Ten Years of Mourning, One Video Call, and a Husband Who Never Left Chapter 05

Ten Years of Mourning, One Video Call, and a Husband Who Never Left Chapter 05

Jason’s parents had been glaring at me in fury just a moment ago.

The next second, they stumbled forward, and Jason’s father nearly toppled out of his wheelchair.

“Graham! My son!”

“You’re alive? You’re really alive? My boy!”

Jason’s mother broke down sobbing and wrapped her arms tightly around Graham, as if she needed to make sure the man in front of her was real.

Jason’s father trembled with excitement, his hands slapping the armrests again and again as tears filled his cloudy eyes.

The two of them were lost in the joy of having their son returned to them, crying too hard to speak.

Not far away, Jason and Natalie stood frozen, their faces deathly pale, neither of them daring to step forward.

The two people who had been so arrogant moments ago now had panic and terror written all over their faces the second they saw Graham.

Graham raised a hand to calm his sobbing parents, then swept a cold gaze over Natalie and Jason.

“My wife remarried my own brother. Why did no one think to tell me about something that important?”

Natalie quickly forced down her panic and put on a weak, wounded expression.

She stepped forward, choking on her tears.

“Graham, why did it take you so long to come back?”

“For the past six years, I raised the child alone and endured so much gossip.”

“Life was so hard. Jason only married me because he pitied me, a widow raising a fatherless child. How could you misunderstand us like this?”

“Do you know that on the day of your funeral, I almost followed you into the grave?”

“If it hadn’t been for the child, I really wouldn’t have wanted to live.”

“But you’re back now. That’s all that matters. You’re back.”

Every word sounded raw with pain, every sentence soaked in tears.

If I hadn’t been one of her victims, I almost would have believed her.

But there was not a trace of pity in Graham’s eyes. Instead, his face was full of mockery.

He looked at Natalie’s performance and let out a cold laugh.

“Is that so?”

“If you missed me so much, why did you legally marry my brother at the courthouse less than a year after I died?”

“Was it really for the child? We used protection every time we slept together, so how exactly did you just happen to get pregnant?”

“Is this child even mine?”

The moment he finished speaking, the entire room erupted into murmurs.

Jason hurried forward, anxious to defend himself.

“Graham, I know you blame me for marrying Natalie, but you can’t make things up and drag her name through the mud.”

“You coming back alive is a blessing. Let’s go home first and talk properly as a family.”

Graham’s gaze settled on Jason, who had stepped in front of Natalie to protect her.

“Jason, my dear brother.”

“I didn’t die in that accident you planned. You must be terrified now, aren’t you?”

“Graham, are you insane?”

Jason’s voice suddenly rose.

“We’re brothers. How could I ever hurt you? Don’t accuse people without proof!”

“Brothers?”

Graham repeated the word as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world.

“Whether I have proof or not isn’t the point.”

“The point is that you and Natalie can explain yourselves to the police next.”