It was her first time. She cried from the pain.

When he sobered up at her cries, he stopped, unsure if it was only a dream... But the reality of their encounter was undeniable. Sandra was compliant, seeking nothing more than to be his secret lover.

He considered accepting her proposal and keep her somewhere.

As long as he could keep this a secret from Elissa.

But in the end, he didn't go through with it. He gave Sandra a significant sum of money as compensation and ended their affair, though he allowed her to remain at his company.

They were both adults making their own choices, and he believed she understood his intentions.

His silence told Elissa everything she needed to know.

Her face turned pale. She closed her eyes and asked, "You had sex with her, didn't you?"

At Elissa's question, after a moment of contemplation, Raphael responded softly, “Well, kind of."

Elissa was taken aback by his words.

In fact, it wasn't hard for her to guess the answer on her own. If Raphael and Sandra had never been intimate, she wouldn't have jumped off the building.

Sandra wanted to be with Raphael for reasons beyond just his money.

The reality made Elissa feel sick.

She and Raphael were married. Legally, she was his wife, but he had been involved with another woman for a long time. It was absurd that she was only discovering this now.

She actually believed that the relationship between Raphael and Sandra was quite simple and had nothing to do with sex when she first found out about her.

But she had been wrong.

Furthermore, she was even more repulsed when she learned what Raphael had done for her father.

Within just two days, Elissa was overwhelmed by these revelations.

She felt utterly drained and gripped the edge of the sink tightly to keep herself from collapsing.

Raphael extended a hand to help her.

But Elissa declined. Standing before the wash basin, she gazed at her reflection in the mirror.

Her eyes were red from crying, and her face was slightly puffy.

She didn't seem like a newly married woman at all.

She had almost forgotten how she felt when she was infatuated with Raphael. What she remembered vividly was the shock and confusion on his face after Sandra jumped off the building. Deep down, she knew Raphael wasn't a playboy.