His Wife (A Contract Marriage Story) by Heer Mangtani

Chapter 51

Chapter 51

The small party lasted for a few hours. We had lunch, and boy, was I happy to taste food other than that from the hospital.

I think I must’ve had the most that day, like a teenage boy with an insatiable appetite,

Zach and Anna had some wine, they made jokes about the time the three of them used to hang g out and Gabriel used to

third wheel them.

I didn’t talk, but they filled the silence enough.

I was tired when Gabriel kicked them out. He does that a lot these days, I realised. It wasn’t just Sam. Any time I felt drowsy. he didn’t hesitate asking any company we had, to leave.

Zach and Anna didn’t mind his bluntness. They were used to it. They were his found family.

It was early evening when we went upstairs and Gabriel c*cked an eyebrow at me. “Where are you going?” He asked.

I blinked, confused. “Room?”

He smiled. “You’re cute,”

I knew he was just teasing me and not complimenting, but my checks heated. Oh, I really was in trouble. “What?”

“I asked Luna to shift some of your things to my room,” He replied nonchalantly. “Only some, because I didn’t have space for all of it. Once you’re feeling better, I can call in my interior designer who can help you make changes to the room to fit your wardrobe needs.”

I just stared at him for a second too long, flabbergasted. “What?” sounded like a broken tape recorder.

“What?” He repeated. “You didn’t think I was going to let you live alone at the end of the hallway, did you?” An eyebrow was raised again, and then his lips lifted to reveal a smug smile. “Besides, we’re husband and wife. Don’t you think we should start acting like it?”

Had he forgotten the whole Lily thing that happened just before I left? It was two weeks before, but the sting that I had been trying to ignore still felt fresh when I thought about it.

“Gabriel. Reluctance must clear in my voice, because he sighed

“Just come, please?”

I stare, sigh, and then nod.

He leads the way.

Once we’re in his room, I see it. The pastel pink throw over shifted from my room to his, a stark contrast to his modern furniture. An emptied wardrobe which originally had his business suits was now lined up with shoes and bags, and I’m assuming my clothes were in the added wardrobe.

frame that was on my nightstand, a childhood picture of my parents and

is also shifted.

me keenly take in. “And if you don’t want me to share the bed with you, I will be happy to

to tease,

have all the privacy you

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Chapter 51

believe that the man I had fallen in love with did more than care

hm?” He steps. ahead, wraps one of his arms around my back. “We’ll talk about it after you heal. I know I wronged you by not telling you

ou a bath?”

smile escapes me. He reflects it, placing a feather kiss

raise my eyebrows

get used to it since I have self-appointed myself

I laugh.

just kept looking at

gaze, I bite my lower

“Nothing”

He really did give

to the bathroom. In moments, I could hear the water

about running

bathrobe, figuring I’d ask Luna about it later. I could ask now, but I

stood in the bathroom in front of the long mirror, the clothes I

left breast, all the way to the right, and

It hurt.

of the medications, touching it stung me. This was the first time I was seeing the mark it left, multiple of them. In the hospital, all my showers were

It was clear now.

my wrists and ankles, the one on the ankle being more prominent. There were multiple other bruises

hurt in

undivided attention and pain, because I didn’t realise when the bathroom

I needed help. He said it would save him the trouble of breaking the door. He was also paranoid, because I hadn’t been left alone since I was found,

think he thought I would breakdown. Or get scared. Maybe

I felt numb.

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Gabriel stood behind me.

Even though I was wearing lingerie, I would tell him, ‘so much for the privacy you

didn’t

on Gabriel in the mirror, and his on my body. They wandered, through every bruise, every mark, every

his eyes dissipating to give way to anger before he looked up at me. “Never again,” he promised, “I will burn the world if it means that the warmth of the flames will keep you warm. No one. except me will ever touch you again, and if they f*cking try, I will cut

both

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