I Was Helping My Friend When His Wife Cheated On Him, But He Claimed He Would Forgive Her Once, But The Bad Luck Keeps Coming - Episode 15

I returned home as if fleeing, stripped off all my clothes, and rushed to the bathroom.

As I continued to shower with cold water pouring over my head, it gradually turned warm. It felt like a lie what I had just done, and the moment I remembered, nausea surged up again… and I vomited.

Because my stomach was empty, only gastric juice came out, but even though I repeatedly struggled to breathe, I kept throwing up.

My throat burns like it’s on fire from the stomach acid. My head and the arm that man grabbed also hurt.

It hurts…

I had to take that guy’s thing in my mouth, spit it out, and be seen naked… just a little more…

I was scared… I was so scared… Koichi… I was so scared… Mom…

Shaking my body, I sobbed.

The next day, Akari came to my house and was very worried about me. She asked me over and over if everything was okay, and after I reassured her, she hugged me and cried.

I can’t believe I’ve made you worry this much.

If I were in the opposite position, I think I would have cried too, and my guilt increases.

My heart wavers, but I still can’t bring myself to end it.

After watching all the recorded videos, Akari believed that nothing had happened to me.

Together with the relieved Akari, we edit the videos we’ve taken and process the parts that concern us. The advancements in image editing technology are terrifying because they make it look so real.

Even if someone close to me saw it up close, I looked so different that they wouldn’t recognize me, but I chose a slightly lower quality for the video. Instead, I developed the photos to clearly show the man’s face.

I thought even Koichi wouldn’t be able to recognize my voice, so I used it as it was.

I had them continue the investigation on the man for about a week and observed the situation, but it seems he decided it was just a one-night failure without reporting to the police. …Now the preparations are complete.

The handyman I was introduced to by the detective agency.

I was surprised to learn that there are companies that will do just about anything as long as it doesn’t break the law, but honestly, I was grateful and it helped me out. As for the rest———

This is something I learned from a report by the handyman.

Sakurai and the man’s wedding was held at a large hotel, and it seems to have been crowded with many relatives and company associates. Given the recent market contraction in the bridal industry and the increasing number of family ceremonies, it seems that holding a grand event also serves to showcase the wealth and corporate connections that have grown even larger.

After changing outfits twice and with the party in full swing, at the conclusion of the reception, after the groom’s speech. Just before the bride and groom were about to leave, a surprise video of me and the man was played, with some people in the venue even shedding tears.

They also spread around various things, including a color photo with a clear image of the man’s face.
Sakurai reportedly screamed and went into a frenzy over the man, but when she realized that her own investigation report on her man-hunting activities had also been spread around, she collapsed on the spot, saying,
“It’s not me, it’s not me.”

On the contrary, the man accused him, saying, “You’re just as bad,” and the venue was reportedly in an uproar and chaos.

People who don’t understand that they are worthless tend to think, “Why is this happening to me?” and believe they are not at fault when they suffer a disadvantage.

People who easily do to others what they themselves dislike seem to have an even stronger tendency to do so.

I finished reading the report and thought back on it, but it wasn’t as satisfying as I expected. Whether they repent and live honestly or ruin themselves, I don’t care… Either way, my revenge is complete.

Surely, my desire for revenge was only to that extent.

When I set a trap for that man and ended up in danger myself, I was already scared at that point…

I will take revenge with unwavering determination.

Maintaining the motivation for revenge.

A strong will to see things through to the end.

If… I had nothing left, I might have been more desperate to make my enemy regret in a more gruesome and brutal way.

I apologize in my heart to Mom, Koichi, and even Akari, who got dragged into this. I wasted money and time on something so trivial.

So, I’m going to forget everything and be happy with Koichi.

Conveniently, I convinced myself of that.

The consequences come when you forget.

Even so, it has become the most important time…

One year after Sumire’s wedding, I married Koichi.

Since we’ve both settled down with our work and can now live together peacefully… that’s the official reason.

The real reason is that I felt envious watching Sumire-san’s wedding.

Well, I thought I would do it soon, but since I ended up using the wedding funds on unnecessary things, I made Hibiya wait for about a year.

I had Akari help me pick out a wedding dress and also asked her to do my makeup.

After that, neither Akari nor I even brought it up as a topic.

Not even something that has ended, but as if it never existed.

My family is gone, and I have become utterly alone.

But Koichi became my husband and family, and both Koichi’s father and mother were happy to have a daughter…

A wedding with only family and friends.

I decided to have it at the same church as Sumire, but I couldn’t help but laugh and think, “Maybe I should have secretly had a joint wedding with Sumire?” I couldn’t help but laugh.

A peaceful life that everyone takes for granted and mistakenly believes is a given.

There may not be any excitement, and sometimes I feel bored, but how wonderful it is to have nothing.

It might be better for those who are fully occupied with daily life and don’t have time to be caught up in unnecessary things.

Around the time I reached an age where I could think that way, there were rapid changes from Sumire’s infidelity to my friend’s serious injury… Even so, time passed, and changes began to occur in the life that had once seemed so ordinary.

One day, when the painful and sad memories had started to fade, God bestowed a treasure upon me and Koichi.

I wanted to introduce you to my mother too, so that I could become a wonderful mother like her. The happier I am, the more it crosses my mind, but it’s been many years now… No one knows, and it will never be known. If Koichi ever finds out…

Right now, I just need to focus on giving birth to the baby properly. And together with my husband, Koichi, we will build a happy family.

And yet, I conveniently convinced myself that that snake wouldn’t harm even me. Like some half-baked piece of knowledge, I thought that a snake wouldn’t die from its own venom. Even though I knew that a snake without self-immunity could bite itself and, depending on where it bit, could even die…

What was right?
I should have done better.
If I had done nothing, would it have been better?
If I had acted wisely, it wouldn’t have turned out like this.

But what I chose was…