One late night at the office, Mike received a mysterious email. Curiosity gnawed at him, so he clicked it open, and a wave of shock hit him as he saw a bunch of chilling photos. His whole world flipped in a second, and everything he thought he knew about his life felt like a lie.

It was late, and the office was eerily quiet. Mike was finishing the monthly report when his phone buzzed with a message from an unknown number: “Check your email, you need to see this!”

With curiosity and anxiety, he opened his email. Fifteen photos awaited him. In the first, his wife Catherine was with his boss, laughing over dinner. The next photo showed them in a car together. As Mike clicked through more pictures—hugging, kissing, entering a hotel—his stomach tightened. The final photo showed them in bed together. Mike’s hands trembled. He couldn’t believe what he was seeing.

His life had just shattered.