Even after Her Death by Rita Bond

Billionaire Is 1

I died on my wedding night.

During our ceremony, my husband left me at the altar, making me the subject of ridicule for everyone in the city.

When a

a dangerous man attacked me, I called my husband for help, but he told me to just die already so that my sister wouldn't be bothered by me any longer. Before I passed away, I saw the city illuminated by fireworks.

These fireworks were supposed to celebrate our marriage but were instead his way of wooing another woman.

I thought that by dying, I would remove the last obstacle, allowing him to openly pursue my sister.

However, when he discovered that my bones had been fashioned into prayer beads he touched day and night, he lost his sanity.

As my consciousness dimmed, I made one final call.

On 1 the othe other end, a end, a chaotic noise preceded a man's cold voice. "Chloe, are you done making trouble? I've already given you a grand wedding. I'm just spending time with Anna. What more do you want?" Blood poured from me quickly as the attacker loomed over, observing my struggling and pitiful state.

He was aware that I was about to die and could no longer pose any threat.

But I

clung to

to the faintest glimmer of hope, unwilling to surrender just yet.

My white wedding dress, now drenched in the river, was muddied at the hem. Summoning my last bit of strength, I cried out, "Luke, save me!" Luke Bolton cut me off with annoyance, "Enough. Aren't you tired of this charade? I'm fed up with it."

"I'm not lying. Someone is trying to kill to kill me...

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scoffed, "Chloe, you were pretending to be sick before. What's this performance now?

"Are you so desperate for attention? Anna is your own sister, and you're Mrs. Bolton now. Will you only be satisfied if she's dead?"

The biting

With

cold was nothing compared to his scornful words. As the blood pooled beneath me, staining my wedding gown, I knew my end was near. my final breath, I lay on my back, surrendering to my fate, my voice a faint whisper. "But Anna is safe and alive, while I ... am dying."

"Just die already. That way, Ann Anna wouldn't be bothered by you anymore."

Before the call ended, a sweet voice chimed in, "Luke, the fireworks are about to begin."

Luke's voice faded a

ded away,

only the howling wind in my ears. The blood-smeared phone slipped from

Amidst the

Amid the swirling snow,

eyes, which turned into burning tears streaming down

tiny

in the dark sky, resembling a river of stars created by twinkling drones. The deafening bursts of fireworks filled the air, and my vision was overwhelmed by their

had spent six months preparing to celebrate our wedding, had ultimately been a show to impress another woman. Someone sent me a photo of my husband, holding

detached, curled into

the midst of their r joy,

death, one may

hoped I would never cross paths

But f

a brilliant, star-filled sky, watching a couple locked in an embrace. It was my husband, Luke,

Anna, you can't do

reach out to them, but my hands went

Looking

saw my almost transparent form. No one around seemed to notice

me that I was dead and my

kiss so passionately, I felt the sharp sting of

long ago, Luke had promised me that his feelings for Anna were purely sibling-like and that

we can't do

face was still flushed, and the firelight made her look even more captivating. She bit her lip and said, "Luke, I didn't mean for this to happen. I just... couldn't control myself."

out his phone and dialed my

Achi

chill swept over me. After more than twenty years of devotion, it

Even thinking of me

Beep, beep,

with Anna, as if

beep...

three rings, my

standby for Luke, ready to

But I

could a corpse

I was dea

going to

he remembered

had sent Luke my location by the river. If he came now, he might

away, and I dreaded what the scheming murderer might

at him

Luke hesitated. "But Chloe

she said someone was stalking her, but nothing ever happened?

could be as understanding as

Anna

I

a bitter pang

people who have never experienced love need to be sensible. Chloe, you can be as carefree as you like." Luke

blocked the doorway, trying

determined i insect, laughed as she