The Wedding Where The Bride Was Swapped While I Was Underwater Chapter 10

After putting the affairs of Prescott Group in order, Adrian returned alone to the island.

It was the place where our wedding should have taken place.

A month earlier, the beach had been covered in my favorite champagne roses.

Now only withered flowers remained.

No one had dared remove them.

Adrian asked Ethan to come as well.

He put on his wedding suit and stood at the end of the aisle.

Then he turned and held out a hand to empty air, as if a bride in white truly stood before him.

“Nina, today is our wedding day.”

His voice was rough, but he forced a smile.

“No Vivian. No guests. Just you and me.”

He performed the entire ceremony alone.

Ethan stood to one side and watched him unravel, too numb to react.

I hovered above them, coldly watching the spectacle.

It only made me sick.

When the ceremony ended, Adrian walked to the edge of the water.

He looked down at the ocean and gave a soft laugh.

“You must be so cold down there, Nina.

“I never should have left you alone for so long.

“It was my fault. I brought your ring with me.

“I’m coming to stay with you now. Is that all right?”

Without a moment’s hesitation, he threw himself into the sea.

The water swallowed him.

As the need for air overtook him, Adrian’s vision blurred.

In his final moments, he seemed to see me.

I was standing on the ocean floor in my white wedding dress.

With the last of his strength, Adrian reached out, trying to hold on to me.

“Nina… Did you come for me?”

Hope filled his eyes, and a smile touched his lips.

Then my spirit dissolved slowly into the water.

On the shore, Ethan fell to his knees and wept.

He stared for a long time at the place where Adrian had disappeared.

“Nina… I was wrong.

“We both failed you.”

He spent the rest of his life consumed by grief and regret.

Many years later, Ethan reached the end of his life in a hospital bed.