When She Rose From the Ashes

Chapter 29 Graves and Ghosts

She had clung to his arm, her smile bright and full of hope.

“Jensen, will you marry me on my twenty-third birthday? I want to be your wife.”

But what had he done?

He went and married Sharon on Natalie’s twenty-third birthday.

The more Jensen thought about it, the harder it was to breathe.

That girl, who had once looked at him like he was her whole world… she was gone. Forever.

His eyes were bloodshot, but his voice was ice cold.

“Our marriage stays private. If you make it public, I’ll erase the Summers family from Ocean City.”

“Jensen, have you lost your mind?”

Sharon couldn’t believe what she was hearing.

She’d waited so long for Natalie to be gone, thinking she could finally take her place in the spotlight as Mrs. Luke, walk tall through the social elite. But now Jensen wouldn’t even let her announce their marriage?

“I’m your legal wife! Why should I have to live like some rat hiding in the shadows?”

“If you don’t like it, we can get divorced right now.”

Jensen didn’t even look at her as he turned and walked away.

Sharon stood frozen, stunned by his words.

He had to be bluffing.

There was no way he’d actually divorce her… right?

scrambled to her feet and ran after him, but by the time she got outside, all she saw was the cloud of

drove straight to Natalie’s

Without the bodyguard’s directions,

saw

11

in

—

he’d been holding back

to bury her here? Did the Luke

flinched under his rage and quickly answered,

1/3

the hell is

Jensen’s gaze darkened.

said she married you… Miss Sharon. She said she’s now Mrs. Luke and

will always be Ms. Summers. The only madam you have is Natalie. If I hear

low and venomous, echoing through the cemetery like a

the head of the Luke family – what he

went.

seeing Natalie treated

matter the cost. I

“Yes, sir.”

The bodyguard left.

sat alone before the gravestone, staring at her

you. Didn’t you feel it? We had five years together. How could you just leave me like

call out to me? You saw me, didn’t

you’d just spoken… if you’d just called my name, I would’ve gone to you. I

caught. He

he really

Yes.

He would have.

half-dead and broken