buy us meals and other living stuff. Don't worry about that," he replied.

He doesn't want to give me the money, but he says in such away. Hank is so sly.

"You say that we can pretend to be a normal couple. But you don't even pay me living fee." Finish my words, without waiting for his explanation, I slam the door and directly leave.

I know that if Hank doesn't give me living expenses, I will not even have freedom in life. I must earn money for myself.

After sitting in front of the computer all morning searching for a job, I finally fill out and send out my resumes, waiting for good news.

In the afternoon, I receive a job interview call.

Some more details are also supplied through the text message.

It's a job interview invitation from SH Company. The position is an IT consultant in the sales department.

I submit too many resumes. I don't even remember whether I send one to SH or not. I make a call to Luke Sheng, "Hey, Luke. SH Company informs me a job interview. Did you help me with that?"

After all, Luke said that he would help me with my work last night.

"Well, no. I actually know nothing about it. The company is short of talent recently. So the HR Department sends you the invitation. But it's not a direct admission. Maybe you will be weeded out." He states.

Then I have no doubts in my heart.

Luke sends me some precautions for the interview on Wechat. I carefully read those, don't even notice that Hank comes in my room.

He hugs me from behind, touches my hips, kissed my back neck, and bites my ear. I am so astonished that I immediately turn off the phone screen. I feel disgusted when Hank gets close to me. So I broke away from him and rushed out into another side of the room.

Hank comes over and snatches the phone from my hand, and he is in a light fury. He questioned, "What are you doing? I didn't plan to check your phone, why are you so afraid?"

I jump to grab my phone, but Hank holds it higher above his head and keeps questioning, "Who are you chatting with?"

"A friend. I plan to find a job and ask her for help," I reply calmly.

My conversation with Luke Sheng is nothing except for the job interview, so even if Hank checks my Wechat chat record, it still doesn't matter. He won't find anything.

But maybe because of my own guilty conscience, my reaction to his question is a little stiff, making Hank suspicious.

"Finding a job? Why don't you stay at home?" Hank raises his eyebrow.

"I feel comfortable if I make money by myself. I want to be financially independent." I glance at him and answer.

Hank sneers: "That's impossible! What can you do? You are just a stupid housewife."

I retort: "Whatever you think of me, I just don't care about it anymore. Believe it or not, I'll prove myself."

He tries to shut on my phone, but he doesn't make it. Even though he tries it three or four times. He can't guess the password, and finally, the phone locked itself instead.