Chapter 79 - 79

It's been a week since classes started, and everyone has been excited to step into the new term. Students are slowly easing into their schedules and classes.

The daughter of Mr. Scott, the physics professor, was getting married in a few months. The son-in-law's family is demanding to get a house as their dowry. 

His family was impressed with the groom's credentials. He was not only good looking, but he was a college graduate as well. He had ambitions to get his master's degree after they got married.

Mrs. Scott did not think twice about giving them the dowry. She knew that her daughter was going to get taken care of by her husband. 

She had gone to the bank to withdraw the money, but their account was missing ten lakhs. 

She shared the bank account with Mr. Scott, and since she did not withdraw the money, it would make sense that her husband took it out.

When she asked her husband where the money was, he told her that one of his colleagues was in an accident. He needed the money to have an operation. His friend did not have enough money, so the professor lent him ten lakhs.

Mrs. Scott asked him to get the money back from his friend since they needed to buy a house for their daughter immediately.

Mr. Scott said his colleague was still recovering in the hospital. It would not be the right time to ask for the money back. 

He promised that once his friend gets discharged, he will ask for it right away.

His wife believed his lie. She knew that he was a very good person and had helped a few people before when they were in trouble. She thought this time it would be the same.

He never had any habits. He never smoked, drank, or gambled. He used to come home promptly at the exact time every day so he could spend time with his family. She had such a good impression of her husband that she never doubted him.

Many of her friends and relatives always told her that she was lucky to have a husband who was a professor. 

When they were dating, she used to feel proud that people would stare at her husband because he was so handsome. She, on the other hand, was not a looker, but he always made her feel like she was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen.

She went to her elder sister to borrow money. She told her sister that she would return it within a month. 

The professor, on the other hand, was scared when his wife asked about the money. He had given the money to Lily.

Lily was his fantasy come true. He was ready to do anything for her. When he thought about how they rolled over the sheets and did all those sinful things. He felt that it was all worth it.

He used to feel guilty when he came home and saw his wife's face, but thinking about the pleasure he got. He made up his mind that he was not doing anything wrong.

He was putting himself first, and for once, he just wanted to be selfish. He had told his wife that he would get money back from his friend after a month. Since there was no friend, he had no idea where he was going to get the money. It was going to be a big headache.

He loved his kids and wanted to get his daughter married lavishly. But, if he did not fulfill Lily's wish, she may leave him, which he cannot afford. He got blinded by lust. He lost all sense of what was right and what was wrong.

As the saying goes, When a person is about to meet his end, he will lose all his rational thinking. The same thing was happening to the professor. 

He used to meet Lily behind his wife's back. They used to always go to the hotel since either of their places was convenient.

Mrs. Scott had organized an engagement party for her daughter. It was one of the parties that they were going to shoulder. She invited all her friends and relatives to show off her new son-in-law. 

One of her daughter's friends recognized the professor. She used to work as the receptionist in the hotel where Lily and Mr.Scott would always meet. Working with a lot of people, hotel staff rarely remembers anyone. Unless they were a celebrity, someone very important, or they had a bad attitude.

The friend remembered the professor because Lily created a ruckus in the hotel. Lily ordered room service, and the food took a while to be delivered. So she complained to the manager. 

Lily had a very bad temper. She always thought the world revolved around her. She made a huge scene, everybody working at the hotel heard about it. 

Lily acted like she was somebody important. But everyone knew she was an old guy's mistress. But since she was a customer of the hotel, they had no choice but to apologize to her and comp her meal.

The friend's daughter observed how Mr.Scott behaved. He was the perfect husband and father. She did not like that behind all this facade he was sleeping with a younger woman old enough to be his daughter.

After the function, the friend asked the mom to meet in private, she confessed everything to her friend's mom. She told him about his infidelity.

The wife could not believe what she was hearing. At first, she thought this girl had an agenda. She wanted to incriminate my husband because he probably gave her a bad grade. The friend said she could get proof, and she will be back in two days.

The wife decided not to act upon anything until she saw proof. Her husband was a nice man. He would never do something like that.

Two days later, the friend came back with proof. As they were sitting on the sofa, the friend showed her a video of the professor and Lily entering the hotel. She took a video to make sure she got everything clear.

The wife could not digest what she was seeing. Her sweet husband was with a young girl. This young girl had on heavy make-up and very revealing clothes.

She looked so provocative. They were smiling, and they had their arms wrapped around each other. It was like her husband could not keep his hands off her. He was constantly touching and pinching the girl while she giggled.

She stood up and started pacing. She never remembered her husband being so passionate about her, not even when they were newly married. Her husband was cheating on her.

She didn't know what to do. 

Their perfect marriage was an illusion. She sat down and started crying.

The friend consoled her and told her she should do what she feels is right. The wife always thought her husband loved her so much. They never even fought.

Now she understood why the past few days her husband was dressing up and coming home late. He would tell her that he had extra work at the college. She was wondering if he gave the girl the ten lakh that was missing from their account.

He was not only cheating on her, but he was ruining their daughter's future. She will not tolerate her husband's hard-earned money going to someone else. 

She would have given him another chance if he only cheated on her. It would have been okay if it only affected her feelings. But when she thought about it affecting her daughter, she would not sit quietly.

The next day, the wife came to the college without the professor's knowledge. She asked around if they knew the girl. Lily was the name her daughter's friend told her.

Lily was talking on the phone. She was in her usual get-up. She was scantily dressed like she was about to seduce someone. The wife was livid when she recognized her. 

Mrs. Scott pulled Lily by her hair.

"Ouch!" Lily screamed in pain and turned around, trying to see who it was. 

The wife slapped her face continuously on both cheeks.

"Who are you, and why are you beating me?" Lily screamed, trying to evade the slaps. She was getting slapped so much it hurt. Tears started streaming down her cheeks.

"You slut, do you think wearing sexy clothes will get you everything?" Mrs. Scott taunted.

"Leave me alone! You're mad!" Lily was screaming.

Everyone was watching the show, but no one dared to help her. A lot of people hated Lily and they were enjoying her suffering. Most of the people wanted to beat her up. But since some brave lady was doing it already, they just rooted for her and cheered her on.

Lily had a bad attitude and a very short temper, which made everyone dislike her. She used people to her advantage and convenience. She had no real friends.

Lily had no idea why this woman was beating her.

"How dare you sleep with my husband, do you think I am dead? Don't you feel ashamed to sleep with a man as old as your father?"

Mrs. Scott started to beat Lily again, tearing her clothes in the process.

Everyone was shocked, hearing the woman's accusations. 

Lily was having an affair with a married man. And this woman beating her was his wife. 

They knew Lily was capable of doing that, so they believed people said.

"That woman is the physics professor's wife," someone in the crowd said.

Lily was having an affair with Mr. Scott? They would never have guessed it. The professor was stern and strict, but he was fair. 

Mr. Scott was an outstanding professor. Everyone respected him. They couldn't believe he would do such a degrading thing.

Lily never thought she would get caught. She thought she was careful and discreet. This woman was acting like a lunatic. She needed to escape before she got killed.

Lily got up and started to run.

"You witch you cannot hide from me," The professor's wife screamed, running after her.