My husband faked his death to live with his widowed sister in law 18

My husband faked his death to live with his widowed sister in law 18

Chapter 18 

The moment the camera shutter clicked, Liana Langston was transported back to the winter of 1980

She had just turned twentytwo when Adrian Graham wrapped her in his army coat and brought her to the county clerk’s office

The clerk had smiled as he handed her the form, and she hadn’t even known where to begin filling it out

That first night, she curled up in the corner of their bed, trembling. Adrian had coaxed her gently, repeating, Don’t be scared.” 

When her motherinlaw gave her a hard time, it was Adrian who stood up and said, My wife did nothing wrong.” 

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Even the first time she burned dinner, he ate it without a single complaint

He was so good to her that she forgot a person could live on their own

So when they brought her his bloodstained military badge, she smashed the bottle of pills and slit her wrist, as if breathing without him was a crime

Until the day she overheard him say, She’s tougher than my Zoe.” 

The moment she fell from the third floor, she suddenly learned how to bear suffering

Learned to brush off gossip. Learned, even, how to say yes to Miles Lawson’s marriage proposal

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The sound of the embossed seal jolted her back to the present

Miles was carefully tucking the marriage certificate into his chest pocket, his fingers brushing the spot above his heart

The gesture was too familiarso familiar it made her eyes sting

Once upon a time, someone else had treated their marriage just as tenderly

As the flashbulb went off, Liana suddenly realized- 

Even a withered heart could grow new shoots

Miles’s warmth seeped through his crisp shirt, like sunlight breaking through a frosty windowpane

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She absently tugged at the edge of her floral dress, her heart pounding so fast it startled her

A little closer, guys!the photographer called cheerfully

Miles suddenly froze like a block of wood

He could feel her lashes brushing his cheek, could smell the faint floral scent of her hair, could even hear her rapid heartbeat- 

Thump, thump, thump

It matched the rhythm inside his own chest

I…” His throat bobbed, sweat soaking the back of his uniform. I’m going to splash some water on my face.” 

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Liana watched him stumble away, walking awkwardly in uncoordinated stepsand suddenly, she burst out laughing through her tears

How strange. The love she thought Adrian Graham had shattered beyond repairwas slowly being pieced back together by this man’s clumsy retreat

Outside the window, the trees rustled in the breeze, whispering: See? Isn’t life worth living

Click

A flash lit the room. The afterglow still lingered in Liana’s eyes as the marriage certificate was pressed into her hand

Miles’s fingers repeatedly traced the embossed seal, rough pads brushing over 

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the seal to make sure it was real

The dateApril 20th, 1985burned like a brand into his heart

From this day forward, the name Liana Langston was finally, officially, written in the spouse column beside his

Thank you,” he said hoarsely, slipping a pack of Marlboros into the clerk’s handsaved for 

this moment

The rustle of the wrapper echoed the first one he’d ever peeled open in the back row of a high school classroom, secretly ready to hand to her

Mountain wind rushed through the wooden windows of the office, lifting one corner of the certificate

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In the photo, he stood tall in uniform. She, in her soft floral dress, leaned in so close her eyelashes cast shadows across her cheeks

Twelve years

Over four thousand days of silent longing had finally come to rest in the damp spring air

Miles suddenly turned away, wiping his face roughly with his uniform sleeve

When he turned back, his eyes were red, but he grinned like a kid who’d just won a prize

Honey,he beamed, ready to go home?” 

Liana pressed the marriage certificate to her heart and nodded

In the distance, ice shards on the snowy 

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peaks glittered like thousands of tiny crystals

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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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