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The Unseen Wife, The Unloved Fiancée

Chapter 2 

Word Count: 1903    |    Released on: 15/07/2025

animals should have been comforting, but my heart felt like a hollow space in my chest. I had told my family a

"Morning, beautiful. Thinking of you.

as moving on to the next ite

ided to go for a run, a long one. As I neared the city center, I saw a sma

was wearing a simple but elegant white dress, holding a small bouquet of lilies. They we

having a small, legal ceremony today, before

uld see me, my body trembling with a fresh wav

ked, her voice laced with mock concern. "Pr

e. It'll be a big, public proposal at the Tate Corp gala. It has to be public, so everyone sees me

," Janice said, wrapping

l yours," he replied

d game of honoring his dead brother. A

onight. Put on that blue dress I love. A car will pick you

ing. He was inviting m

nd me. But a cold resolve began to form in the pit of my stomach. If he wanted

ing with crystals. Hundreds of people from the city's elite milled around, sipping champagne. I saw Jaxon standin

hand and kissing it. "Yo

ce, too," I said

Jaxon walked onto the stage, a microphone

you all tonight." He looked directly at me, his eyes shining under the spotlight. "Elfrieda Stewart, yo

ld almost hear the "for my brot

box from his pocket. He opened it to revea

e the happiest man in the

is hopeful, fake expression. I thought about the list, about Janice, about th

ces beaming with pride. I couldn't shatter their happiness like

red into the microphone he held o

inger. It felt heavy, cold, and foreign. As he stood to kis

ve the stage had broken from its chain. It

ed to get away. My first instinct was to

moving t

stood, her hand over her mouth in a perfect picture of fe

ed her arm. He wrapped his arms around her, shielding

ven glance

and heavy, fell from above and struck my arm. A searing pain shot through me, and I cried ou

od, my pained expression. But his attention was immediately pulled back to Ja

othed her, his voice a low, comf

into one of annoyance. "Elfrieda, get off the s

arms and carrying her through the panicked crowd toward the exit. He left me standing

ld, dead certainty that settled in my heart. I wa

or rushed up to meet me was my brother Jameel, his face a

strils. My arm was bandaged and in a sling. Jameel was asleep in a cha

ispered, my

you're awake." She squeezed my h

was automatic, a reflex from

ned. My brother stirred

voice rough with anger. "He hasn

A picture of Jaxon and Janice sitting at a cozy, 24-hour cafe. Janice was sipping a hot chocolate, a small bandage on her arm. The capt

e and showed it to m

el's face turned a dark, dangerous shade of red. He

d through gritted t

wife, and I finally let myself feel the full, unadulterated rage. I

o busy "working." He was actually on a secret vacation with Janice in the Bahamas. I saw the trip photos on her private account later. The stress of his absence, the gnawing suspicion that somet

rayal, broke something inside me. A sob

" my mother cried, gat

etween sobs. "I lost the baby. He was with her. He w

held me tighter, her own tears soaking my hair. Jameel just stood there, his fists

rrored my own. "Why, Elfrieda? Why did you stay

al piece of the ugly truth falling into p

f confusion and grief. "Denzel? What doe

zel loved me. But he was sick, and he knew he was dying. So he made Jaxon promise

tation of his brother's last wish, finally settled over us. It wasn't

ce on the chair where Jaxon should have been.

y voice quiet but fir

rs fumbling. "I'm leaving him. I'm leav

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