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His Wedding March, My Passing Bell Chapter 17
The funeral hall scheduled the cremation for the following morning.Lucas kept vigil outside all through the night.He wanted a clean change of clothes for me, only to discover I had already picked for myself a simple white outfit.No jewelry, no funerary items.I had even specified in my authorization document that no memorial service be held.As the staff wheeled the gurney past, Lucas reached out to block their way.“Wait a little longer.”“Mr. Brooks, the scheduled time has arrived.”“I just want to look at her one last time.”A corner of the white sheet was pulled back.I lay there in total peace.The blood stains on my face had been cleaned off. I was now looking as though I were merely asleep.Lucas bent down, wanting to tidy my hair.Just as his fingers were about to brush against me, he stopped.He knew he had no right to touch me.“Sophia.“That half a million—I know the truth now.“And your marriage to Jack Solomon, I know about that too.”I gave no response.“Get up and yel
His Wedding March, My Passing Bell Chapter 16
The interview from the day of the wedding was the first thing to surface online.In the footage, Lucas was impeccably dressed as he accused me of being a liar.Immediately following that, the phone recording from the hotel staff was leaked.“Get her outta here.“I don’t want her ruining the wedding venue.”Those two short sentences were reposted millions of times.Someone dug up the fact that I had been Lucas’s secretary, working by his side for five full years.The leave requests, account freezing records, and relentless overtime schedules logged in the company system were leaked as well.Public opinion spiraled out of control overnight.Journalists packed the downstairs lobby of the company in a dense mob.Partner brands announced the suspension of their projects one after another.Two investment institutions demanded the early initiation of risk reviews.The board of directors convened an emergency meeting.When Lucas walked into the conference room, everyone averted their eyes from
His Wedding March, My Passing Bell Chapter 15
Lucas ordered the staff to pull all the surveillance footage from the bridal boutique.The video had no sound, yet every motion was captured with brutal clarity.When I was kneeling on the floor smoothing out the dress, the heel of Sally’s shoe had been pressing down on my fingers the entire time.The clerk offered a tissue, but Sally threw a white rag down at me instead.I was bending over to wipe away a stain that didn’t even exist.Sitting close by, he didn’t raise his head even once.He pressed pause, having seen just enough.He was impeccably dressed in the footage, his expression icy and detached.If he had lifted his head just once, he would have seen me covered in cold sweat.“Keep playing.”The technician hit play again.After I coughed up blood, someone at the boutique pulled out a phone, about to call an ambulance.Sally immediately grabbed the clerk’s wrist and pointed outside.During questioning, the clerk disclosed the conversation from that day.“Ms. Peters said the othe
His Wedding March, My Passing Bell Chapter 14
When Lucas returned to the hospital once again, my body had already been transferred to the funeral hall.The attending physician placed my complete medical history and payment records before him.“These are her medical visit logs since her diagnosis.”After the first examination, the doctor had urged me to be admitted for treatment immediately.I said I needed to request a leave from my boss.That very afternoon, my leave application was rejected.By the second follow-up visit, continuous bleeding had already begun.The doctor advised me to notify my family.I remained silent for a long time, then said that I had no family.After the third visit, I brought the hospitalization order to the company.That was the day Lucas ordered me to verify the wedding plan within seventy-two hours.“Did she still have a chance with treatment then?”Lucas stared at report after report.The doctor didn’t give him an answer that could offer him any comfort.“By her advanced stage, treatment couldn’t gua
His Wedding March, My Passing Bell Chapter 13
Jack had been dead for five years, and most of the files he left behind were kept by a law firm.When Lucas rushed over, the lawyer had just pulled up the marriage agreement from eight years ago.The terms were explicitly stated in the agreement:“The two parties only maintained a legal marital relationship, would not interfere in each other’s private lives, and would not reside together.”The marriage duration was originally set for two years.Later, when Jack became gravely ill, we never went through the divorce procedures.“Where did they live?”The lawyer pushed forward two documents.“Mr. Solomon lived in the Solomon estate the entire time.“Ms. Wright lived in a rented apartment in the south end of town after the marriage.”The two addresses were separated by half the city.Utility records and keycard access logs also proved that Jack and I had never lived together long-term.Lucas turned through the pages one by one.In the notarization of assets, I had voluntarily given up all
His Wedding March, My Passing Bell Chapter 12
His mother stayed silent for a brief moment, then turned back to shut the doors of the conference room.“I did it for you.”Lucas suddenly broke into a laugh.“For me?“You made me despise her. How was that helping me?”She walked over to the table, not a shred of shame showing on her face.“If she truly loved you, she shouldn’t have let you lose everything for her.“Your company was going bankrupt, yet you still wanted to be with her.“If I hadn’t driven her away, you would never have been able to pull yourself back up.”Lucas slammed the bank statement right in front of her.“What about the money?”“I gave her a choice.”She looked down at the paper.“She could stay and watch your company go bankrupt, or she could take the money and leave.“She chose the latter.”“She didn’t take a single cent!”He roared at his mother.“She transferred the money into my company, and you let me believe she ran off with the big cash to get married!”Lucas’s mother now knitted her brows.“What differen
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