Chapter 2

Emily felt paralyzed. She blinked repeatedly at the sight before her, wishing it was all a figment of her imagination.

It wasn’t.

“Sophie” She managed to whisper.

Her sister stared back at her with no remorse or shame.

None of the cheaters looked shocked to have been discovered.

Emily’s mind was in a whirlwind of thoughts, trying to process everything.

Never in a million did she imagine that Wesley could cheat on her and with no other person than her blood sister.

She felt her heart ache from the betrayal.

“How… how could you?” She mumbled, the words feeling heavy in her mouth.

“Ermm… Emily, would you excuse us? We need to get dressed.” Wesley blurted out.

Emily felt her mouth drop open in another wave of shock.

“What?”

Wesley repeated himself “Emily, don’t make this harder than it needs to be. Go downstairs, we’ll come meet you after dressing up.”

Emily couldn’t believe her ears. She caught them in bed and that was all he had to say.

“Emily, please go downstairs. We’ll talk about this when we come down.” Sophie added.

Again, she couldn’t believe what she was hearing.

The cheaters were calm. Like they had done nothing wrong. Their relaxed expressions made it look like Emily was the outsider who had walked in on the couple’s private time.

Her body began to burn with rage.

If she didn’t leave, she was going to launch at both of them and plug out their eyes.

Emily casted them one last look before quietly walking out of the room.

Her world was spinning as she descended the stairs.

The house that was once a safe haven to her suddenly became too stuffy.

Afraid she was going to lose conscience if she stayed, Emily grabbed the car keys and bolted out of the house.

Her hands trembled as she opened the car door. She needed to run as far away as she could from the betrayal.

After everything they had gone through together, she couldn’t fathom why he would do that to her.

They had a good life, they were happy. Why would he throw that away?

And with no other person than her sister.

Her mind swirled with questions.

How long had their affair been going on? Weeks, months, years?

It all felt like a dream.

She drove aimlessly for what felt like hours before she finally pulled up in front of her parents’ house.

She broke down in tears.

Years of love and commitment was down the drain.

She gave up her dreams to make him happy. She built his career and this was how he chose to pay her back.

After hours of crying, Emily finally left the comfort of the car and made her way inside.

Immediately she saw her parents, she felt like breaking down again.

Both of them had a curious look on seeing her swollen face.

“Emily, what’s wrong?” her mother asked in confusion.

“I caught them.” the words slipped out of her lips.

“Who?” John Park asked his daughter in confusion.

She blurted out the heavy words.

“Wesley is cheating on me with Sophie.”

Instead of looking shocked, John and Susan Park gave each other a knowing look.

At the same time, the doorbell rang.

Susan went to get it while John asked Emily to sit down.

Just when she began to wonder if her parents didn’t believe her, Susan returned with Wesley, Sophie and Jane.

Emily jumped to her feet as soon as she saw them.

“What are they doing here?” She asked in a fit of rage.

“Quit acting like a child and sit down.” her father commanded.

She stared back at him in disbelief.

“I’m acting like a child? I found my husband and sister together in bed. How should I act?”

Susan snapped at her “Don’t talk to your father that way. Sit down, let’s talk about this like a family.”

Emily was stunned by her parents’ words. Almost immediately, something seemed to click in her head.

“You knew?”

The reactions from her parents, sister, husband and mother-in-law was all the answer she needed.

She fell back on the Sofa in shock.

Her whole family knew about this affair. She had been betrayed by everyone.

Susan shamelessly said, “Your sister and Wesley have fallen in love. Who are we to stop them? Love is natural and no one can choose who they fall in love with. The best thing you can do as a good sister is to support them.”

If she wasn’t still in shock from the multiple betrayals, she would have scoffed at her mother’s words.

Emily wondered why she was the only one who had to be a good sister.

Her parents had always favored Sophie, but she couldn’t believe they would in the situation.

Emily let out a chuckle.

What had she expected? Of course they would side with their favorite child.

After all, they had Emily to save Sophie from cancer.

She was their princess, the one they would do anything for while Emily was nothing but a spare part for her.

“Do not laugh at us, Emily. We didn’t mean to fall in love.”

The sound of Sophie’s pretentious voice ignited a flame of rage in her.

“Shut up. You’re nothing but a disgusting whore who slept with her sister’s husband. You’ve always taken everything from me, I guess you also had to have him.”

Sophie began to shed crocodile tears while their parents began to scold her.

“How dare you talk to your sister that way? Apologize at once.” John yelled at her.

Emily stared back at him with nothing but coldness.

All her life she had tried to please her parents so they could love her like they loved Sophie.

She was done. All the love she had once had for them was gone.

She rose to her feet.

“You’re disgusting parents. I don’t want to ever see you again in my life.”

She tried to walk away but was blocked by Sophie who grabbed her arm.

“Please, Emily. Don’t put your anger on Mom and Dad. Blame me instead, it is all my fault.”

Emily could tell her sister was pretending. She yanked her arm free from her grip and Sophie immediately fell down.

Before Emily could react, she felt a harsh sting on her cheeks.

Wesley had slapped her.