I Married My Husband in the House He Shared with His Late Wife – but on Our Wedding Night, I Found a Letter Taped Inside My Nightstand

I finished the task as fast as possible and hurried back to the bedroom.

I had to know what secrets Matthew was hiding from me!

I stopped dead in the doorway. The nightstand drawer was closed.

Did I leave it that way? I could’ve sworn I’d left it open…

I walked over slowly and pulled the drawer out.

The letter was gone.

My stomach dropped.

“Someone took it… Someone knew,” I whispered.

And my gut screamed at me: Matthew knew.

He must’ve come into the bedroom while I was cleaning up the broken glass and seen the open drawer. He looked inside, found the letter, and took it.

Breakfast the following morning was tense and quiet.

Matthew picked at his eggs. His eyes were swollen, as if he hadn’t slept a wink, the way mine probably looked, too.

He gave me a forced smile. “Just… long night.

I’ll be fine.”

Mia felt the tension, too. She played with her cereal, eating nothing, and kept her gaze down.

When Matthew kissed me goodbye before work, his lips barely grazed my cheek. I watched him walk down the path, and I knew he must’ve taken the letter.

Why else would he be acting so strangely?

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