His Wife (A Contract Marriage Story) by Heer Mangtani

Chapter 77

Chapter 77

Day 12:

There have been zero transactions?” I ask Peter.

“Zero, Sir.” He confirms, his lips thinned into a straight line.

“Has Lou called back yet?”

“No, Sir. Mrs. Whitlock and Luna both took a flight the day after she….” He pauses, looks away. “Left. And Lou found out that the flight she took went either to Chicago or Philadelphia. The authorities wouldn’t give us their CCTV footage, and your grandfather did ask the mayor to put some pressure. We still haven’t heard back from the airport authorities.”

I nod

At least she was safe.

At least she was safe.

“Call our contacts in both Chicago and Philadelphia, ask them to search for her. If they can find any reservations, any registrations under the name of Sophia Whitlock, I want to know.”

Peter nods, and then just stares at me.

Hake a breath. “What is it?”

“With all due respect, Sir. I… I don’t think she would go with Sophia Whitlock.”

Huh?

I raise my eyebrows in question

“I.. I think… I.. I believe,” he takes a deep breath as if scared for his life, “I think that she would go with the name Sophia Baker

now.”

Oh.

felt like I was being crushed by a thousand pounds. I nod without meeting his eye. “Ask them to search for Sophia

Day 17:

we were on since the past twenty minutes.

to find her. Besides, London is in

then silently curse under my breath. Every where I turn was a dead

you’re doing, Lou. Please

sounded like she wanted to say something but decided against it at the last moment. “Okay,’ she

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dark streets filling with grey clouds overhead as if there was

the ghost

become my home. I had begun

forgotten was here, clears his throat. “Maybe she doesn’t want to be found,

need to get her home, Zach. I need to… I… I lose

hide in his expressions

Day on

going

to be there to see through the expansion of the Whitlock company,

that I find my wife there, I was going to

to take off next

surprised looking at me. stopped coming home. I came once

Thad

in my office. I slept on the couch and I showered in the bath my grandfather thankfully had gotten made a few years ago when he worked all day and needed to freshen up before

couldn’t

ago.” One of the housekeepers said, and it seemed like she was sweating just by talking to me. I’m

to my

I had

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clothes into a suitcase and le get away from here, but curiosity got the best of me when the lady returned with a box and handed

packing to reveal a blue square

to me, one that had ordered all

ago.

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