The Day I Died at My Husband's Wedding - Chapter 9: Chapter 9
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I glanced at Jaxon, confused by his intense stare until my eyes landed on the video playing on his phone. My breath caught in my throat.
This wasn't just any recording - it was security footage from our villa.
Then it hit me. I'd installed those cameras years ago when we had dogs. After they passed, I'd forgotten all about them.
Now they'd become damning evidence.
The footage showed Henry's brutal assault in crystal clarity - his fists slamming into me, his boots kicking my stomach, the merciless violence. Jaxon's face turned an alarming shade of green as he watched.
But when the video showed me collapsing, our long-awaited child bleeding out beneath me, Jaxon's expression darkened like a gathering storm. His knuckles turned white, veins bulging at his temples.
I knew that look. He was about to explode.
Noticing his tension, Ruby put on her sweetest voice. "Jaxon, honey? What's wrong?"
He snapped his phone shut with practiced ease. "Just work issues." But the suspicion in his eyes when he looked at her was unmistakable.
The mood ruined, Jaxon cut their date short with a flimsy excuse about urgent business. The moment Ruby's door closed, he sped straight to Henry's place.
Henry's knees visibly shook when he answered the door. "M-Mr. Rivers? What brings you here?"
Jaxon's glacial stare pinned him in place. "Can't I visit my loyal employee? Unless... you've been keeping secrets?"
Sweat beaded on Henry's forehead. "I'd never betray you, sir!"
"Still lying?" Jaxon's voice dropped dangerously. "Why did you kill Olivia and our child?"
Henry collapsed to his knees with a thud. "Who told you these lies? I'd never hurt Mrs. Rivers!"
With a sharp movement, Jaxon shoved the damning footage in Henry's face. "Lies? Explain this then. You've been playing me for a fool this whole time!"
Confronted with irrefutable proof, Henry's defenses crumbled. His face went deathly pale as he scrambled backward.
"Please! I didn't want to! Ruby made me do it!" he babbled, voice shaking. "She said you didn't care about your wife anymore, that I'd be stupid to side with a discarded woman. She threatened me!"
Jaxon's jaw clenched so tight I heard his teeth grind. "Ruby orchestrated this?"
This wasn't just any recording - it was security footage from our villa.
Then it hit me. I'd installed those cameras years ago when we had dogs. After they passed, I'd forgotten all about them.
Now they'd become damning evidence.
The footage showed Henry's brutal assault in crystal clarity - his fists slamming into me, his boots kicking my stomach, the merciless violence. Jaxon's face turned an alarming shade of green as he watched.
But when the video showed me collapsing, our long-awaited child bleeding out beneath me, Jaxon's expression darkened like a gathering storm. His knuckles turned white, veins bulging at his temples.
I knew that look. He was about to explode.
Noticing his tension, Ruby put on her sweetest voice. "Jaxon, honey? What's wrong?"
He snapped his phone shut with practiced ease. "Just work issues." But the suspicion in his eyes when he looked at her was unmistakable.
The mood ruined, Jaxon cut their date short with a flimsy excuse about urgent business. The moment Ruby's door closed, he sped straight to Henry's place.
Henry's knees visibly shook when he answered the door. "M-Mr. Rivers? What brings you here?"
Jaxon's glacial stare pinned him in place. "Can't I visit my loyal employee? Unless... you've been keeping secrets?"
Sweat beaded on Henry's forehead. "I'd never betray you, sir!"
"Still lying?" Jaxon's voice dropped dangerously. "Why did you kill Olivia and our child?"
Henry collapsed to his knees with a thud. "Who told you these lies? I'd never hurt Mrs. Rivers!"
With a sharp movement, Jaxon shoved the damning footage in Henry's face. "Lies? Explain this then. You've been playing me for a fool this whole time!"
Confronted with irrefutable proof, Henry's defenses crumbled. His face went deathly pale as he scrambled backward.
"Please! I didn't want to! Ruby made me do it!" he babbled, voice shaking. "She said you didn't care about your wife anymore, that I'd be stupid to side with a discarded woman. She threatened me!"
Jaxon's jaw clenched so tight I heard his teeth grind. "Ruby orchestrated this?"
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