His Wife (A Contract Marriage Story) by Heer Mangtani

Chapter 55

Have I mentioned how sexually frustrated I was? Because I was am. Very

And my fingers don’t excite me anymore after Gabriel worked his magic on me.

I don’t just need a release: I need a release from him. I was so desperate for one because a part of me wanted to office door and then suck him under the table.

And I felt the need all the more when I had lunch with my new hends every day and watched Mike and Eve make eyes at each other. Not love eyes. The let’**have-s*x-in-the-files-room kind of eyes

I wanted those eyes.

But the man I wanted them from had taken a vow of celibacy it seemed. I had seen him hard, felt him hard (sharing a bed does that) so I knew I wasn’t the problem. His refusal to act on it was

“We’re going to grab drinks this weekend, right?” Ethan asked everyone in general, not particularly me, but I was the first one

to nod.

Maybe I can go to a bar and let a total stranger hit on me. Then tell Gabriel so that he fingers me and gives me a mind blowing orgasm in a fit of jealousy, like he had the first time he had seen me with James

Yeah, he’ll never agree, but jealousy was exactly what it was.

“Let’s get dressed together,” Eve proposes.

“I’m so in.” Mikes chimes in.

She rolls her eyes. “I meant us girls.” Dismissing him, she turns to me. “Sof, you should totally come over. I and Liv share an apartment, and we girls can get dressed together. Olivia nods in agreement.

I smile. “Sounds like a plan to me.”

We were returning to our desks after lunch when I spot a familia face standing at the reception.

I must’ve stared a moment too long, because Olivia whispers in my car, “He’s Zach. Davis. Sup Unfortunately, he’s taken.”

hot and totally my type.

“His wife is my friend, I tell her, frowning. It felt so weird hearing how hot Zach is and that girls actually swoon on him, which makes me wonder if there were girls in this office who thought Gabriel was hot too. I mean, of course they though that, because have you seen the man? But I wondered if they ever thought they should make a move, or that they have an actual chance with him.

are your friends.” She shakes her head, and

He calls, and almost everyone

wave at him awkwardly, but he comes ahead and wraps his hands around me in a half hug anyway. “What’re you doing here?

turned to

your voice down,” I whispered. “Not

looked confused, but brought down his voice any way, “Why not? You’re like… the

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Chapter 55

to broadcast it, don’t want people do treat me differently,”

him.

knit. “Why would they treat you- Oh

“Mb-hm.” I nod.

a job?” More confusion and disbelief laces

wouldn’t, that’s why I’m

as if it all makes sense suddenly. “Maybe he’s not such ant after all. You know, after the Italy chronicles, I really was doubting his

idiot

turn to be confused. Of course Gabriel had mentioned that the reason he couldn’t come to my hometown sooner was because he left with his brother Damien

towards Gabriel’s office, completely disregarding the information I just gave

count to three to drop your hand from her

in my place before turning to him. Zach, not caring about him, grins, his hand still placed on my shoulder.

sweet.

was, until I got kidnapped. It was as if something flipped in him towards me.

chuckle nervously. “Not much to do when you can’t talk

warns again,

that sentence. Zach’s demeanour changed, his hands was off my shoulder, and he was staring at

smirked. “Was just about to

ра

Zach, as playful as he could be, was so stiff when it came to his wife. And then there

just telling Sofia how adventurous Italy was. Especially that

before I can stop because of

wasn’t like that. And the gun didn’t have any

know it didn’t have any bullets,” Zach provided more information with an innocent voice that I knew he was feigning “He found that out after the

hung open. ‘Gabriel…

towards his friend. “Is