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?”

smirk that covers his lips

is sinister.

SOFIA

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

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into one of the darker alleys on my way back home, my phone falling when I was dragged there with a cloth

in a dark

eggs or chicken, or dead mice. I couldn’t

even more uncomfortable

maybe the floor- I couldn’t tell since it was dark, and my vision was limited. I could make out that

coming in from it. It was still dark outside. I was out for a couple

what I was feeling and seeing, emotions kicked in. The first thing I felt

grandpa must be waiting for me, and panicking that I hadn’t reached yet. He possibly would’ve called Alice to ask if I was with her, and she

been more than a few hours they would be

Panic builds in further.

I was kidnapped.

kidnapped before. I don’t think any

And then, it clicked.

I wasn’t normal anymore.

Whitlock. I

panic turning into anger which dissipated just as

they using me to get to Gabriel?

felt hollow. The thought that they could be using me to reach the husband I hadn’t spoken to in over a week me even more nauseous than I

bothered to check on me in the past few days but I knew in my heart he would be here in heartbeat and pay

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

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

on the other

got the

bound to follow.”

other man scowled in return, “If he ever gets his hand

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I squirmed.

Him.