His Wife (A Contract Marriage Story) by Heer Mangtani

Chapter 47

GABRIEL

“You couldn’t f*cking start with that?” I know my voice is louder than I allow myself to use, especially on women, but I don’t care. Alice flinches. “You stood at the door and wasted my f*cking time instead of leading with that? Calling me?”

“Gabriel..” Alice licks her lips, looking nervous. “The caller especially said you shouldn’t be involved. You shouldn’t even be here. Please leave?”

“Like f*ck I’ll leave.” I grit. “The f*cking person who took her knows me, and you want me to leave?”

Tears fill in her eyes. “I just don’t want them to do anything to her She pauses, sniffs. “They didn’t ask us to not call the police, they only asked us to not call you.”

There should be a sense of egoistic pride in knowing that this man wasn’t scared of the police, but of me because what I would do to him once I lay my hands on him would be way worse than any law would. But I didn’t feel that. All I felt was a heaviness in my chest. “So, you called the police?”

The call came three minutes before you did,” Sam answered when Alice didn’t because she was busy trying to control her

tears.

I unwillingly turned to him. “And what the f*ck are you doing here?”

“I called him.” Alice defended, crossing her hands in front of her chest again. “And now if your questions are done, someone has still kidnapped my best friend.”

Ignoring her. I exchanged a look with my brother, who was characteristically silent since we first entered the house. He c*cked an eyebrow. “You have any idea who this could be?”

I shook my head in a small no.

His eyes turned to Alice. “What’s the ransom amount?”

She nibbles on her nails. “A million.”

“There’s no way the guy thought these guys could arrange the money without getting you involved.” Damien commented, eyes focused on me, conveniently ignoring Alice’s offended face ready to scowl something. “Can you arrange that much cash?”

“Yeah.”

“Do it. I’ll take the money to them.”

“And I’ll sit back as you save her?”

that covers his lips

is sinister.

SOFIA

feeling watched for days and striking it off as paranoia. I remembered going to the grocery store again because 1 and Alice finished all the ice cream during our stay over and I needed some more for the new baking recipe I wanted to try after dinner. I remember being lost in thought, thunking of how it had been almost a week since I last saw Gabriel, talked to him, and how he hasn’t even bothered to check on me once. I remembered opening my phone with his contact displayed and contemplating calling him, just to let him know I was going to be here for a couple more days-

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back home, my phone falling when I was dragged there with a cloth over my mouth. I remembered my silent screams and a dizzy

in

nauseating. The second was a smell, like rotten eggs or chicken, or dead mice. I couldn’t quite distinguish because of the head pain, but it was prominent, horrible, and added to the nausea I

throat felt. Like sandpaper. What made me even more uncomfortable was that my mouth. was taped, and my hands were tied behind my

slouching on something hard- maybe the floor- I couldn’t tell since it was dark, and my vision was limited. I

was no light coming in from it. It was still dark outside. I was out for

seeing, emotions kicked in. The first thing I felt

would’ve called Alice to ask if I was with her, and she would’ve

assumption that it has been more than a few hours they

Panic builds in further.

I was kidnapped.

before. I don’t think any normal person gets

And then, it clicked.

I wasn’t normal anymore.

was Sofia Whitlock. I

build in me, the panic turning into anger which dissipated

get to Gabriel?

to reach the husband I hadn’t spoken to in over a week me

hadn’t bothered to check on me in the past few days but I knew in my heart he would be here in heartbeat and pay whatever amount the person who took

sunk in my head when there was a rattling sound, and the

amount of light that came from the other end was blinding because of

on the

you he’s like a f*cking puppy, and she’s got the leash” One of them said, sounding

bound to follow.”

lion. The other man scowled in return, “If he ever gets his hand on us, he will burn us alive for

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I squirmed.

Him.