BXBX NOVEL Chapter 296 - 296: Brother-in-law, My Condolences
Chapter 296 - 296: Brother-in-law, My Condolences
Serenity was wearing cotton pajamas so her slender body looked even thinner. “Alrighty.”
Gabriel put the laptop away and turned on the heater. “This is not a good habit.”
She went into the bathroom to dry her hair and yawned non-stop when she came out. Gabriel was already lying on the bed waiting for her with only the night light on. She crawled into the blanket and snuggled into his embrace. He said, “You don’t have to work tomorrow.”
Gabriels’ eyes had a faint smile. “You can sleep a little longer.”
She was too sleepy. As she leaned against his warm chest, sleepiness welled up in her as she replied with a hazy hum.
On the day of Chris Grant’s funeral, Serenity and Gabriel were present as well. The weather was gray and the dark fog made it hard for people to breathe. It suited the occasion.
The Jones family was the largest in Andalas while the Grant family followed closely behind, so many people came to mourn Chris Grant’s funeral.
John and Selena were dressed in black with black mourning bands on their arms.
Compared to the sobbing Mrs. Grant and her sons, John and Selena’s expressions were slightly desolate, but they remained calm.
When Selena saw Serenity holding onto Gabriel’s arm, she looked at the man beside her.
His eyelashes were lowered and a sorrowful aura surrounded him. No one knew what he was thinking.
As they approached, Serenity and Gabriel bowed three times towards Chris’s portrait before walking towards the family members.
Serenity ignored Mrs. Grant and her sons, approaching John instead. “My condolences, Brother-in-law.”
Upon hearing her voice, John looked at her, initially in a daze but his gaze eventually turned clearer.
Serenity was dressed very plainly today, donning a beige windbreaker over a long black dress. The man beside her was dressed in a suit and leather shoes, looking very handsome. Next to each other, the couple looked so compatible.
He moved his lips but his throat was a little tight. He wanted to say something but could not spit out a word. The pain was like a slender needle, piercing into his heart. It would twitch violently with every heartbeat.
“The weather isn’t good today and you’re pregnant. Go back early,” said Selena gently.
When the man beside her heard this, his face turned pale. His body swayed as he stared at Serenity’s stomach.
Selena realized that he still didn’t know about Serenity’s pregnancy and Selena blamed herself in her mind for talking too much.
John’s face was as pale as the snow in winter. His heart felt as if it had been whipped. In an instant, a wound opened up and he trembled in pain. “You… You’re pregnant?”
Serenity saw how frighteningly pale John looked and could not help but feel a little shocked. She softly said, “Yes.”
In an instant, something in his eyes seemed to have shattered into pieces until his entire chest hurt.
Everything he had done had become a joke. The girl he wanted to give the whole world was no longer his. Now, she was someone else’s wife and had a child.
He wanted to laugh at himself, but his throat was blocked. The sound that he wanted to make from his chest tugged at his heart, and it hurt so much that he clenched at his clothes..