After my girlfriend conspired with her lover, I played along.

As I was washing Chloe’s underwear, I found a hole in it.

A cigarette burn.

But I quit smoking over a year ago.

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There was a tiny hole on the lace trim of the underwear, so small you wouldn’t notice it unless you really looked.

With five years of smoking behind me, I instantly recognized that yellowish, charred circle. It was definitely a cigarette burn.

My heart lurched.

I’d quit smoking ages ago, and Chloe definitely didn’t smoke.

Could someone please explain what the hell was going on?

I stood there in the bathroom, holding the underwear, my mind racing.