I was sleeping with my husband’s married friend while his wife was pregnant, and I thought we had kept it a secret. Then his wife sent me a message saying, “I know what you two have been doing. But before you deny it, I need to ask you one question.” My husband and I had been married for six years, and his friend Daniel visited our house almost every weekend. Daniel was charming, helpful, and always treated me with respect. I never imagined I would become the woman he cheated with. It started one evening when my husband travelled for work. Daniel came over to return some money my husband had lent him, and we ended up talking long after midnight. That night, we slept together. We both knew we had made a terrible mistake, but instead of ending it, we continued seeing each other in secret. His wife was pregnant with their first child, and every time he told me how excited he was to become a father, I felt guilty. Still, I couldn’t bring myself to walk away. Then, last Thursday, his wife messaged me. She asked if Daniel had visited my house while my husband was away. I panicked and denied everything. She replied, “Okay. Then you won’t mind answering one question.” She sent me a photograph of Daniel standing outside my house. The date on the photograph was from the previous evening, when I knew my husband had been out of town. I stopped denying it and admitted that we had been seeing each other. I expected her to insult me, but instead she asked: “Has Daniel ever asked you to lend him money?” I remembered that he had borrowed a substantial amount from me two months earlier, claiming his business was in trouble. I told her yes. She replied, “How much?” When I told her, she went silent for several minutes. Then she sent me a screenshot of a bank transfer. Daniel had received the exact same amount from his wife on the very same day he borrowed money from me. I called her immediately. Through tears, she explained that Daniel had been telling both of us that he was struggling financially, while secretly collecting money from us. I felt sick. I had risked my marriage for a man who had been lying to both women in his life. Then she said something I wasn’t prepared for: “I’m not contacting you because I want revenge. I’m contacting you because Daniel told me you were the one who kept begging him to leave me.” I froze. Because I had never asked him to leave his wife. And suddenly, I realised that Daniel had been telling each of us a completely different story. 😭💔