Chapter 4
Ethan stumbled, nearly dropping Violet from his arms.
The other guests began murmuring among themselves, with most condemning my heartlessness.
“Ethan just died three days ago. How could Aurora remarry so quickly?” one man said. ‘
A woman chimed in, “Exactly! And she even took Anthony with her. Anthony is the Collins family’s grandson–how could she do such a thing!”
“Aurora is truly heartless. I never thought she could do something like this,” another man agreed.
At that moment, Ethan couldn’t make out what the others were saying. The voices around him turned into a buzzing sound as he thought, “Aurora remarried! How could she–how dare she take my son and marry someone else?”
Seeing him standing motionless, Violet grew panicked. “Logan, let’s finish our wedding ceremony first, okay?”
But Ethan set her down. “No, Violet. I need to find Aurora first. She’s Ethan’s wife–how can she remarry?”
Violet’s expression instantly twisted. “But she’s just Ethan’s wife.
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Are you really going to ruin our wedding for her? I’m telling you, Logan–if you choose her, I won’t marry you.”
Noticing Violet’s tantrum, Ethan, who usually doted on her, this time said with a darkened expression, “Violet, cut it out. Wait here for me to come back.”
With that, he rushed toward the village entrance and caught a bus heading to the city…
than boarded the bus anxiously. But once he reached the city, he froze–where was he supposed to look for me?
Ethan went to the police station, but since he was only my late husband’s older brother, the police refused to help him find me.
He then ran to the train station, but the staff gave him the same response: “What’s it to you if she remarried? We can’t help you find her.”
Ethan had no choice but to leave.
However, when he returned to the village, he found the Collins household in complete chaos.
When he had purchased all those items earlier, he had bought them on credit. Now the shopkeepers were all demanding that the Collins family settle their bills.
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Only then did Layla remember that I had said I would give her the remaining money on the wedding day.
But now that I had left, she naturally couldn’t get that money.
Layla was stunned and then fainted from anxiety.
So the others had to ask Violet, who was still in her wedding dress, to pay the debts.
Violet had no choice but to stall for time since she didn’t have that much money. When she saw Ethan return, she quickly said, “My husband’s back—go ask him for the money.”
As soon as Ethan walked through the door, he was surrounded by creditors.
Only then did he realize he didn’t have enough money on hand.
He had planned to use the compensation money to pay part of the bills, but that was no longer possible.
Ethan looked embarrassed. “Could you all give me a couple more days? I’m a bit short on cash right now.”
Hearing this, someone spat at him. “Then why were you acting like a big shot? If you don’t pay up within three days, we’ll call the police and have you arrested.”
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Others chimed in, “That’s right. Don’t even think about pulling any tricks.”
Back when Ethan was in the military, he had been very popular and had even been promoted to colonel.
After assuming Logan’s identity and becoming a soldier’s dependent, he was respected wherever he went. He had never faced such humiliation..
Despite his resentment, Ethan could only smile and agree.
Finally, he managed to appease the creditors. But then Violet started complaining again. “Didn’t you say we’d have money after we got married? Where is it? How can you not even afford to pay for the things you bought? Logan, did I marry you just to
suffer?”
If she had thrown a tantrum on any other day, Ethan would have found it charming.
But after today’s ordeal, he couldn’t help feeling exhausted.
Ethan thought, “Aurora would never throw a fit over something so trivial.”
After having this thought, Ethan missed my virtues even more, so he blurted out without thinking, “If Aurora can endure hardship, why can’t you?”
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His words ignited Violet’s fury. “What do you mean by that? Logan, do you like Aurora? How can you be so shameless?
your
“If you like that seductive bitch, why did you marry me? Why didn’t you just inherit Ethan’s estate directly and make her wife? That way, you could have gotten a son for free too–how perfect!”
After saying this and seeing Ethan’s terrible expression, Violet felt some regret.
But what she didn’t expect was for Ethan to say something that made her blood run cold: “What do you mean I’m shameless? If I hadn’t faked my death to marry you, how could Aurora have taken my son and remarried? I’m her husband–she should be
for life!”
was stunned and took a deep breath. “Logan, what do you ean? No–you’re Ethan!”
She never imagined that the fiancé who had doted on her these past few days wasn’t actually her fiancé at all.
Violet thought, “Then my real fiancé must already be dead?”
She rolled her eyes and fainted from the shock of this revelation.
Looking at the unconscious Layla, then at Violet with her eyes
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tightly shut, Ethan hung his head in deep regret.
He thought, “What have I done?”
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