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All Chapters of My Dead Mistress Returned as My Wife's Bestie: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

10 Chapters

Chapter 1

Five years ago, Madeline Brown gave me an ultimatum. She told me to divorce my wife and marry her, or she would expose our affair.I agreed.But then I poisoned her, burned her body, and buried her six feet under. She was an orphan, so nobody ever reported her missing.My wife, Scarlett Astin, knew nothing about any of it, so I couldn't understand why she had suddenly brought up Madeline. Had she found out something?Scarlett blinked at me, genuinely confused by the panic on my face."Why are you reacting like that? Aren't you two close? She went out of her way to take care of me at the hospital because she was your friend."Remember when I took that bad fall and almost lost the twins? She's the one who called a doctor in time and saved our babies."I searched Scarlett's face. There was no sign that she was testing me. She was simply recounting what had happened.I knew my wife. She wore her heart on her sleeve and couldn't fake a thing.So I was certain she knew nothing about

Chapter 2

I had to find out who was pretending to be Madeline.The imposter clearly knew details about our past and had managed to get close to Scarlett, but she hadn't done anything out of line yet. That meant I could still negotiate with her.She was probably after money. I needed to shut her up before things spiraled.Everything I had came from Scarlett. If Scarlett ever found out I'd cheated, I'd lose it all."Honey, you look so tense. It's just a routine postpartum checkup," Scarlett said from the passenger seat as I drove us to the hospital.I felt cold all over, but my palms were slick with sweat against the steering wheel.Scarlett noticed something was wrong and looked right at me.I forced a smile and brushed it off. "I'm fine. Just exhausted. Work's been crazy lately."Ever since I was promoted to general manager, I barely had a moment to breathe. I'd even been away on a business trip while Scarlett was in labor, so I never got to see her while she was admitted.This was my f

Chapter 3

Her identity was indeed fake. Even her job as a nurse was just a cover to get close to Scarlett. My unease deepened. Scarlett became even more determined to find Madeline. She was convinced that Madeline wouldn't lie to her and asked to check the records of every nurse in the hospital.Ms. Henderson was reluctant, but given Scarlett's family's influence, she obliged and pulled up the files.As expected, not a single record matched Madeline."Ms. Astin, are you sure you're not mistaken?" Ms. Henderson asked carefully. "Could she have been a relative of another patient who was just being kind to you?"Scarlett shook her head vehemently. "Impossible! She was wearing a nurse's uniform and told me that she was a nurse here. How could I possibly have mistaken her?"She suddenly remembered something. "Wait! What about the time I fell? Madeline was the one who ran off to call the doctor. You must remember that! At the very least, the doctor who came to treat me must have seen her!"A s

Chapter 4

I went through the surveillance footage over and over, but nothing changed. All it showed was Scarlett talking to herself. No one else was there.Behind me, she murmured in confusion, "Could it really have been a hallucination? No wonder you didn't remember her, and no one at the hospital knew who she was…"Suddenly, Scarlett wrapped her arms around me, trembling. "Honey, take me to get checked out. She felt so real to me. I think something is wrong with my brain."I pulled her close, my body shaking even harder than she was.No one was pretending to be Madeline. But Scarlett had seen her anyway. And this was the hospital built on the very spot where I'd buried Madeline's body…I didn't dare think any further.I pushed the thought away, hurried Scarlett out of the hospital, and took her somewhere else to get a checkup."Letty, do you remember when these hallucinations started?" I asked as I drove. "Did you ever see her anywhere else?"Scarlett clung to my arm. "It was my first

Chapter 5

When I saw her face, a wave of relief washed over me.It was Scarlett.I felt like a drowning man who had suddenly been pulled back to the surface. I sucked in deep breaths, got to my feet, and pulled her into a tight embrace. I'd never been so glad to see her. The moment she appeared, the voice disappeared, and I could finally breathe again.I quickly composed myself and put on a concerned look. "Letty, what are you doing here? It's late. Why did you come to this place?"Scarlett didn't answer. Something was wrong about her. Her face was expressionless, and her eyes were cold as she stared at me.She was never good at hiding her feelings. I knew immediately that she was angry.Then it hit me. Had she seen Madeline? What had Madeline told her this time?Panic surged through me again, and I started trembling.If Scarlett found out that I'd cheated on her, I was finished. She still loved me. Maybe she wouldn't have the heart to do anything to me.But her father was another mat

Chapter 6

I looked at the shattered tracker lying on the ground, its red light still blinking.My chest tightened, and I suddenly felt dizzy."Letty…" I clenched my jaw and forced myself to stay calm. "I was just worried about your safety. I'm always busy with work, so I can't be with you all the time."You were affected by what happened at that hospital and started having hallucinations, but I didn't even find out until after you were discharged."I felt so guilty that I couldn't sleep well for weeks. You know that. I put the tracker on you because I was terrified something might happen to you again. I just wanted to be there to protect you if anything went wrong!"I grabbed Scarlett's hand tightly, my eyes brimming with tears. She might not be good at pretending, but I was.Robert had never thought I was good enough for her. The only reason I had managed to marry her was that I knew exactly what to say to win her over.I could see her letting her guard down. Her eyes softened. That mean

Chapter 7

I froze in shock.Scarlett had discovered that Madeline was real, and she was starting to suspect me. But from what she said and the way she was acting, I could tell she still didn't know that Madeline had been my mistress.I bit down on the tip of my tongue, using the sharp pain to stay clear-headed and focused. I put myself in Scarlett's shoes and tried to figure out her thoughts.When she left the hospital after being told that Madeline was just a hallucination, she hadn't suspected anything yet.But later, when she replayed our earlier conversation, she noticed the slip in my reaction. So she had someone investigate Madeline in Jhorna and discovered that she really existed.That meant I must know Madeline, yet I had lied straight to her face and acted like Madeline was a total stranger.Finding the tracker I'd planted on her only deepened her suspicions. So the moment I left for my business trip, she headed straight back to the hospital, hoping to meet Madeline again and get

Chapter 8

I used to think ghosts and spirits were nothing but ridiculous superstition. But after everything that had happened lately, I wasn't going to take any chances.I tracked down several well-known occult practitioners and learned a few ways to get rid of Madeline for good. Then I hired people to perform rituals at the hospital.I didn't care whether any of it actually worked. I had to try. In any case, I didn't have to go there myself, so I wouldn't be putting myself in danger.At the same time, I kept a closer eye on Scarlett and treated her better than ever.The good news was that she hadn't tried to go back to the hospital.The bad news was that she had Robert remove me from my position, leaving me at home to keep her company.She said she couldn't bear to see me work so hard and wanted me to spend more time with her. But I could tell she didn't trust or rely on me the way she used to.I started to wonder if she was deliberately pushing me out and taking away my career so I'd ev

Chapter 9

I didn't know what was going on. Robert said Scarlett had been in a car accident, so why was she standing there, perfectly fine?"Letty… Thank God you're okay. Do you have any idea how terrified I was?"I didn't know what my face looked like. I was acting purely on instinct.I reached for Scarlett's hand, but she stepped back to avoid me and laughed. "Drop your act. You hired someone to run me off. You wanted me dead, didn't you?"Her words hit me like a bolt of lightning.Robert immediately kicked me hard. "You ungrateful bastard! Everything you have came from me! You hired someone to kill my daughter and thought you could keep it from me? I was the one who hired Frank. Did you really think you could bribe him?"I collapsed onto the ground, too stunned to say a word.My plot to kill Scarlett had been exposed. I was finished. There was no coming back from this.My mind was in such a mess that I couldn't think straight. All I could do was sit there in a daze and listen to them t

Chapter 10

Scarlett crouched down and looked at me. Her calm gaze flickered, but there was no love in her eyes, only bitter mockery."Didn't I give you a chance? Lucas, I told you everything clearly that night. No matter what happened, I was willing to give you another chance. I only asked you to be honest with me. But you threw that chance away."Even then, I didn't divorce you. I thought you still loved me and had simply made a terrible mistake. When Julia told me you'd killed Madeline, I refused to believe her. I thought Madeline had only gone missing. I didn't believe you would kill someone."But then… you were so guilty that you actually hired people to perform rituals at the hospital! That's when I realized you really were a murderer, and I became afraid of you."I wanted to find out exactly what you'd done, so I deliberately let you discover that I was investigating you and waited for you to come clean. If you'd told me the truth then, there might still have been hope for you."But yo

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