His Wife (A Contract Marriage Story) by Heer Mangtani

Chapter 28

I shouldn’t really be surprised when I found out that the Whitlocks had their private jet, but I was. Gabriel had huffed on seeing my open mouth and then said ‘you didn’t think we’d fly with other people, did you?

His plane wasn’t anything like what they show in movies. It wasnt huge with rooms or anything. It was small, a few seats. facing each other on one end, white leather couch on the other, ample of space to walk in between. There was a separate section behind with a bathroom and a shower, and a small single bed to sleep in. On the other end was a separate section for two air hostesses, and the cockpit.

Gabriel had my passport with him, and I was thoroughly impressed. Getting married in such a rush, even I didn’t know where my passport was

“Do you always take your jet?” I asked him once we were settled in, and the jet was gearing to take off.

“Almost always. He replied, watching me keenly as I looked out of the window. “Are you nervous?”

“No. I like flying.”

He raised an eyebrow, looking amused. “Couldn’t you be scared like so many girls are and hold my hand or something?”

“So many girls, huh?” I retorted, “You fly a lot of girls?

His lips pursed. “You’re the first.”

Then who told you girls are scared while taking off?”

of his friend I had met at the charity gala made its

“Anna is. When I fly with Zach and Anna.” He told me and a meal image of I way into my mind.

“You’ve really never flown a girl to another country before?” I teased him, “I was under the impression that you were a pl*yboy when I married you.”

He gave me a lopsided smile. “Don’t believe everything the tabloids tell you, Freckles. I mean, I did sleep around a lot, but that starts and ends in the bedroom. You don’t fly a one-night girl to another country.”

“Hm.” I muttered, the mental image of him and countless woman in hotel rooms not sitting well with me. “So, you never a serious girlfriend?”

ral

Gabriel paused, his unfazed facade slipping for a brief moment did. I guess.”

“Oh. That reply, I hadn’t expected. A part of me hoped it was puppy love at thirteen and he got his heart broken so he swore off love, and not an adult serious relationship. I didn’t ask more questions about it, and he didn’t offer any information.

As we took off in silence, I let myself wonder what Luna had packed for me. It didn’t matter a lot because I could shop again. We were in Italy after all, and I had a black Amex. My husband’s, but I had it, I could throw a shopping fit. He wouldn’t mind.

And the sex. There was going to be sex.

The thought of it, the very thought of being naked in the bed with the man sitting across me made me feel wet.

I had always been someone with a low sex drive to the point where I had considered going to the doctor, and I didn’t recognise this side of me. The side that was greedy for sex, hungry, passionate, even giving and not just receiving.

“Are you thinking of me, Freckles?” Gabriel broke my small reverie.

“What?”

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you thinking of

I be

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with the way your cheeks are all red and there’s that smile on your face, if you’re

of any man. I lied, pursing

yourself? That I approve

could feel the blood rushing beneath my cheeks. “No.

an

I

to

I’m just not saying it because we haven’t had

I can change that.” Gabriel unbuckled his seat belt and I threw an empty plastic cup from its

him, the one that laughed, the one that teased, the one

it anymore. My heart fluttered. I liked the man.

Italy My voice faded when blonde hair peeked between us and my head snapped to the side to look at the air hostess. She had blonde hair to her shoulders it a little mess, her plump lips a tangy red and her pale skin covered in a fake

first button of her shirt unbuttoned and

like always. Mr. Whitlock?”

professional? She was pretty, okay. But the loose shirt, showing

had a parched throat. Maybe you could

hostess’

Gabriel didn’t acknowledge her.

love a

watched as she disappeared where she

“So? What’s the

“What story?

“With you and Katy

at me for a long time. Never been

That’s all?

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“That’s all.”

you know… done

I

a

“You employed her?”

did when he bought the plane. I highly doubt she

“Hm.”

consider it

“What? Naked stiff?”

smile turned wider.

I said, my voice soft. “If you f*ck a woman while we’re married, I

“Didn’t you call me a caveman just

“I don’t do exclusiveness unless it’s a two

“It is.”

the thought of me not being with him the next time he’s on

or worse, more naked when he’s alone

Gabriel is a hot man, and his power is a magnet for

I got up. Gabriel picked his head from

way,” he said when he saw

replied, and I didn’t need to look back to know