I Was Hired to Test My Husband by His Mistress

Seven years after leaving the Fidelity Investigator industry, Sophia Carter received a commission. Client: I heard you were a Gold-Level Fidelity Investigator at HeartWise Agency. I need you to help me test my boyfriend. Sophia was about to reply and turn her down, saying she had been out of the industry for years. But the person on the other end sent over a picture. Her breath stopped in an instant. With trembling fingers, she opened it. She stared at the photo no fewer than dozens of times before finally asking in disbelief. Sophia: This is your boyfriend? Client: Who else would it be? But the man in the photo was clearly her husband of seven years, Ethan Shaw! Holding on to the last shred of reason she had left, she replied. Sophia: I can take the case, but I'll need detailed information about the man. What if... What if the other person had simply stolen his photo? After all, Ethan was a regular face in financial reports, and for years, he had dominated Northbridge City's Top Bachelor of the Elite Rankings. But the next message quickly shattered Sophia's pitiful fantasy. Client: His name is Ethan Shaw. He's about five eleven. He likes red wine... Forget it, none of that matters. He has a red mole on the inside of his thigh. A roar went off in Sophia's head. A second later, her mind went completely blank. In that instant, she realized the girl on the other end truly did have an intimate relationship with Ethan! Forcing down the dull pain in her chest, she continued asking. Sophia: Why do you want to test him? Client: I've been with him for three years. I'm just an ordinary woman, but he spoils me beyond belief. Luxury gowns, priceless jewelry, anything I want, he gives me. Client: The only regret is that even though I'm already pregnant, he still refuses to register our marriage or acknowledge me publicly. He says the Shaw Family has too many enemies, and that everything he's doing is to protect me. Client: I've always suspected he has someone else, but I've hired several investigators, and none of them could tempt him. I heard you were the most authoritative Gold-Level Fidelity Investigator, so I want you to test him for me! Pregnant? One message after another exploded in her mind, leaving her scalp numb. She could not believe Ethan would cheat on her and build another life behind her back. After all, Ethan loved her more than anything. To be with her, the man who had once drifted from woman to woman had cut off every flirtation around him. Even when a business partner deliberately drugged him and tried to send a woman into his bed, he fought the effects of the drug and forced himself to hold out until Sophia arrived. Even in the instant their car crashed and exploded, his first instinct had been to throw himself over her and protect her. His love for her had long since gone beyond instinct. Sophia did not want to believe the truth. She remembered the day they first met. Back then, as an investigator, she had accepted a client's commission to test whether one of Ethan's friends would truly remain faithful after marriage. Sophia completed the client's commission brilliantly, but because the target failed the test, the client mistakenly believed she was a mistress using an investigation as an excuse to destroy someone else's marriage. That client used a few connections to have Sophia locked up in the Police Station, where she was harshly tormented for three days. Everyone applauded the punishment she received. Only Ethan stepped forward without hesitation. He did not care if it meant offending his friend. He used every means at his disposal to bail her out. She asked him why. He looked at her face and said each word with complete seriousness, "Because I believe you. Because I fell in love with you at first sight. Would you believe that?" Of course she did not. After three years as a Fidelity Investigator, she knew all too well what men were really like. Love at first sight, lifelong devotion. It was all fake. She turned and left without hesitation. Yet in the days that followed, Ethan began pursuing her. He did not resort to clichéd gestures like sending flowers or setting off fireworks. Instead, when she was too busy to take care of her mother, he canceled contracts worth millions of dollars, patiently wiped her mother down, brought her water, and learned to cook for Sophia, washing his hands carefully and making soup for her himself. Under that kind of warmth, she slowly fell for him. After they married, she left the industry without hesitation. After all, Ethan was impossibly good to her. When they got into a car accident, his first reaction was to lunge over and shield her. When she nearly hemorrhaged while giving birth to Nina Shaw, a man who had always been calm and composed stood there with red eyes, begging the doctors to save her and forget the baby... Could a man who loved her like that really cheat? Her thoughts returned to the present just as another message came through. Client: Let's meet tomorrow afternoon at Blue Café. She gripped her phone, stayed silent for a moment, then replied with one word. Sophia: Okay. Then she called Ethan's mother, Alice Shaw. "Mom, I agree to divorce Ethan. My only condition is that I want custody of Nina." Ever since Alice found out about Sophia's existence and identity, she had never liked her. Back then, Ethan had not yet fully taken power. Under Alice's pressure, he could only keep his marriage to Sophia hidden. Apart from the Shaw Family, no one knew who Ethan's wife really was. And that hidden marriage had lasted seven whole years. As expected, Alice agreed at once over the phone. She even ordered people to speed up the paperwork, saying the entire process could be completed within a week.