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My Dead Husband’s Very Much Alive
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My husband, Don Axel Thorne, died protecting me in a mob war. I was his widow for six years, until I turned thirty. The old guard of the Family told me it was time to move on. My friends told me to let him go. Even in my dreams, his bloody hands would cup my face, begging me to live again. So I agreed to an arranged marriage. But first, I went to his grave for one last goodbye. I’d just left the cemetery when a post appeared in my feed. [Thanks, hubby, for the six-year anniversary gift! A fifty-million-dollar penthouse in Miami!] My blood ran cold. My hands shook. The phone nearly slipped from my grip. In the photo, the man I buried six years ago was slipping a massive diamond onto another woman's finger. The background was a lavish penthouse. His style. I put my people on it. We had the location in minutes. Drove straight there. I knocked, the door opened, and I froze. The woman standing there was Seraphina. His adoptive sister. The one the Family exiled six years ago for her obsession with him.
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My Dead Husband’s Very Much Alive Chapter 9
After that day, I cut all ties to the past.Six months later. On the Seine River in Paris.The sun was setting, casting a golden glow on the water.Julian had chartered a private yacht, just for the two of us.“Aria,” he said softly, pulling a small velvet box from his suit jacket.My heart began to race.“I can’t promise you ten thousand roses, or book out all of Central Park,” he said, getting down on one knee. His eyes were full of love. “But I can promise you a future where you feel safe.”He opened the box. Inside was a simple, elegant diamond ring.Not a flashy rock, but a delicate design that looked like a phoenix with its wings spread.“I designed it myself,” his voice trembled slightly. “A phoenix, rising from the ashes. Rebirth.”“I can’t erase your past. But I will spend the rest of my life building a future you’ll never have to fear.”Tears blurred my vision.This wasn’t the kind of extravagant proposal Axel would have made, built on money and power. This was the most hones
My Dead Husband’s Very Much Alive Chapter 8
Whispers rippled through the hall.Everyone knew the story—the mafia boss who faked his death for his mistress and betrayed his wife. The wife who jumped off a bridge and vanished.And now, here they were.I turned to leave, but Axel was already walking toward me, each step a stagger.“Aria… I found you,” he said again, his voice shaking. His bloodshot eyes held a terrifying mix of joy and pain. “I looked for you for a whole year.”He was a shadow of the man he’d been, as if his very soul had been hollowed out.I just looked at him, my expression as blank as if I were looking at a stranger.“I…” he stammered. “I know I was wrong. I know I’m a monster. I watched the security tapes from the cemetery, I saw you all those nights…”His voice choked.“I saw you crying at my grave… I saw you kneeling in the rain all night… I saw… I saw the night you cut your wrists…”He looked like he was about to fall to his knees.“I watch those tapes every day. I know how much pain you were in. I know I’m
My Dead Husband’s Very Much Alive Chapter 7
One year later. Napa Valley, California.Morning sunlight streamed through the grapevines, dappling the terrace. I sat in a wicker chair, a warm mug of coffee in my hands.The distant mountains were a soft blue. The breeze was gentle.There was no blood here. No betrayal. Only peace.“How are you feeling?” Julian walked out of the house and sat beside me.“Good,” I said softly.In all this time, he never pushed me, never asked about my past.He was just there, a quiet presence, letting my shattered heart heal.“Did you finish today’s piece?” he asked gently.I nodded, glancing toward my workshop at the newly completed sapphire suite.Julian had helped me rediscover my love for jewelry design, even setting up a studio for me. Under the name ‘Lena,’ my work was already gaining a reputation in exclusive circles.I was no longer a trophy of the Thorne family. No longer just a man's shadow.I was just me.“Are you sure about the auction in Paris?” Julian asked.I was silent for a moment.Ov
My Dead Husband’s Very Much Alive Chapter 6
Axel’s trembling finger tapped the audio file from Marco.Aria’s voice, calm and full of despair, filled the silence.“My name is Aria Sterling. If you’re hearing this, it means I’m already dead.”Every word was a hot brand on his soul.“Six years ago, Axel Thorne did not die. The yacht explosion was a hoax, a plan he designed to make a secret deal with a rival family…”There was no anger in her voice. Just the dead calm of a still lake.“For these six years, I was his widow. I cried at his empty grave. The grief shattered me, driving me to the brink of madness…”Axel remembered the cemetery surveillance videos Marco had pulled.Countless nights, Aria kneeling alone at his headstone, sobbing.Sometimes she’d stay all night.Sometimes she’d cry until she collapsed, only to be found by the groundskeeper.“And him? He was in Miami, living a life of luxury with the woman who betrayed me…”In the recording, Aria began to list Seraphina’s crimes.“She forged evidence to frame me for leaking
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