Back to Love: A New Beginning
Chapter 42

Chapter 42:.

I didn’t know if it was because of the change of environment that made it hard for me to sleep that night. I didn’t even know when I had fallen into sleep.

The next morning when I got up Derek was already gone.

He must have gone to work by now

I remembered that some of my things were still at Shane’s house Now that he had taken everything he had bought for me, it was only natural that I would take back what was mine. Not because those things were expensive, but because I had grown accustomed to wearing them. They had a nostalgic feel to me.

I called Shane to explain my intention. Fortunately, he didn’t give me a hard time. He just told me that they had changed the lock on the door, which made my house key useless. He said he would leave me a key in the guards’ office. I took a cab to the community and took the key to the guards’ office as he had told me. Then I went straight to the elevator.

In the past, I had been in and out of this place every day. But now that I was back. I realized that many things had changed.

For some reason, I couldn’t open the door with the key. I wondered if I had the wrong house.

I looked at the door and discovered that it was room 703.

I wondered if Shane was pulling my leg again.

I glanced at the key I had been given, and soon discovered that the key number was Room 701, Unit 2. Building 8.

Something didn’t add up. The house we had was in Unit 1, Building 8, but this key I had was different. The house in front of me was Room 703, but the key was for Room 701.

I didn’t think the guards would give me the wrong key, because there were a couple of dangles on the key. One had “Shane” on it and the other had “Vivien.” This was definitely the right key

So, I made my way to room 701, unit 2, full of confusion. I inserted the key into the lock, feeling uneasy. I soon opened the door without any problems.

That’s when Shane called out to me.

As I opened the door. I was stunned.

I never thought the truth would be revealed to me in this way.

The first thing I saw inside the room was Vivien’s picture.

I felt like my head was buzzing, and I couldn’t hear my phone ring.

I felt as if my soul had escaped from my body I walked into the house

There was a wedding photo of Shane and Vivien hanging on the wall in the living room. The picture was so big it almost covered half the wall in the picture, she had her arms around his neck, smiling happily it made my heart ache to see it.

The photo couldn’t have been taken recently, because in the photo, Shane’s hair was much longer than it was now. He had cut his hair about three months ago.

Thinking about the clues I had found in the studio earlier, a wild guess came to mind. Suddenly, I felt my heartbeat get faster and faster.

The floor plan of this house was similar to Shane’s. I found the study without much difficulty The moment I pushed the door open, my jaw dropped.

The studio was huge! It was big enough to hold a party.

To be precise, it wasn’t just a studio. It was a combination studio and bedroom.

The bed inside the room was especially large. I thought it must feel really good to have sex on it The pink sheet and comforter cover looked quite tempting.

A bookshelf that must have originally been pressed against the wall had been turned ninety degrees. And this room had been integrated with Shane’s study.

I realized that the bookshelf was actually a secret door, a door that provided comfort to his infidelity without my knowing anything.

It was a little ridiculous how I hadn’t noticed. Maybe it was because I simply wasn’t that perceptive – how could I have foreseen Shane coming up with such a harebrained scheme just to trick me?

The design of the room was certainly incredible. I could have all the sex I wanted in bed after reading.

Shane was still calling me at the time. I didn’t answer the phone until I entered his study through the secret door.

“Eveline, I have the wrong key. Maybe you should take your things another day,” he said, sounding very tense.

“Shane. I must say, you’ve been very good at hiding your lover.” I teased.

“So you’ve seen her, huh?” asked Shane incredulously.

“I was so stupid, you had me fooled like I was some kind of moron! But it doesn’t matter how stupid I am. I still know the Arabic numbers on the key.” That said, I hung up the phone on him to vent my displeasure.

Even though he and I were divorced, a mountain of hatred still resided in my heart.

I hated him not only because he had cheated on me, but also because I was so stupid to believe him, I was so dumb that I didn’t even realize they were having an affair when they were so close to me.

In the past, I held Shane in high regard. Every word he said to me, I took seriously. He would never let me into his studio, so I did what he told me.

That was true. I was honest, but stupid…so damn stupid.

Maybe there was a time when he was having sex with another woman, while I was babysitting or doing his laundry as his nanny.

The more I thought about it, the more I became entangled.

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