The Man I Married Would Rather Die Than Love Me Back novel Chapter 2

My heart seized momentarily, but I quickly composed myself.

In my previous life, Ryan had explained when he finally arrived to pick me up.

His mentor's daughter had suddenly passed away. When his mentor and wife both fainted from grief, Ryan had no choice but to help out on our wedding day.

At the time, though I was upset about Ryan being late, I wasn't unreasonable enough to compete with a dead person.

And during the ten years of our marriage, Ryan treated his mentor like his own parents.

He visited them on holidays, brought gifts or money for festivities, and took care of his mentor when he fell ill.

Just based on Ryan's deep affection for his mentor, I never doubted his explanation.

So I only panicked briefly before regaining my composure.

Afraid that Alex might misunderstand, I even defended Ryan.

"Ryan's mentor's daughter passed away. He must be at the funeral home helping out. The portrait he's holding is probably of his mentor's daughter."

Despite my words, uneasiness crept into my heart.

Through the car window, Ryan's expression at the funeral home entrance was one of profound grief.

Not only was Ryan at the funeral home, but all his groomsmen were there too.

His best friend Marcus patted Ryan's shoulder painfully, offering comfort.

So Ryan could have left this to his friends and come to pick me up first, couldn't he?

As my heart sank, several funeral home workers carried out a frozen coffin.

When Ryan saw the coffin appear, he instantly transformed into a wild beast, tears streaming down his face as he lunged toward the coffin.

He desperately grabbed the ropes carrying the coffin, preventing the workers from leaving.

Though I couldn't hear what Ryan was sobbing about, even from this scene alone, I could feel his heart-wrenching agony.

They opened the coffin lid for Ryan.

Ryan scrambled onto the coffin and, with a trembling body, placed a passionate kiss on the person lying inside.

My heart shuddered from the painful scene before me.

Alex seemed to notice the strangeness of the situation as well.

"Sophia... perhaps the person who died was very important to Ryan... that's why he lost control. Don't overthink it. Let's go to the wedding venue and manage the guests first. After the wedding, we can ask Ryan about it calmly."

My heart ached and trembled.

I was both afraid and terrified.

A feeling crept into my mind -

Could Ryan's suicide in my previous life have been because of this woman in the coffin??