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My Husband’s Regret After I Was Killed by His First Love

My Husband’s Regret After I Was Killed by His First Love

Oleh:  Jessica HJTamat
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When the criminal tortured me to death, I was three-month pregnant. But my husband Mark - the city's most prominent detective - was at the hospital with his first love Emma, accompanying her for her medical checkup. Three days ago, he demanded me to donate my kidney to Emma. When I refused, telling him I was two months pregnant with our child, his eyes had turned cold. "Stop lying," he had snarled. "You're just being selfish, trying to let Emma die." He pulled over on the dark highway. "Get out," he ordered. "Walk home since you're so heartless. " I stood there in the darkness and was kidnapped by the vengeful criminal, whom Mark had once imprisoned. He cut out my tongue. With cruel satisfaction, he used my phone to call my husband. Mark's response was brief and cold: "Whatever it is, Emma's medical checkup is more important! She needs me right now." The criminal let out a dark chuckle. "Well, well... Seems like the great detective values his ex's life more than his current wife's." When Mark arrived at the crime scene hours later, he was horrified by the brutality inflicted on the corpse. He angrily condemned the murderer for treating a pregnant woman so cruelly But he didn't recognize that the mutilated body before him was his own wife - me.

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My body was discovered in an abandoned building.

The construction worker vomited as he dialed emergency services.

Mark rushed from Emma's kidney treatment to the crime scene.

The forensic expert frowned, gesturing for them to put on masks.

My husband Mark was the city's most renowned detective. He'd solved countless murder cases, yet even he faltered when he saw this corpse.

The summer heat had done its work. The body was bloated, the face beaten beyond recognition - a mass of flesh and blood where features should have been.

The injuries were extensive. The head barely hung onto the neck by a strip of skin.

The stench of decomposition filled the air.

Mark closed his eyes briefly, took a deep breath, and pulled on his gloves to begin the preliminary examination.

I watched nervously as he removed the blood-stained necklace from my neck.

Two rings hung from the chain - our wedding rings that I had handcrafted for us with love.

I remembered how proud I'd been, presenting them to Mark. Days spent carefully making them perfect.

But when Emma saw him wearing his, she had laughed cruelly. "What is that ugly thing? Did you fish it out of a dumpster?"

Mark had ripped off the ring immediately, throwing it back at me. His face had burned with humiliation.

"You're my wife," he had snapped. "You're supposed to help me succeed, not make me look ridiculous in front of others."

Though his cold words still echoed in my ears, I believed surely he would recognize these rings now.

These symbols of our marriage, of my love for him.

But Mark just impassively instructed his assistant to bag them as evidence.

His colleague worked methodically, then suddenly paused. "Mark... the victim was pregnant. About two months along."

I watched, heart breaking, as Mark's expression darkened with rage.

"These animals!" he snarled, slamming his hand against the wall. "How could they be so cruel to a pregnant woman?"

I wanted to scream. To shake him.

Emma was diagnosed with kidney failure just five days ago. The doctors said she needed a transplant urgently.

Mark had rushed to the hospital at midnight. On the way, he begged me.

"You have to help her, Alice. You're a match. You're the only match they've found."

"I'm pregnant, Mark. Two months. That's why I can't donate my kidney to Emma. Please understand."

His response had been instant and cruel: "Another lie? First you refuse to help Emma, now you make up a pregnancy? How low will you sink?"

He abandoned me on the highway and then I was kidnapped.

Now he stood over my body, burning with righteous anger for an unknown victim.

But he refused to believe his own wife's pregnancy.

He just instructed his assistant to note it down as just another detail in the case file. "Make sure to highlight the pregnancy in the report. This makes the case high priority."

I shouldn't have hoped. I never existed in Mark's heart. He never believed me, never trusted me, not since the day we married.

In Mark's heart, every word I spoke was a lie, every action suspicious. He saved his trust and love for Emma.

Even though I was his wife. Even though I had loved him with everything I had.

My friend Sarah had warned me from the start. "Mark only married you because he couldn't be with Emma, Emma will always be his true love."

I hadn't believed her then. I'd thought our love was real, that time would prove her wrong.

But after marriage, the truth became impossible to ignore.

I realized I had no place in his heart. Every room in our house held photos of him and Emma from their past. Every story he told somehow included her name.

I was just an intruder in their love story. A placeholder until Emma could return to her rightful place.

Taking off his gloves, his colleague rubbed his furrowed brow: "Victim appears to be around 25 years old. Preliminary cause of death is throat cutting. Shows signs of prolonged torture before death."

"The method is extremely cruel. This will cause public outrage. We need to solve this before it explodes in the media." Mark lit a cigarette, taking a deep drag, seemingly troubled.

Even in death, I was causing him problems.

The forensic expert warned: "The killer's still out there. Tell your loved ones to be careful. Don't let Emma go out alone at night."

Mark irritably replied: "Emma always listens to me. It's my wife, Alice, I can't control."

The forensic expert was an old friend and knew their situation well.

Mark absently rubbed his stomach.

The forensic expert noticed Mark wincing. "Your stomach acting up again?"

Mark waved it off. "It's fine. Alice bought me some medicine and kept it at home."

He trailed off, suddenly silent.

His supposedly defiant wife had always cared deeply about his health.

The expert patted Mark's back: "Be kinder to your wife. She's the one who chose to marry you."

Mark shook his head: "The other day, Emma was diagnosed with kidney failure. Alice even refused to donate a kidney to Emma, making up lies about being two months pregnant."

The expert hesitated. "Mark... maybe she really is pregnant?"

"Impossible!" Mark snapped. "I haven't touched her in over two months."

"But remember that night two months ago? When you got completely drunk at the bar..."

Mark cut him off. "Emma stayed with me that night. She told me Alice never showed up."

My soul ached hearing those words.

The person who had stayed by your side that night was me.

I had held your hand while you were sick.

I had wiped your face with a cool towel.

I had watched over you until dawn broke.

But Emma had twisted everything, convincing you I'd abandoned you that night.

"She hasn't been home for days. Who knows what trouble she's getting into. I should never have married her." Mark continued.

Hearing Mark's accusations and complaints about me, my heart turned to ice.

Mark, it's not that I didn't want to come home.

I just... can't come home anymore.

Your defiant wife died the day you chose to accompany Emma to her treatment.

My body lies right before your eyes, carrying the child you refuse to believe existed.
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So good, has me hooked
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Cannot be read after chapter 4
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I really like this story
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The husband is a loser
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EXTREMELY doormat MC.
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Nic Salter
I really like this story but I can't get the chapters to open after chapter 4
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Can't open chapters without being a member. Was actually looking forward to it
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Phoenix
the most pathetic main character ever, oh my god. she has no self-respect all the way to the very end... i hope not all the novels on this app are like this
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Extremely doormat MC. Garbage
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My body was discovered in an abandoned building.The construction worker vomited as he dialed emergency services.Mark rushed from Emma's kidney treatment to the crime scene.The forensic expert frowned, gesturing for them to put on masks.My husband Mark was the city's most renowned detective. He'd solved countless murder cases, yet even he faltered when he saw this corpse.The summer heat had done its work. The body was bloated, the face beaten beyond recognition - a mass of flesh and blood where features should have been.The injuries were extensive. The head barely hung onto the neck by a strip of skin.The stench of decomposition filled the air.Mark closed his eyes briefly, took a deep breath, and pulled on his gloves to begin the preliminary examination.I watched nervously as he removed the blood-stained necklace from my neck.Two rings hung from the chain - our wedding rings that I had handcrafted for us with love.I remembered how proud I'd been, presenting them to Mark. Days
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After the briefing at the police station, the officers' faces grew grave as they listened to the autopsy report."The victim suffered extensive torture before death," the medical examiner explained, clicking through graphic photos on the screen. "Multiple broken bones, systematic abuse."Due to the horrific state of my body, facial recognition was impossible.The abandoned building wasn't the primary crime scene, which significantly complicated the investigation.Mark stood at the front of the room, his jaw clenched tight."Canvas the entire area," he ordered his team. "Check every security camera within a five-mile radius. Someone must have seen something.""Please perform another detailed autopsy," Mark told his colleague. "Check for any new findings, and rush the DNA analysis to the lab. I want to know who she is."With those instructions, he hurried out with his team.My husband showed more concern for this anonymous corpse than he ever had for me.I remembered last month, when I h
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After sweetly assuring Emma he'd be there tomorrow, Mark received another call - this time from Sarah, my best friend."Mark, have you been able to reach Alice? She has an ultrasound scheduled for tomorrow morning," Sarah's worried voice came through the phone.Sarah was the only one who had stood by me after I married Mark. She had been his friend first, but she saw through his facade.The only warmth I'd felt in my marriage came from Sarah's friendship.Mark paused for a moment, then sneered, "Ultrasound? What ultrasound?"Sarah's voice turned incredulous. "The pregnancy checkup. It's been scheduled for weeks. Don't tell me you forgot...""I've been trying to call her for days," Sarah continued. "She's not answering my calls, and she hasn't replied to any of my messages. I'm getting worried."Mark paused for a moment, then sneered, "Worried? About what? Another one of her lies?"Sarah's voice turned incredulous. "She's your wife, Mark. She could be pregnant with your child. Don't you
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The last time I disappeared, it was during the camping trip with Mark's friends.Emma had suggested we pick wild berries together, just us girls. "Let's bond," she'd said with that sweet smile of hers.When we were alone deep in the woods, far from the others, she suddenly pushed me toward the river.I couldn't swim. She knew that. Mark had mentioned it at dinner once, and I'd seen the gleam in her eyes.The water was freezing. Dark. I thrashed desperately, my lungs burning.Somehow, I managed to drag myself to shore, my ankle twisted in the struggle.I limped back to the campsite, soaking wet and shivering, only to find everyone gone.They'd packed up and left without me.When I finally made it home hours later, Mark was waiting with rage in his eyes."Where have you been?" he demanded. "Emma said you stormed off alone. Always causing trouble, always making scenes!"I couldn't defend myself. Could only watch Emma's secret, triumphant smile.Sarah helped me treat my injured ankle later
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Mark's face drained of color as he struggled to maintain composure. "It must be a coincidence. Alice is probably somewhere laughing at us right now.""Ma'am, are you in league with my wife? Playing games with the police is a serious offense."Suddenly, his phone rang. He answered with trembling hands. "Lab results?"The forensic tech's voice was urgent. "Detective, we have the DNA results for the victim."The senior detective, eyes glistening, touched Mark's shoulder. "Head back to the station. We'll handle things here."But Mark seemed not to hear, his gloved hand touching the dried blood on the floor. "How much pain was she in?"Some of the younger officers had started crying quietly.Mark stumbled back to his car, looking lost.Watching his dazed expression, my heart twisted painfully.From our wedding day until my death, he'd never once called me "love" or "dear" - terms he used freely with Emma.At the station, the lab tech handed him the report with pitying eyes."I'm sorry, Dete
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Mark staggered into the morgue, his colleague's supportive grip the only thing keeping him upright. His face had gone ashen, matching the cold walls around him.Looking at my mutilated body, a low growl escaped his throat. It was the sound of a man whose world had just shattered.I watched him curiously. Why did he seem so pained?Shouldn't my death be what he had secretly wished for? After all, I was the obstacle between him and his precious Emma.His hand traced the long scar on my back - the one I got pushing him out of that car's path. His fingers trembled."Alice," his voice cracked, thick with tears. "How did it end up like this?""When we first got married, you were so gentle, so loving. Remember how you used to make me soup when my stomach acted up? You swore you'd always take care of me, and I... I promised to cherish you."He wiped roughly at his eyes, his badge catching the harsh morgue lights."What changed? Was it Emma? Was it me?" His tears fell onto my cold skin. "Did I
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In the hospital corridor, nurses whispered among themselves, their voices carrying through the sterile air."Did you hear about Detective Martin's ex-wife? The one they found in the abandoned building?""I heard she was killed by some man she was having an affair with. Can you imagine?""Detective Martin must be devastated. Thank goodness he has Emma to comfort him.""Such a sweet woman, still getting her kidney treatments despite all this drama."Emma sat in her hospital bed, basking in the sympathy. Her smile grew brighter with each concerned glance, each pitying word.She adjusted her IV line with practiced care, playing the perfect patient.She was reveling in her victory, celebrating my death while pretending to mourn it.Then several police officers suddenly appeared in the corridor, their footsteps echoing as they walked toward Emma's room. Her perfect smile froze on her face.The head nurse tried to stop them. "This is a patient care area—""Step aside," one officer ordered, sh
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