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

in the wedding, which

eyebrows knit in utter confusion and then my eyes followed his gaze onto my hare

absent.

him, my voice fim. “I do wear our wedding band from time to time. I just forgot it at the sink counter today when I removed it

pick a ring that you like too much to forget then, hun?”

told him

without a ring, Freckles.” His glare didn’t leave his face. “We cannot have you forget your rings and creeps like Viktor Hart think you are free

five

His eyes darkened.

add. “You

“What?”

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Chapter 24

band. You don’t

Since I picked my own wedding band

I like my wedding

from small with a single diamond to large ones with multiple diamonds, different shapes and sizes, some dainty, others

of my best pieces. He said, and I had to force

you going to tell Ralph what we just spoke

about anything.” He gave me a

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

that I don’t need a

one wife, let me pamper her.” There with

have wasted

his lips. “I had read it in articles, but in

better.

him a tight smile. “You said these

They are, Sir.”

good enough. Pack

my socket. “These are thirty rings, Gabriel!” If I wasn’t in such a state of shock. I was pretty sure I

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