I Was His Wife, Then His Widow, Then No One's But My Own novel Chapter 2

He knew Nora well. Even though he had urged her countless times over the past five years to remarry, she had always just brushed it off with a smile.

She was like a bird with broken wings, so spoiled by him that she had long lost her sense of self. Asking her to leave was practically asking for her life.

Gideon gave him a thumbs up. "Ruthless!"

Just then, Cassie ran out in her fresh clothes, hugging his waist. "Daddy, let's go! Mom's going to be back soon, and I don't want to be around her!"

Finnegan smiled and scooped her up. Cassie giggled, kicking her little legs. "Let's go! Off to the hospital to see Mommy Seraphina!"

The surveillance feed cut off, and the phone screen went black, reflecting Nora's haggard and utterly shell-shocked face.

"Pull over!" Nora yelled.

Before the car even came to a complete stop, Nora stumbled out and rushed to the curb, vomiting violently. Even when her stomach was completely empty, she continued to dry heave, her face flushed and her entire body trembling. Tears mixed with the falling snow, blurring her vision.

Her phone screen lit up, displaying the name 'Frederick.' Nora froze entirely as a wave of immense humiliation spread from the very depths of her heart.

The call disconnected automatically, leaving Finnegan's smiling face on her wallpaper.

With a surge of fierce anger, Nora slammed her phone onto the ground. She gasped for air, her brain short-circuiting, and it took her a long time to finally catch her breath.

A sharp pain pierced her heart. She couldn't believe it. For the past five years, the man who had been constantly by Seraphina's side was actually her husband, Finnegan. Even Cassie knew and had been helping them lie to her?

Nora couldn't wrap her head around it. Had everything he ever showed her been an act? Was all that love fake?

Ten years ago, the Newman Estate in the capital had suffered a tragedy. Mrs. Newman and the young master died in a car crash.

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