His Wife (A Contract Marriage Story) by Heer Mangtani

Chapter 24

Chapter 24

The transparent glass doors opened to a jewellery store.

“Gabriel, why’re we here?” I asked him in a murmur, following higvinside nonetheless. All the employees in the shop stood up upon seeing us enter, all eyes on my husband, and a man who looked like the manager of the store stepped in front..

“Mr. Whitlock? Welcome back. We weren’t expecting you. Is this about the necklace you had your eyes on?”

I battled my eyelashes. A necklace? For who?

“No.” Gabriel seemed to have stiffen up upon hearing the question. “Ralph, this is my wife Sophia. Sophia, this is Ralph, the

store manager.”

“Mrs. Whitlock, it is such a pleasure to meet you,” The man with blonde hair who appeared to be in his mid forties stepped ahead and shook my hand, and I gave him a polite smile and a nod, too surprised to speak.

“How can I help the two of you today?”

My husband cleared his throat. “We’re going to be looking at rings, Engagement rings and wedding bands, both

“What is the budget, Mr. Whitlock?”

A smug smile settled on his lips. “When have I ever given you a budget, Ralphe?”

“Touche. This way please. Ralph chortles lightly, leading us into separate room, smaller than the original, dark wallpapers with a red leather couch and a marble table to display jewellery, While he pulled out rings to show us, I tugged at Gabriel’s

“Why are we here?” I asked him in a hushed whisper

“To select a ring you like, of course”

“But why?”

“Since you

you were made to wear in the

knit in utter confusion and then my eyes followed his gaze onto my hare ring linger, the

absent.

lightly under my breath. “Gabriel,” I tell him, my voice fim. “I do wear our wedding band from time to time. I just forgot it at the sink

like too much to forget then, hun?” He gave me a pointed

told

his face. “We cannot

the next five months anyway.”

His eyes darkened.

“You don’t

“What?”

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Chapter 24

band. You don’t wear

that case, pick one for me too. Since I picked my

We are going home. I like

returned with an assortment of differing rings, from small with a single diamond to large ones with multiple diamonds, different shapes and sizes, some dainty,

So I pulled all of my best

called him softly “Are you going to

gave me a smile

my eyes as I turned to the store manager, “Actually, Ralph, we are so sorry

don’t need a new ring just

just one wife, let me pamper her.” There with the

have wasted

so adorable. Ralph commented, a toothy grin on his lips. “I had read it in articles,

better.

“You said these are some of

They are, Sir.”

good enough. Pack all

thirty rings, Gabriel!” If I wasn’t in

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