The Wedding Where The Bride Was Swapped While I Was Underwater Chapter 09

Ethan remained beside my casket until Grandpa regained consciousness.

Grandpa’s voice was hoarse. He seized his cane and brought it down across Ethan’s back.

“You bastard!

“You killed your own sister!”

Blood quickly seeped through Ethan’s shirt.

After one last blow, the cane snapped in two. Grandpa’s strength gave out, and tears streamed dowry his aged face.

“My Nina… She was only in her twenties.

“It should have been me. Give her back to me. Give me back my granddaughter!”

Ethan looked up, his eyes blood–red.

“Grandpa, beat me to death.

“Please. Kill me and let me go apologize to Nina myself.”

I watched from above, strangely calm.

Grandpa had survived the shock. That was all I cared about.

As for Ethan, nothing he said or did mattered anymore.

Grandpa stared at him with contempt.

“You want to die? You think death will release you from this?

“Not a chance.

“I won’t let you die. You will spend the rest of your life atoning for what you did to Nina.

“Keep someone with him at all times. Don’t let him hurt himself.”

Ethan did not resist. He stared blankly at the floor.

“You will live with the guilt. You will live knowing how completely you failed her. That is what you

owe your sister.”

After the funeral, Adrian rose and left the Bennett estate without a word.

I followed, curious to see what he intended to do.

Vivian was trembling in the basement of one of his remote properties.

The moment Adrian entered, she began struggling against her restraints.

“Adrian! Mr. Prescott, please let me go!

“I know I was wrong. I truly do!”

He looked at her without expression, his voice eerily calm.

“Go apologize to Nina.”

Vivian’s eyes widened with terror.

“You can’t kill me. Murder is a crime. You’ll spend the rest of your life in prison.

“What about your company? Your parents? You’ll destroy your entire future.”

She tried desperately to appeal to his reason.

“You would never give all of that up. A man like you would never ruin himself for her.”

Adrian smiled coldly.

“Don’t worry.

“Once you’ve apologized, I’ll answer for what I did too.”

Vivian broke down completely.

“You’re insane! You’re out of your mind!”

Adrian had no interest in listening. He forced her into the same steel cage.

“Now it’s your turn.”

Late that night, with the beach deserted and the wind howling off the ocean, the cage was lowered beneath the waves.

When Ethan, confined to bed for his own safety, learned what Adrian had done, he whispered my

name.

“Nina…

“How did we let it come to this?”