He Locked Me in a Dark Room for Her, Then Cried at My Funeral Chapter 04

He Locked Me in a Dark Room for Her, Then Cried at My Funeral Chapter 04

After that little interruption, the viewers in the livestream started urging Chloe to show them the master bedroom.

Adrian hesitated, but in the end, he still gave in to her pout and her sweet little act.

The moment he pushed the door open, the exquisite heirloom wedding gown came into view.

The livestream exploded instantly.

[Oh my God, that has to be hand embroidery, right?]

[Those embroidered birds look almost alive. It looks like something a Gilded Age heiress would’ve worn on her wedding day.]

A greedy glint flashed in Chloe’s eyes.

She shoved the camera closer and ran her fingers over the dense, delicate stitching.

A scream tore out of me.

“Don’t touch it with your filthy hands!”

That gown had been passed down through my family for generations.

My grandmother gave it to my mother, and my mother gave it to me. She had said that when I wore it, I would be the most beautiful bride in the world.

I bit the inside of my mouth until I tasted blood, but all I could do was tremble helplessly.

I was only a soul now. I couldn’t touch anything. I couldn’t do anything.

Chloe kept stroking the gown, unable to put it down, and then she actually lifted it off the hanger.

The livestream immediately started egging her on.

[Then marry your boyfriend right here.]

[I want to see it. She’d look unreal in that.]

Chloe smiled shyly and tossed Adrian a flirtatious look.

“It isn’t mine. How could I just take someone else’s things like that?”

As Adrian looked at the beautiful gown, Evie’s smiling face suddenly flashed through his mind.

Just a few days ago, she had told him that on their wedding day, she wanted him to help her into that gown himself.

She wanted to wear it with her family’s blessings and become his beautiful bride.

Adrian swallowed hard and caught Chloe by the hand.

“You can’t wear it. She’ll be angry.”

Chloe froze, clearly never expecting him to refuse her.

The livestream turned noisy at once, and plenty of viewers started complaining.

[It’s not like Chloe’s stealing it. She’s just trying it on. What’s the big deal?]

[Exactly. It’s just for the stream. No one else has to know.]

Chloe’s eyes reddened with grievance.

A tear dropped onto the back of Adrian’s hand as she bit her lip and softened her voice.

“Adrian, I’ve never seen such a beautiful wedding gown before.”

“Don’t you like me? Don’t you want to marry me?”

She shoved Adrian backward onto the bed and started pulling off her clothes.

Acid surged into my throat, and I doubled over beside the bed, retching violently.

I had picked out that bed. I had washed those sheets with my own hands.

I had thought Adrian and I would fall asleep in each other’s arms on that bed one day.

But now he was kissing Chloe with heated desire, pinning her beneath him.

The livestream kept flooding the screen with gifts and comments, urging them on.

[Put the dress on. Put the dress on. And then go consummate it.]

[We want the 18+ version. This is exactly our kind of content.]

Adrian dressed Chloe in the heirloom wedding gown with his own hands. His fingers slid over her back before he gripped the nape of her neck and kissed her deeply.

Tears streamed down my face, and a mocking smile curled at my lips.

He had betrayed every promise he ever made to me.

He had ruined everything I had ever treasured.

Adrian Carter, I truly regret ever loving you.

Adrian took Chloe’s hand, had her say vows with him, and then they toasted each other with champagne.

They went through the entire ceremony, and to the cheers of the viewers, Adrian swept Chloe into his arms and carried her to the bed in the master bedroom.

Chloe glanced at the framed photo of Adrian and me on the nightstand and curved her lips in a taunting smile.

It was as if she were saying she had won, that any man in the world would fall at her feet.

My nails dug deep into my palms as I turned away and forced myself to ignore the tangled, intimate sounds behind me.

Just as they were about to go further, the bedroom door was kicked open.

Mrs. Carter appeared in the doorway. The moment she saw the naked man and woman on the bed, all the color drained from her face.

She strode past me and slapped Adrian so hard his head snapped to the side.

“You ungrateful fool. Do you even know something happened to Evie?”