My husband faked his death to live with his widowed sister in law 13

My husband faked his death to live with his widowed sister in law 13

Chapter 13 

Mom!Adrian lunged to steady Eleanor Grace, his muscles taut under his uniform. Richard, let’s go inside and talk.” 

Oh, now you care about appearances?Vivian Whitmore flipped the table laden with birthday pastries, shattering porcelain in every direction. Where was that shame when your family was driving my daughter to death?!” 

Guests crowded closer, some climbing onto the tree for a better view

Alexander Graham, Adrian’s father, signaled the guards to clear the courtyard, but two of the Langston family’s soldier nephews stepped in to block them

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Adrian Graham!Richard Langston hurled a stack of papers into his face. You drew Liana’s blood, didn’t you? You made her take the fall for Zoe Young, didn’t you? And when the mine collapsed, you left her behind- didn’t you?!” 

Each accusation landed like an artillery shell in the courtyard

Eleanor Grace’s knees buckled. She clutched Adrian’s arm. Landonis this true?” 

Of course it is!” 

Vivian snatched a bundle from Lily’s arms and flung a thick stack of photocopies into the air

White pages fluttered down, settling on creamstained hands

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Mine Collapse Incident Report (Signed: Landon Graham)

Oh my God” 

He really tried to kill a war hero’s widow?” 

No wonder Dr. Langston tried to take her own life..” 

The gossip surged like a tide

Adrian Graham’s face turned paperwhite instantly

Heartless, the whole damn Graham family!” 

Vivian suddenly collapsed to the ground among shards of porcelain, her cries tearing through the chaos

Her emaciated fingers clutched an old photo 

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of Liana in her youth, the knees of her pants soon wearing through to form two holes

My daughter mourned Adrian Graham for six months! Six months!She pounded her chest, her fingernails drawing blood. Is this how you treat the widow of a hero?!” 

The scene spiraled out of control

The gossiping old women gasped and pointed. Young nurses from the hospital wept silently. A few of veterans smashed their cups in disgust

Every stare was a poisoned dagger, and Eleanor Grace was shaking under their weight

We didn’t knowwe really didn’tshe staggered back, clutching her chest before collapsing

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Mom!” 

Adrian caught her just before she hit the groundonly to lift his head and meet Vivian Whitmore’s gaze, burning with hatred

That look seemed to say. No one from the Graham family will get away with this

Adrian Graham tried to reason with Richard Langston and Vivian Whitmore. Richard, VivianLiana chose to remain widowed on her own. Today is my mother’s birthday. I hope you won’t cause a scene.” 

Fine! You want peace? Then let my daughter Liana come home and cut all ties with the Graham familyforever!” 

BOOM-

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A flash of lightning split the clouds, casting Adrian Graham’s ashen face in a ghostly glow

The executive officer’s cigar clattered to the ground

In over sixty years, he’d never witnessed such absurditya war widow severing ties with the family of the fallen soldier

No!Adrian’s voice cracked with a bloodlaced roar. 

Just seven more months… 

Once Zoe Young delivered the baby, he would shed the identity of Landon Graham and fall to his knees before Liana Langston to confess everything

He’d tell her how every time he touched Zoe

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he felt sick to his stomach; how every time she called him Landon, it cut like a knife

But now the Langston family was about to destroy everything

You don’t get a say!Richard Langston pulled out an official stamped document and slapped it onto the table. Liana’s transfer paperworkit’s already been approved by the hospital!” 

The courtyard erupted

Adrian staggered forward to snatch it, but two of the Langston nephews seized his arms and forced them behind his back

He could only watch helplessly as the paper fluttered in the wind and rain and fell to the ground

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You dare!he shouted, his military buttons popping under the strain. I’m the real Anr-” 

What?Vivian Whitmore sneered. Captain Landon Graham? Or the longdead Adrian Graham?” 

The downpour lashed at the birthday banners tangled in the treetops, slapping them to the ground

Adrian finally understood

The martyr identity he had requestedhad become the grave of his own love story

Whether he acknowledged it or not, he had forever lost the right to love her in the open daylight

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My husband faked his death to live with his widowed sister in law

My husband faked his death to live with his widowed sister in law

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