Chapter 1

Before the business trip, Piers and I had a big fight over having children. On the night I returned home, to ease the tension, I voluntarily put on a uniform I hadn't worn for a long time. However, in the middle of our intimate moment, Piers's phone screen lit up and then went dark in the dim room. Before I could react, Piers pushed me away, grabbed his phone, and went into the bathroom. A few minutes later, he came out looking like he had encountered a difficult issue.

“I need to handle something. No need to wait up,” he said.

I was speechless and puzzled. In the middle of the night, what urgent matter could a university lecturer possibly need to attend to that couldn't wait even fifteen minutes? But Piers didn't give me a chance to ask. He grabbed his coat, turned, and walked out the door, leaving me alone in the bedroom, stunned and at a loss.