His Wife (A Contract Marriage Story) by Heer Mangtani

Chapter 84

Chapter 84

Two weeks later, at a few days over two months, Alex rolled for the first time. He didn’t completely roll, he jerked his body to the side looking at the sound emitting toy I’d kept there and accidentally fell on his tummy. Hence, a “roll.”

1, who was grabbing a new onesie for him after bathing him, froze.

The paediatrician had told us that they would begin rolling after three months but he’d just turned two.

Gabriel had grinned so wide, and announced his son was an ‘overachiever’.

I spent a week explaining to him that it was a one-off, that he didn’t actually mean to roll, it was accidental, but that man was a proud father who wanted to celebrate.

That’s h

‘s how we found ourselves in the city despite my hundred protests. With the twins both tucked in the backseat in their car seats, strollers packed in the boot and Gabriel driving, we were here at a fancy diner of his choice.

I looked at the twins and then at him. “Are we sure this is a celebration for the babies?”

“No, they’re too young for a celebration,” he grinned, looking up from the menu he had his face buried in. “This celebration

is for us.

“Us?” I control the urge to roll my eyes.

“Yeah. We made something awesome. Actually, two somethings.

I laugh, cringing. “Only you can say something like that.”

“And it’s pretty here,” he adds. I sigh. Between the top floor diner with glass walls overlooking the city lights and the private section we were left in so that I can have privacy to feed the twins when I need, it was pretty. Pretty… extravagant. Couldn’t fault him there.

After we place our orders, I ask him something I have been meaning to ask for weeks now. “How was your time like? In London?”

He looks at me like he was surprised at the question, and answers while his index finger is still held in Aurora’s little hand. “It was…” He paused, as if he was forcing himself to say the next word. “Lonely,”

“Lonely?”

“You know I rode the subway there instead of taking the car? It’s called the tube there, though.”

“You did?” I asked, ignoring the last part.

“In the early days of our marriage, when I had to go to a meeting and Alister asked me to take you with me, you offered to take the subway instead of bothering me,” he recalled, a gentle smile on his lips.

“I remember.” My expressions mirror his. “The meeting was at Arthur’s and you really didn’t want me there.”

“Now you know why,” he deadpanned.

“I do, I giggle, fondly remembering the early months of our marriage, the time where I fell in love with him. “I also remember you called me middle class for wanting to use the subway.”

on his lips. “I used

by trains.” I finish his sentence for

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Chapter 81

worked with there, I asked for the list of financial analysts on their

lot,” I murmur, “I was sort of

smile at the irony. “I don’t know how I could’ve been so st*pid. I guess I never thought you’d change numbers if

change numbers, I remind

of sparkling water, and I raise mine of regular water. I couldn’t have alcohol since I was breast feeding, and someone was giving me

silent acknowledgement of all that we had gone through, and somehow we were still sitting across from each other as a family, which we’ll always

six months worth of stories

he ignited the car. He had been staying up nights to let me sleep as much as I can, and the twins’ schedule had been exhausting on both

quite

drive?” I

“Aren’t you tired too?”

why driving all the way to the

for the night,” he reluctantly

who were both awake but not crying. They’d be hungry any time soon though, owing it had been two hours since I fed them. “Are you referring

his head. “That’s been shut

“Shut? You had like a million house

jobs, Freckles. I repositioned

this other place where we can

talking about wasn’t as far as I had expected from the main city. It was in a

it. It was warm and

the wrap-around porch. I followed hum inside the wooden doors to the warm homely passage leading to a living room with Aurora

this?”

“You like it?”

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a traditional touch that still looked intricately designed, but at least it was not right out

across from me, Alex

part of this house?” He asked, and I shake my head. “Let me tell you.”

of the shut rooms opens and Luna walks out, a bigger

I joke before turning

care of the babies while Sir shows

blink, as she takes little Aurora from my hand and sits next to

and let him take me through the house- the master bedroom with a his and her wardrobe, the kitchen with a rustic brick wall and open counter, an extra room, a room that is uncharacteristically empty, and then gold rimmed stairs leading to the roof with

heart was beating rapidly, I finally question him when we get back to the wrap around porch. “Gabriel,” I whisper, stopping him at the entrance of the house.

aren’t impressed

too impressed.” I say, almost

release the breath I didn’t know I was holding. “Did you not see the name

entrance?”

anymore 1 let him take me to

Sophia.

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