Chapter 1. The Bride Who Hated Her Groom

“Do you accept Adrian Blackwood as your lawful husband?”The priest’s voice cut through the cathedral and forced me to lift my head.Through the white veil, I could see hundreds of faces watching me. My family’s guests sat in the front rows, dressed in their finest suits and gowns, pretending this was a day of celebration. Reporters waited outside, ready to turn my wedding into the headline of the week, while Hart Enterprises’ investors anxiously waited to discover whether the union between the Harts and the Blackwoods meant our company was finally safe.Everyone expected me to say yes.No one knew I was about to marry the man who had destroyed the image I had of my own mother.No one knew that three months earlier, I had opened a door and found Adrian Blackwood in Victoria Hart’s bedroom.And no one knew that after that night, my life had begun to fall apart.My fingers tightened around the bouquet as I stared at the man standing before me. Adrian wore an immaculate black tuxedo and

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Chapter 2. The Man Who Knew My Father's Secret

“Your father didn't die in an accident.”For several seconds, I couldn't understand the words that had just come out of Adrian Blackwood's mouth. They were simple words, but my mind refused to accept them, as though rejecting them could somehow return the world to the way it had been yesterday.My father died in a car accident.That was the truth I had grown up with.It was the story that appeared in the newspapers, the one our relatives repeated, and the one people mentioned in hushed voices whenever someone spoke his name. Sixteen years ago, Lucas Hart had lost control of his car on a wet road and died before reaching the hospital. My mother had shown me the police report. She had taken me to his funeral. She had held my hand while we cried beside his grave.There had never been another version.Until now.I looked at Adrian through my veil, barely aware that the priest was trying to continue the ceremony around us.“What did you just say?”Adrian's expression remained controlled, b

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Chapter 3. The Room That Carried My Name

“Your mother.”The words hung between us as I struggled to understand what Adrian had just told me. For sixteen years, I had lived with a simple version of my father's death: an accident, a wet road, and a tragedy that had torn our family apart. Now my husband stood in front of me, telling me that Victoria Hart had been the last person with Lucas before he died, and he didn't look like a man who was willing to take back his words.“How do you know she was with him?” I finally asked.Adrian didn't answer immediately. He ran a hand through his hair before walking toward the hallway window, as though he needed a few seconds to decide how much he was willing to tell me.“Because your father called me that night.”My heart lurched.“He called you?”“Yes.”“And what did he say?”Adrian lowered his gaze.“That if anything happened to him, you were never to return to the lake house.”The same house my mother had mentioned only minutes earlier.The same house I didn't remember ever visiting.“

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Chapter 4. My Father's Last Gift

“The last thing your father left for you.”Adrian's words hung between us as I stared at him, trying to understand how there could be something my father had specifically left for me that had remained hidden for sixteen years.My father had died when I was eight years old. All that time, I had learned to live with the idea that his absence was a wound that would never completely heal. I kept a few photographs, his old watches, a wooden box filled with birthday letters, and the memories my mother had chosen to tell me, but I had never imagined there was something more.Much less something Adrian had kept for me.“What is it?” I asked.Adrian didn't answer immediately. His gaze remained on me, as though he were trying to decide how much he could say without breaking something that was already too fragile.“There are things you need to know before you open that door.”“I don't want another explanation.”My voice came out firmer than I felt.“I want the truth.”Adrian held my gaze for sev

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All Chapters of I Married My Mother's Secret Lover : Chapter 1 - Chapter 4

Chapter 1. The Bride Who Hated Her Groom

Chapter 2. The Man Who Knew My Father's Secret

Chapter 3. The Room That Carried My Name

Chapter 4. My Father's Last Gift