บททั้งหมดของ Three Years After My Death, He Married My Best Friend: บทที่ 1 - บทที่ 9

As they dug up my body, Calvin was holding Meryl's hand and tenderly reciting his vows."I promise, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, to love the woman beside me faithfully from this day forward."And I choose to spend the rest of my life with her."Drifting above them, I listened to the vows, and bitterness welled up inside me.I'd imagined Calvin in his wedding suit countless times.I never thought that when I finally saw him in one, he'd be marrying someone else...Someone asked in a low voice, "Didn't Calvin have a fiancée before? Cecilia something? Where'd she go?""Don't get me started. That woman was a total gold digger. The second Calvin's family went bankrupt, she latched onto some rich guy and took off!"Meryl's the one who's stood by Calvin all these years. She even sold her house so he could start his company. Now that's true love!"The newlyweds came over to toast their guests. Meryl approached on Calvin's arm, smiling. "What are you all talking about? You l

Maybe I couldn't accept what had happened. Maybe I couldn't let go. Either way, my soul didn't fade. It stayed with Calvin.I watched him wait from late that night until the early hours of the morning. I never came. Meryl did.She showed him a fake message in which I supposedly said I was sick of being poor and didn't want to waste my youth on a man with no money or power!She also claimed I'd only ever been with Calvin for his money, and now that he was broke, he was dreaming if he thought I'd still marry him.Calvin didn't believe her at first. Then Meryl showed him a stack of photos of me leaning close to another man. The camera angles made us look intimate.Calvin clutched the photos and stared at them, dazed. Their edges sliced into his palm until it bled, but he didn't even notice.Then he snapped. He tore the photos to shreds, yanked off his wedding ring, and hurled it as far as he could.I rushed toward him, desperate to explain, but no sound came out. All I could do was watch

When Calvin pulled the sheet all the way back, he froze at the sight of a face that was both familiar and strange.He stared at my body. Before he realized it, tears spilled from his eyes."Cecilia..."Calvin called my name without thinking, but I could never answer him again.Dr. Morgan said, "She was found on the snowy mountain, less than a mile from where you got married."When she died, she was still clutching that ring."The examination shows she died three years ago."Calvin looked up sharply, disbelief written across his face."Three years ago? Three years ago!"He kept repeating the words. The room seemed to twist around him. He swayed and nearly collapsed.Every word felt like a dull knife carving into his heart, over and over.How could this be?Hadn't Cecilia left him years ago and gone overseas with someone else? How could she have died three years ago?Calvin couldn't bear to follow that thought. If Cecilia hadn't left, what had he spent the last three years hating her for

"Mr. Hayes, Meryl is now a suspect, and our technicians are already going through her call logs and financial records!"Given your relationship with her, we need you to stay at the station for now."We hope you'll cooperate."Calvin nodded numbly and kept a silent vigil beside my body.The others left quietly to give him some space.Calvin knelt on the floor, holding my hand. He touched my cheek as gently as though I were made of porcelain."Cecilia, I'm sorry."It must have hurt so much back then. You were always so scared of pain."Looking at him, I whispered, "It doesn't hurt anymore."Calvin bowed his head."You must think it's ridiculous too. I should have trusted you more than anyone, but I doubted you and hated you because of a few things someone else said."...Someone like me never deserved your love."You must regret ever loving a man as weak and useless as me."I crouched beside him and answered softly, "I don't regret it."How could I regret it? You're the best thing that ev

Calvin's hand was around Meryl's throat. She could barely breathe, but she only grew more excited, a strange smile tugging at her lips.Afraid Calvin might kill her, Margaret hurried over and pulled him back.Meryl collapsed on the floor, laughing louder and louder. Her shrill laughter echoed eerily through the house."Kindness? Is Cecilia's kindness really such a big deal?"That condescending kindness was nothing but charity. Why should I be grateful for it?!"She was only nice to me to show off!"She just wanted to show that she was better than me at everything, always one step ahead... We came from the same children's home. So why did she get early admission and win all those awards? Why did she land a job right out of college at a company I couldn't even dream of working for?!"Even in love, everything went her way. Why did life favor her so much? Why did she get everything?!"Next to her, no one ever noticed me. No matter how hard I tried, I was always in her shadow!"It's not fai