After She Cheated, I Took Her from Lab to Cell Chapter 1

My wife and I were escorting top-secret research data back to the States.

But as we were about to board the plane, she told me she’d left an important file back at the hotel and that I should go on ahead.

I smiled and watched her get into a cab, then turned and opened the location sharing app on my phone.

She wasn’t going back to the hotel. She had changed her route and was heading to a villa in the suburbs.

I hailed a cab and followed her. Standing at the gate of the villa was a man, holding a child.

“Honey, you’re finally back,” he said. “Your daughter and I missed you so much.”

Sarah took the child from him, then stood on her toes and pressed a long, deep kiss to his lips.

“I missed you guys like crazy,” she said. “Home is wherever you two are.”

Just then, I got a call from Homeland Security, asking why I hadn't boarded the plane on time.

I looked at the couple embracing not far from me, and my voice was cold as ice.

“Because Dr. Sarah Chen, Deputy Director of the Advanced Satellite Research Institute, is colluding with foreign agents and selling state secrets.”

“I’m requesting immediate military assistance to apprehend her.”

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Not long after I hung up, Sarah’s phone rang.

I don’t know what was said, but the smile vanished from her face, replaced by a flicker of panic. She quickly handed the child back to the man, whose name was Evan, and rushed to leave.

Evan, confused, grabbed her hand. “Honey, where are you going? I thought you were spending the night with me and our daughter.”

But Sarah was in no mood to explain. She shook him off and got in her car, speeding back to the airport. When she found out that I hadn’t boarded the plane either, she started calling me frantically.

I ignored her calls. Instead, I sat ramrod straight, facing two agents from Homeland Security.

The lead agent, a man named Miller, looked at me sternly. “Mr. Zhang, the allegations you’re making are extremely serious. If they’re found to be false, you will face legal consequences.”

I nodded, my expression grim. “Agent Miller,” I said, my voice steady, “I stand by every word. My wife, Sarah, and I were tasked with one mission: to bring this core technology back to the U.S. One night, I forgot to shut down my laptop. The webcam happened to record her putting a sleeping pill in my milk. After I was asleep, she snuck out of the hotel.”

“That’s how I found out she’d been leaving every night, going to the suburbs, and not coming back until dawn.”

I placed a flash drive on the table. “This contains the video from my laptop and a record of Sarah’s movements every night after she left the hotel.”

Miller exchanged a look with the other agent. “So, is the core technology in her possession right now?”

I nodded, then shook my head. “To prevent a security breach, we each took half of the data. I can guarantee that no one but me has seen my half. But I can’t say the same for Sarah.”

Miller’s breath hitched. He grabbed the flash drive and stood up. “Mr. Zhang, we need to verify the information and evidence you’ve provided. In the meantime, you cannot leave this room. I hope you understand.”

I nodded calmly.

Back at the airport, Sarah was in a full-blown panic. She couldn't reach me. She decided to go back to the hotel to find me. But as she stepped out of the terminal, she was surrounded by a dozen heavily armed tactical officers.

The black muzzles of their rifles were all aimed at her head.

The color drained from her face, and she nearly collapsed.

“Dr. Sarah Chen? You need to come with us.”

Before she could speak, two officers had her arms pinned behind her back, and she was being bundled into an armored vehicle. She was taken back to the embassy.

I turned my head just in time to lock eyes with her.

Her pupils contracted. Then she let out a furious roar.

“Alex! What the hell is wrong with you?”

“I’m your wife! How could you do this to me?”

I said nothing, just stared at her with cold indifference.

My wife?

Half an hour ago, she was kissing another man, calling him her husband. If she truly considered me her husband, she wouldn't have gone abroad while I was on a classified research assignment and given birth to her lover’s child.

Whether she was actually selling state secrets didn’t matter to me. All I knew was that I wanted revenge for the humiliation she had put me through.

The game was on.