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Chapter 78: What The Company Will Stand For
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I Buried My Fiancé And Married His Brother Chapter 80: Epilogue — The Family We Built
SebastianThe garden looked different in late spring, fuller somehow, the flowers Jane had planted years ago now grown wild and generous along the stone path, and I stood near the memorial bench watching my daughter, seven years old now, teach her baby sister how to blow dandelion seeds without inhaling half of them by accident."Like this," Jane said, demonstrating with exaggerated patience. "You blow soft, Mia. Not like you're trying to knock down a building."Mia, not quite two, responded by blowing with the full, uncoordinated force of a toddler who understood instructions only loosely, and Jane dissolved into laughter instead of correcting her again."She's hopeless," Jane announced, when she caught me watching."She's two. Give her a few years.""I was never that bad at dandelions.""You once ate one, so I'd argue you were considerably worse." I scooped Mia up as she toddled toward me, delighted shrieking immediately replacing whatever dignity the moment had briefly held. "Where
I Buried My Fiancé And Married His Brother Chapter 79: Some Months Later
ChristabelSix months of ordinary life turned out to be the strangest, most precious thing I'd ever experienced, strange because I kept waiting for it to end, precious because it never did."Mama, look, I did it again," Jane announced, holding up a drawing of what I assumed was meant to be our garden, though the flowers had grown to roughly the size of the house in her interpretation. "The flowers are winning this time.""Winning against what, exactly?""The house. Obviously." She said it like I'd asked something painfully obvious, and went back to coloring with the fierce concentration only a five year old brings to matters of botanical warfare.She'd started calling me Mama fully, permanently, somewhere around month three, no hesitation in it anymore, no careful testing of the word the way she'd done that first afternoon by the window. Sebastian cried the first time he heard it used so casually, folding laundry in the next room, and tried to pretend he hadn't when I found him.The d
I Buried My Fiancé And Married His Brother Chapter 78: What The Company Will Stand For
SebastianI'd expected the drive back to the office to feel heavy, the return of routine pulling me back under old habits before I'd even unpacked. Instead I sat in the car with Christabel's hand in mine, sun still warm on my skin from the villa, and found the weight simply wasn't there anymore."You're smiling," she said. "At a legal filing. That's new.""Fournier's issuing the final ruling today. I'm allowed to smile about that."Sophie met us in the lobby, a stack of documents under one arm, her own expression lighter than I'd seen it in months. "Welcome back. You missed a lot of boring paperwork while you were busy being disgustingly happy in Italy.""We saw the videos of Jane's cartoon narration. Don't pretend you weren't also having fun.""I plead the fifth." Sophie fell into step beside us as we headed up. "Fournier's office confirmed. He's ruling in your favor on both the ownership claim and the marriage legitimacy question. No contingencies. The restitution from Gabriel's cas
I Buried My Fiancé And Married His Brother Chapter 77
ChristabelI woke before Sebastian did, which never happened anymore, and lay there for a while just watching him sleep, hair messy against the pillow, one arm thrown over his eyes like even unconscious he was still bracing against something.The villa Sophie had booked for our honeymoon sat on a cliff above the Amalfi coast, all white stone and open shutters, the sea loud enough through the window that I could hear it without moving. No security detail posted outside the door. No phone buzzing with updates from Sophie or the detective or anyone else. Just quiet, and salt air, and a husband who finally looked rested for the first time in longer than I could remember.He stirred when I shifted, cracking one eye open."You're staring.""I'm allowed. You're my husband.""That's a new excuse." He pulled me back down against his chest, voice still thick with sleep. "What time is it?""No idea. I threw my phone in a drawer two days ago and haven't missed it once.""Scandalous. What would So
I Buried My Fiancé And Married His Brother Chapter 76
SebastianThe marquee glowed amber as the sun dropped behind the garden wall, string lights threading between the branches Jane had spent weeks insisting needed "more sparkle," and I stood near the edge of the dance floor watching my wife laugh at something Marie had just whispered, unable to shake the disbelief that this particular evening had actually arrived intact."You look like a man who still can't believe his luck," Gabriel said, appearing at my elbow with a glass of sparkling water instead of champagne, a small, deliberate choice he'd made clear he intended to stick with for the foreseeable future."I can't. Six months ago I was standing at your funeral. Today I watched my daughter throw rose petals at your wedding guests with the precision of a small artillery unit.""She got me twice, directly in the face. I'm choosing to interpret it as affection.""Everything Jane does is affection, filtered through chaos." I clapped a hand against his good shoulder, careful of the one st
I Buried My Fiancé And Married His Brother Chapter 75
ChristabelSophie met us in the garden twenty minutes later, and the sight of her face, tired but no longer alarmed, released a breath I hadn't realized I'd been holding since the phone call woke us before dawn."It's a security evidence bag," she said, holding up a small plastic case for us to see. "Left behind by my own team during the original sweep of this property, weeks ago. A tagging error, nothing more. I apologize for the scare. I should have caught the discrepancy in the equipment log sooner instead of letting it sit unexplained overnight."Relief hit me so fast my knees nearly buckled, and Sebastian's hand found the small of my back, steadying me without a word needing to pass between us."And the letter," I asked. "Any progress on who actually sent it.""The prison's internal review found nothing conclusive yet, but the detective believes it's more likely a copycat attempt, someone who read about the case in the press and decided to frighten you for their own amusement, th
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