I flung his hand off so hard he stumbled, and my voice rose even louder.
"Daniel! I'm asking you one more time—who is this woman?"
"What are you doing here?"
The noise drew neighbors fast.
People gathered outside the door, whispering and pointing.
"What's going on? The wife showed up to catch the mistress? See, I told you all. That Julia woman, you could tell she was no good just by looking at her."
"What's wrong with men these days? They've got perfectly fine lives at home and they're still out looking for thrills."
"Who knows? That's just how men are now, isn't it? Wife at home raising the kids, and they can't appreciate it. Rather be out doing things that'll get them struck by lightning!"
The gossip stripped whatever composure Daniel had left. His expression darkened by the second.
"Let's go! Home! Now!"
"I'll give you an explanation!"
We weren't two steps inside the door before Daniel was already jabbing his finger in my face, shouting.
"Evelyn! Did you really have to blow this up like that?"
"After that stunt you pulled, how is she supposed to face anyone? You're a woman—you of all people should know what reputation means to a woman!"
I didn't waste my breath arguing. I reached into his pocket, pulled out his phone, and slammed it down in front of him.
In all our years of marriage, I had never once checked his phone. He'd never bothered to delete anything.
Every transfer to the personal shopper was right there in black and white.
A five-hundred-dollar compact here. A two-thousand-dollar perfume there.
A sixty-thousand-dollar necklace. A three-hundred-thousand-dollar handbag.
Every single transaction, crystal clear.
"Now you want to blame me for making a scene? Now reputation matters?"
"Funny how neither of you thought about that when you were climbing into bed together."
I didn't miss the flicker that crossed his eyes—there and gone before he could hide it.
But he buried it fast, cranking his voice right back up.
"You went to her place over this? Do you even know what this is about?"
"She's my superior—Supervisor Gray runs my entire team. Do you have any idea how much she's helped me at the company over the years?"
"So I bought her a few gifts to say thank you—is that really worth losing your mind over?"
So it was true. Everything people said about men like him—every word of it.
A man will never admit to cheating. Not unless you drag him out of the bed yourself.