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

is sinister.

SOFIA

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

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

in a

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 was

thing was how dry my throat felt. Like sandpaper. What made me even more uncomfortable was

and my vision was limited. I could make out that the room was small,

from it. It was still dark outside. I was

registered what I was feeling and seeing, emotions

yet. He possibly would’ve called

to my assumption that it has been more than a few hours they

Panic builds in further.

I was kidnapped.

don’t think

And then, it clicked.

I wasn’t normal anymore.

Whitlock. I was

anger which

to get to Gabriel?

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

husband who hadn’t bothered to check on me in the past few days but I knew in my heart he

when

from the other end was blinding because

two voices on the other end.

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

bound to follow.”

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

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I squirmed.

Him.