I have always loved giving people surprises because seeing the priceless expression of happiness and excitement on their faces gives me a lot of joy. I love receiving surprises and giving to people as well.
On the occasion of our 2nd year anniversary, my husband and I planned a trip to Bali. It had been a long time since we both had gone somewhere for a trip, given it was only our 2nd year of marriage. We had quite some fights and arguments and I believed this trip would be the best way for us to enjoy some intimate time together. And what better time to take this trip than our anniversary?

Me being me, I had planned a beautiful surprise for my husband but as life would have it, I got the worst surprise of my life that one fateful day.
When we touched down in Bali, we settled ourselves in a beautiful resort. I had planned to surprise my husband by bringing in a beautiful cake, wearing the most beautiful dress with a video playing in the background of our loveliest moments together. I had done all the bookings so I contacted the manager of the hotel and requested him to set up a camera in the room that day to record the surprise I was going to give my husband. I wanted to capture this moment in Bali as a memory that we both would reminisce about and never ever forget.

The manager heartily agreed. He mentioned many couples opt to do the same thing so it would be easy for them to get this recording done. When we reached the resort, it was breathtaking. Our room was very comfortable and had a fantastic view. After freshening up, I told my husband that I would be going for a 3-hour spa session to feel refreshed. I was going to use that time to prepare the surprise for him. My husband insisted that he would take a nap to feel charged up. As soon as I got out of the room, I informed the manager to start the recording after an hour and a half.

Then I got the cake, dressed in my absolute best and even gave our anniversary video to the manager for him to get the video played when I enter the room. And so, ready for the big moment, I stood in front of our room’s door with all the surprise in hand. I opened the door and happily yelled ‘surprise!’ But what I saw shocked me for an eternity. There my husband lay in our bed with another woman, on top of him. The girl didn’t have any clothes on and my husband was wearing only his underpants. The cake dropped from my hand and the video started playing on the projector in our room. That snapped me out of my trance and I looked at my husband in disbelief. He was actually cheating on me with another woman on our anniversary trip, in our very room!

The audacity of my husband! I stormed out of the room with tears in my eyes; I could hear my husband calling my name and coming after me. I could feel the sheer humiliation because I planned such a big surprise for him and even involved the manager of the hotel for this. He would see the recording and realise what a disaster this entire thing was. But what I felt distraught about was the fact that my husband actually cheated on me with another woman, on the very first day of our trip! Who even does that?

My husband begged for forgiveness and repeatedly asked me to forget this. He said, “please honey, I am really sorry. I did a stupid thing. I got distracted. Please forget about this and let’s enjoy the trip a little.” Hearing this, I broke down even more and booked a ticket to home right in front of him. I couldn’t even face this situation, let alone him.

I left the hotel that night, leaving my husband there. While I was leaving, the manager came and gave me the recording in a pen drive. He had a morose smile while handing me the pen drive. I decided to keep the pen drive with me so that I could use it as evidence later, if anything were to happen. I never had the slightest idea that my husband would give me the worst nightmare and surprise of my life.