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Chapter 5\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bryant\u2019s phone chimed again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But he was still on my chat window. No new messages.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Irritated, he ran a hand through his hair and switched to the message.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was still Corinne\u2019s. \u201cYou don\u2019t wanna go?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bryant seemed even more annoyed now, tossing the phone aside.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A moment later, Corinne called, asking about the timing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Impatience was written all over Bryant\u2019s face, but his voice stayed gentle as he answered her. Then, he drove away from the hospital.\u00a0<\/p>\n
How amusing. I was a third wheel when I was alive. Still a third wheel when I was dead.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I sat in the car, watching the familiar road, but I was confused.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Wasn\u2019t he going to meet Corinne? This was the way home!\u00a0<\/p>\n
The moment Bryant entered the villa, he called the housekeeper, asking, \u201cWhy hasn\u2019t she come back yet?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He tapped the divorce papers lightly on the table.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The housekeeper on the other end of the phone sounded terrified. \u201cI can\u2019t reach Mrs. Whitney at all. Her phone\u2019s been off all the time.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t care what you do. Tell her if she doesn\u2019t come back tonight,\u00a0<\/p>\n
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10.18\u00a0<\/p>\n
she\u2019ll never need to again in the future!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He seemed genuinely angry. The glass dining table trembled slightly under his tapping.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After a while, he turned his phone off irritably, got up, and went to the second-floor bedroom.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Passing our wedding photo, he paused for a second but eventually turned and walked into the bathroom.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Early the next morning, Corinne appeared at my house, bathed in the morning light.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She rushed into Bryant\u2019s arms, looking aggrieved, holding him tightly as if afraid to lose him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I touched the spot where my heart was. It was empty, so why did it still seem to ache faintly?\u00a0<\/p>\n
But it was okay. I would get used to some things if I saw them enough.\u00a0<\/p>\n
What I couldn\u2019t get while alive, I wouldn\u2019t get when I was dead either.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bryant let Corinne drag him shopping, but he looked distracted.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When passing a store window, he stopped there for a long time, looking at a black dress inside.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I drifted into the window display, lightly touching the dress.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He must have remembered.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was the funeral of my birth mother, Francine Alvarez. That day, I was\u00a0<\/p>\n
led by a lawyer, and in front of all the guests, I took out the paternity\u00a0<\/p>\n
test results.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u3046\u3076\u3088\u3046\u306a\u00a0<\/p>\n
10 18\u00a0<\/p>\n
288 Vouchers\u00a0<\/p>\n
Back then, shortly after Francine gave birth to me, she discovered her husband was cheating on her. Corinne was born around the same time.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In Francine\u2019s fury, Corinne\u2019s mother saw her chance. Then, she switched the two daughters.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When Corinne grew up and got into a car accident, she urgently needed a blood transfusion. But the blood type didn\u2019t match either parent\u2019s.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Francine grew suspicious and did a DNA test with Corinne. The result confirmed Corinne wasn\u2019t her daughter. So she arranged a search for her biological child.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As a med student, I donated blood regularly, so the hospital naturally had my records.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When the lawyer found me, Francine was already terminally ill. And I was arranging the funeral for Suzan, who had Alzheimer\u2019s.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t wanna acknowledge Francine at first. But the lawyer told me the Jarvis family was wealthy. If I went back, there would be money to treat Suzan.\u00a0<\/p>\n
For Suzan, I went to Francine\u2019s funeral.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But I never expected to see Corinne at the funeral, who was weeping in Bryant\u2019s arms.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That was when I learned Bryant had always loved Corinne. What he felt for me was just gratitude for saving his life.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And I never imagined that, along with the Jarvis family inheritance, I\u2019d also get an engagement with Bryant.\u00a0<\/p>\n
On our wedding day, Bryant looked at me with utter disgust, saying,\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMarjorie. So it was all your setup that day.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t know what to say at that time.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Francine had arranged everything for my smooth return. Right after I inherited, Corinne was sent abroad.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Before Corinne left, she looked at Bryant with teary eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBryant, you must take good care of Marjorie. I\u2019ve already owed her for twenty-four years.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hearing that, Bryant turned his head away in disgust.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then, as Corinne brushed past me, she whispered only to me, \u201cMarjorie, when I come back, everything will go back to where it belongs.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
RETEN\u00a0<\/p>\n
10 18\u00a0<\/p>\n
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