Chapter 4Six Toasts to Betrayal: Exposing My Husband on Our Wedding Day

I was indeed faking sick.

But it wasn't to save money. It was to give Liam and Mia the perfect opportunity to meet up.

I had booked a flight that left exactly ten minutes after his.

Sitting on the plane, resting my eyes, I thought back to last night. While Liam was sleeping, I had gone through his phone.

That TikTok burner account with the millions of views had thousands of DMs.

But he only had a "streak" and a little fire emoji with "StarCatcher." They had been messaging for 145 straight days.

Their chat history was sickeningly flirtatious.

It was their secret digital diary of infidelity.

"I'm coming to Paris for my honeymoon, but I just want to see you one more time."

"Mia, tell me, do I really have to choose between my responsibilities and true love?"

Mia’s reply was quick.

"But that night we had together was perfect, wasn't it?"

"I miss you too, I love you, but you're someone else's husband now, Liam."

...

The final message was from Mia.

"Okay. Let's see each other one last time."

Such a deeply moving, tragic love story. I absolutely had to make sure the entire internet witnessed their profound romance!

The second my plane landed, I started a TikTok Live.

The title: "The '6 Toasts' Guy and His Mistress Exposed: Catching Them Live."

Then, I routed the feed from the micro-camera I had hidden in Liam's collar button directly to the stream.

Unsurprisingly, Liam and Mia couldn't even control themselves. They were making out aggressively in the back of a Parisian taxi.

"I missed you so much, Mia baby. Chloe got sick and couldn't come. God gave us this opportunity."

"Liam, I love you. Let's be husband and wife for one more night."

The passionate, explicit audio broadcasted clearly. Within minutes, the viewer count skyrocketed into the millions.

[What the hell? That's definitely the guy's voice! Are they flexing their cheating live?!]

[Bruh, this sounds so wrong. This is exactly how my cheating ex talked to his side piece.]

[I don't believe it. This has to be the guy and his wife doing some weird cosplay!]

The live chat was a chaotic mess.

I covered my mouth tightly, my fingernails digging into my palms.

Following the GPS tracker I'd installed on Liam's phone, I walked all the way to the door of the honeymoon suite that was supposed to be for me.

Fighting back my adrenaline, I knocked.

"Who is it? We don't need room service, ah~"

Mia's breathy moan echoed from inside.

"It's Chloe."

The moment I said my name, the room went dead silent.

After a long, agonizing wait, Liam finally opened the door, his face flushed red.

"Babe? Weren't you going to the hospital? How did you get here so fast?"

He asked awkwardly. Behind him, Mia stood wrapped in a bath towel, giving me a smug, curved smile.

"Chloe, I'm so sorry. I spilled coffee on my clothes when I picked Liam up from the airport, so I just came up to take a quick shower. We didn't do anything, please don't misunderstand! Liam really loves you."

"It's fine. Since we're all here, let's shoot a video together."

I calmly cut her off. Right in front of them, I pulled up the "Six Toasts to Myself" challenge filter.

Both of their faces drained of color.

"N-No, let's not. I have somewhere to be, I should go."

Mia tried to bolt, but I grabbed her arm in a death grip.

"Don't be in such a rush! We're all family here, let's just play along for fun~"

"Unless you two did something guilty and are too scared to play?"

Perhaps my calm demeanor was too terrifying, because Mia and Liam ultimately sat back down in the room.

Turning the camera toward us, I poured a glass of water and made 6 toasts to myself.

"Toast one: To myself, for staying loyal for 25 years, loving him, and marrying him."

"Toast two: To myself, for giving up my career for love, becoming a housewife right out of grad school!"

"Toast three: To myself, for finding a soda-tab ring hidden in my own house."

As I spoke, I pulled out the pop-tab ring Liam had tried to hide.

Liam shot up from his chair, completely ignoring the camera as he lunged to snatch the object from my hand.

"Where did you find that?! Give it back!"

I stood up and shoved the inside of the ring right up to the camera lens.

Engraved on the metal were tiny, neat words: "Liam & Mia, Love Forever."

My sudden movement caught Liam off guard. By the time he snatched the ring back...

He glanced at my phone screen and saw the little red "LIVE" icon.

His face went chalk white.