I Was His Wife, Then His Widow, Then No One's But My Own novel Chapter 1

Today marked the fifth anniversary of her husband Finnegan Fletcher's death.

After visiting the cemetery, Nora Newman had wanted to stay with him a little longer, but she couldn't stop worrying about her daughter, Cassie, who was home alone.

Once in the car, Nora took off her coat and opened the hidden camera feed on her phone. The very next second, she froze completely.

On the screen, Frederick Fletcher—the man who was supposed to be at the hospital keeping his fiancée Seraphina Shaw company during her surgery—had suddenly appeared in the house.

What shocked her more was that her daughter, Cassie, threw herself into his arms and called him Daddy. Nora's breathing slowed to a halt.

Frederick and Finnegan were twins, bearing a striking resemblance to each other. Five years ago, the brothers had gone abroad for charity work and were in a tragic plane crash. Finnegan had perished in the disaster, and it was Frederick who brought the body back—a body that wasn't even intact.

Nora had been pregnant at the time and nearly suffered a miscarriage from crying so hard. It wasn't that she hadn't doubted whether the deceased was truly Finnegan, but when she saw the body lacked the red mole on his arm, her heart completely died.

But she was carrying Finnegan's posthumous child, and for the sake of the baby, she forced herself to pull it together.

Staring at the face on the monitor that looked nearly identical to her husband's, Nora felt a dizzying sense of disorientation.

She comforted herself with the fact that Frederick and Finnegan were twins; it was normal for a daughter to mistake them.

But the very next second, Frederick scooped Cassie up, affectionately pressed his cheek against hers, and asked in a deep, sexy voice laced with amusement, "Let Daddy see, has my Cassie been a good girl at home?"

That demeanor and tone were unmistakably Finnegan!

As soon as he finished speaking, another person walked in from behind. It was Finnegan's good friend, Gideon Grant, playfully teasing him from the background.

"Come on, Finn. We need to go. Seraphina is about to go into surgery, yet you insisted on coming back to look for Nora's good luck charm. Since when did you become so superstitious?"

The name "Finn" hit Nora like a sledgehammer, leaving her completely dazed.

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