My Wife Back From the Dead

My wife, who had been dead for seven years, suddenly came back to life.
Not only did she bring another man with her,
She wanted me to voluntarily give up my position as her husband.
“Gavin nearly lost his sight saving me. I’ve already promised to marry him. If you sign the divorce papers without a fuss, I’ll let you continue living here.”
I was silent for a moment, then spoke softly.
“Actually, I’m already married to someone else.”
My wife rolled her eyes.
“Don’t play tough, Sean. Everyone knows you’re head over heels in love with me.”

1
But I was no longer the Sean from seven years ago.
I was no longer the doormat who followed her every command, who worshipped her until I had no dignity left.
“I have no reason to lie to you. I am married to someone else.”
Rosa shot me a look of pure contempt and sneered, “Stop the act, Sean. I’m not here to ask for your permission. I’m here to inform you that whether you like it or not, I’m marrying Gavin.”
Gavin stepped forward, his fingers intertwining with hers. His voice was a lazy, innocent drawl. “Rosa, darling, don’t fight with Sean. It’s just my bad luck. Maybe you should just send me back.”
He feigned leaving, but his hand clutched the hem of her dress, and his eyes, when they met mine, were full of triumphant possession.
Rosa’s expression softened instantly. “Gavin, you promised you’d stay with me forever.” She looked back at me. “Don’t worry. Sean is crazy about me. He always does what I say. We’ll definitely get married.”
Seven years had done nothing to diminish Rosa’s baffling self-confidence.
Before I could speak again, she was glaring at me, her voice sharp with warning. “You’ve enjoyed the title of the Crestwood family’s golden son-in-law for seven years. It’s time to let Gavin have his turn. He’s suffered too much, and I won’t let you bully him.”
A sarcastic smile touched my lips. “I haven’t done a thing. Don’t try to pin this on me.”
Rosa’s eyes narrowed. She looked me up and down, her face a blank mask. “Do you think you’re important? If it weren’t for the fact that you waited seven years for me, I would have thrown you out of the Crestwood estate long ago. I wouldn’t be wasting my breath on you.”
Throw me out?
She wouldn’t get the chance.
And what on earth made her think I’d waited seven years for her?
The day she abandoned me was the day I stopped waiting.
Seven years ago, I was in a tuxedo, sitting in the lead car of a wedding procession, driving through the mountains to pick up my bride.
But she ran away.
On the way, there was a landslide. While I was out of the car checking the road, Rosa supposedly slipped and fell from a cliff.
For seven years, everyone thought she was dead. I even picked out her gravesite myself.
Marrying into the Crestwood family was an opportunity my father had fought tooth and nail to secure for me. Rosa could afford to be careless with my family’s reputation, but I couldn’t. Besides, she wasn't the only woman in her family.
For the past seven years, I had been a husband and a father. If she hadn't suddenly reappeared, I would have completely forgotten she ever existed.
So, seeing her again after all this time, I felt nothing.
“Rosa, let me repeat myself. You and I are no longer husband and wife,” I stated calmly. “Legally speaking, you are a deceased person. Who you marry has nothing to do with me.”

2
Rosa let out a dismissive scoff. “At least you know your place. If you hadn’t been so obsessed with marrying me back then, I wouldn’t have had to flee the country and hide for seven years.”
So that was it. I always wondered how, with so many people there, she was the only one who died. It was a vanishing act. She hadn't changed at all—still willing to do anything to get her way.
When the news of her "death" arrived, her mother fainted on the spot and was sick for months, nearly following her daughter to the grave.
The family butler, who had just arrived, overheard her words. “Miss Rosa, please don’t say such things.” He bowed his head slightly. “Mr. Sean is now the Vice President of Crestwood Industries.”
“Vice President?”
Gavin’s eyes darkened beside her. He asked, seemingly casually, “Rosa, didn’t you say your grandfather would only pass the position of President to you?”
Rosa froze for a second, looking at me with confusion. “My father only has one daughter. Who else is qualified to inherit the presidency besides me?”
I stared back at her, my expression unreadable. Did she leave her brain overseas? Did she have any idea how foolish she sounded?
The butler was sweating, wiping his forehead with a handkerchief. “Miss Rosa, what are you saying? Mr. Sean is married to Miss Victoria. She is the President of the company now. Don't you remember? Your aunt.”
The day Rosa ran out on our wedding, I was left standing on the road, surrounded by the pitying and mocking stares of onlookers.
That was when Victoria stepped forward.
She said she would marry me.
At that moment, I was lost and powerless. Everyone knew it was my wedding day, but my bride had died on the way to the ceremony. "Wife-killer," "bad luck," "jinx"—those words nailed me to a pillar of shame.
Then suddenly, someone offered to marry me, to prove to the world that I wasn't what they said I was. She would save my family’s honor and pull me out of the abyss.
Why wouldn't I say yes?
Victoria hadn't planned on attending her niece's wedding; she only came back to the country because her father, the family patriarch, had insisted. Yet, she ended up becoming my wife.
Rosa looked at me with a mocking laugh. “Everyone knows my Aunt Victoria is a powerhouse, that she only cares about her career. She wouldn't even glance at a doormat like Sean.”
Victoria was a legendary figure in the city's business world. Half of the Crestwood family's assets were her personal property. Within the family, she was treated like an empress. To this day, I still didn't fully understand why she married me. There were so many men more handsome and wealthier than me.
The butler was still trying to reason with Rosa. “It’s true, Miss Rosa. You can check the news online, or ask anyone in the family.”
Rosa just curled her lip in disdain. She randomly pointed to a gardener, then a maid. Both gave her the same answer.
Her composure finally cracked. Her face went cold as she stared at me. “Well done, Sean. What a master manipulator. I’ve only been gone a few years, and you’ve already turned everyone in this house against me, making them all lie for you.”
I remained calm, unwilling to argue. I was married to Victoria. That was a fact. Whether Rosa believed it or not was irrelevant to me. She had been spoiled her entire life. Fearing she would continue to cause a scene, the butler quickly sent someone to call Victoria.
“Quick, call the President’s secretary. Ask her to come home immediately.”
Victoria was in a meeting for a major aerospace project today and had left for the office early. My father-in-law and Rosa's mother were also out. Otherwise, Rosa would never have had the chance to torment me like this.
During the standoff, my daughter, Zoe, suddenly ran into the room.
“Daddy, why didn’t you come back to play with me?”

3
When Rosa saw Zoe, her face twisted in rage.
The reason was simple: Zoe was a miniature, female version of me.
Rosa’s eyes darted back and forth between me and the child. Finally, she raised a trembling hand and pointed at me. “How dare you betray me. You even have a bastard child.”
“Who is this little bastard with?”
Zoe inherited Victoria’s personality. While she didn’t fully understand the word, she knew it wasn’t a compliment. She put a hand on her chin like a little adult and said, “Who are you calling a bastard? My mommy says people with dirty mouths need them washed out with soap.”
Zoe was six and knew almost everyone in the family, but she had never met Rosa.
Rosa immediately snapped at her, “You little bastard, how dare you talk back.”
That was it. I was furious. This was my precious daughter, the child I had waited for and cherished. Who was she to call her that?
“Rosa, watch your mouth. Or don’t blame me for what happens next.”
Gavin glanced at me, then added with feigned innocence, “This child looks like she’s old enough for school, right? Don’t tell me you cheated on Rosa before you even got married?”
His words were poison.
Rosa’s eyes shot to me, filled with a look that wanted to claw my face off. The one thing a woman can’t stand is her husband cheating, especially when that man used to be her devoted follower. A man who had sworn to love her until death.
“She’s six,” I said calmly.
“Sean, you disgust me! I’m gone for seven years, and you go and have a child with someone else? Have you no shame?”
Only seven years?
We had only known each other for a few years, and she was gone for seven of them.
And she was the one who abandoned me.
The butler quickly tried to explain. “Miss Rosa, this is your aunt’s child.”
Rosa exploded. “You shut up, you traitorous old fool! Where are my parents? Who let him get away with this? Cheating and acting so self-righteous!”
“Everyone in the Crestwood family knows about this.”
Back then, after Rosa ran away, her parents felt guilty and didn’t object to Victoria marrying me.
Hearing this, Rosa’s rage boiled over completely. Her eyes scanned the room like daggers. “Who is the slut? Who dared to humiliate the Crestwood family like this? Does she have a death wish?”
No matter how she looked, she couldn’t find a single suspect among the staff.
I let out a sarcastic laugh.
Gavin adopted a tone of false concern. “Sean, you should just confess. If you push Rosa too far, even I won’t be able to help you.”
I rolled my eyes at him. “We’re both men. I suggest you drop the act.”
Before I could react, Rosa’s hand cracked across my face.
“Shut up.”
“You cheated first, having a child behind my back, and you have the nerve to lecture Gavin.”
I hadn’t expected her to strike. My cheek instantly swelled and throbbed.
Seeing me get hit, Zoe charged at Rosa like a little bull.
“You hit my daddy! I’ll hit you!”
“Zoe!”

4
Rosa grabbed Zoe by the collar of her dress and lifted her off the ground.
My heart hammered against my ribs. “Rosa, let the child go.”
The maids rushed forward to intervene.
“Miss, please, put her down.”
“If you don’t, the President won’t let this go.”
Everyone in the household knew that Zoe was the light of Victoria’s life, a treasure she protected at all costs.
But Rosa just sneered. “Get lost if you don’t want to lose your jobs. I’m going to teach both of them a lesson today.”
A knot of dread tightened in my stomach. “Rosa, what are you doing?”
Her face was a mask of venom, her aura turning ice-cold. “According to the law, you committed adultery during our marriage and even had a child. I can demand you leave with nothing and compensate me for my losses.”
The problem was, we were never married.
My hands clenched, veins popping on the back. “Rosa, you and I are not married! There was no adultery! Now put the child down!”
If she weren’t a woman, I would have charged at her. I, Sean, have never hit a woman.
Zoe’s little legs dangled in the air, kicking wildly, but she wasn’t afraid. The surrounding staff, intimidated by Rosa’s threats, didn’t dare to step in, only offering weak pleas. But Rosa ignored them.
She shot me a meaningful look. “After I’m done with this bastard, I’ll deal with you personally.”
With that, she started walking toward the door, still holding Zoe.
The staff exchanged helpless glances, but no one dared to block her path.
Finally, the butler stood in her way.
Her face darkened instantly. “What? You dare to stop me?”
The butler wiped sweat from his brow but maintained a respectful tone. “Miss, please, let’s talk this over calmly. Don’t be rash. Please put the little princess down.”
I saw my chance and lunged to grab Zoe, but Gavin blocked me. He smiled, a sinister glint in his eyes. “Sean, what do you think you’re doing? Don’t do anything foolish.”
I swung a fist into his face.
“If anything happens to my daughter, I will make you both regret ever being born.”
Gavin theatrically stumbled back into a nearby vase, hitting his head and drawing blood.
Rosa’s eyes turned red with fury, and she unleashed her rage on Zoe.
“You dare touch Gavin? I’ll beat this bastard to death!”
She lifted Zoe high, about to slam her onto the ground.
For a moment, my heart stopped.
I instinctively dove forward. “Zoe!”
Seeing Rosa’s madness, Zoe, being a child after all, finally burst into tears.
Rosa screamed at me, “Get away! I’ll deal with you later!”
I wrapped my arms around my daughter, holding on for dear life, refusing to let go no matter how hard Rosa pulled.
Finally losing her patience, Rosa grabbed a nearby flowerpot and brought it crashing down on my head. I felt a searing pain, and something warm and wet streamed down my face.
The butler and maids rushed to pull her back, but she screamed at them to stop.
“Miss, stop! That’s your uncle!” the butler cried, grabbing her arm to stop her from striking again.
Just then, a calm, elegant voice drifted in from the doorway.
“What, exactly, is going on here?”
“You had all better have a very good explanation.”

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