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?”

The smirk that covers his

is sinister.

SOFIA

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

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darker alleys on my way back home, my phone falling when I was dragged there with a cloth over my mouth. I remembered my silent

eyes opened in

that registered was a pain in my head- throbbing, radiating, nauseating. The second was a smell, like rotten eggs or chicken, or dead

sandpaper. What made me even more uncomfortable was that my mouth. was taped, and my hands were

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

no light coming in from it. It was still dark

what I was feeling and seeing, emotions kicked in.

He possibly would’ve called Alice

it has been more than a few

Panic builds in further.

I was kidnapped.

never gotten kidnapped before. I don’t think any normal person gets kidnapped. Then why

And then, it clicked.

I wasn’t normal anymore.

Sofia Whitlock. I was

the panic turning into anger which dissipated just as

me to get to

they could be using me to reach the husband I hadn’t spoken

knew in my heart he would be here in

had barely sunk in my head when there was

came from the other end was blinding because of all the dark I had

voices on

and she’s got the leash” One of them said, sounding unhappy. “You took her, he

bound to follow.”

him. He ain’t a puppy, he’s a f*cking lion. The other man scowled in return, “If he ever gets his hand on us, he will burn us alive for touching

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I squirmed.

Him.