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.

wife and his friends are your friends.” She shakes her head, and before I could say anything at all, Zach’s

“Sofia?” He calls, and almost everyone around’s attention falls on

but he comes ahead and wraps his hands around me in a half hug anyway. “What’re you doing here? And where’s that idiot husband

turned to

down,” I whispered. “Not everyone knows I’m

brought down his voice any way, “Why

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people who know… know. I just didn’t want to broadcast it, don’t want people do treat me

him.

eyebrows knit. “Why would they treat you- Oh You’re

“Mb-hm.” I nod.

husband let you get a job?” More

why I’m working

makes sense suddenly. “Maybe he’s not such ant after all. You know, after

idiot

my hometown sooner was because he left with his brother Damien for Italy, but what they exactly did in those six

towards Gabriel’s office, completely disregarding the

have until I count to three to drop your hand from her shoulder,”

I jump in my place before turning to him. Zach, not caring about him, grins, his hand still placed on my shoulder. “We bonded when she was healing. Zach

sweet.

our interaction was, until I got kidnapped. It was as if something flipped in him towards me. and he was suddenly a lot more friendlier. As if a kidnapping was what it took for him to accept me

to do when you can’t

Davis. Gabriel warns again,

demeanour changed, his hands was off my

just smirked. “Was just about to say she’ll

ра

so stiff when it came to his wife. And then there

his. “I was just telling Sofia how adventurous Italy was. Especially that time

because of our surroundings. He jumped in front

that.

provided more information with an innocent voice that I knew he was feigning “He found that out after

open. ‘Gabriel… you could’ve

didn’t” My husband muttered, turning quickly towards his friend. “Is there a reason you’re