His Wife (A Contract Marriage Story) by Heer Mangtani

Chapter 116

Chapter 116

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Alex seemed angry. Even though I was shielded behind his back, I could just sense the waves of rage dissipating from him when his eyes flickered from the unexpected guest to Dominic.

“I don’t mean any harm,” Xander mused, throwing his hands up as if in defence.

“I doubt you can harm me,” Alex sounded… bored. Disinterested.

“The gun you’re reaching for might suggest otherwise.”

My breath gets stuck in my throat when I realise Alex’s hand was on the gun tucked into its holder which was wrapped around his trousers

like a belt- one that I didn’t even know he was carrying.

“It’s a precaution,” Alex says in the same tone, not taking Xander’s bait. “You’re uninvited.”

“We’re both in the inner circle of the Bratva. I merely came for some… bonding time.” The lie slips out of his mouth with a saccharine smile.

“What did you want to do? Paint nails and braid hair?”

“No. I was thinking of something else.” Xander’s head tilts a considerable amount till his eyes find me. “I didn’t know prostitutes were your

style.”

1 stiffen. Alex doesn’t even move a muscle. “You don’t know me enough to know my style.”

My heart lurches at the fact that Alex didn’t deny the accusation, but I decide to keep my head down and keep faith in him.

“Something we should rectify, don’t you think?” He sounded… excited. I shift further behind Alex, getting out of his gaze. “She’s pretty. You open to sharing?”

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“I don’t share.” One sentence. Three words. And my heart leapt. I needed to stop being so hopeless and find myself attracted to Alex in the s* * of times. His world was dangerous. He was dangerous. And so was Xander.

“Possessive for a prostitute, Alex?”

“What I am and am not isn’t any of your business.”

“Yeah yeah. I know. I know.” Xander mused, “I just didn’t think you were the mistress kind. You are the Pakhan’s weapon after all, he’s always Alex-this and Alex-that. I thought f**g women, wasting time was… my thing. I didn’t know you did anything except plot.”

“Xander, you have ten seconds to tell me why you’re here. After that, you’re out. Alive or dead.”

“Tch. Tch.” Xander clicks his tongue. “Does Hannah know about your… habits?”

Alex’s fist clenches.

Hannah.

there was an attack few weeks ago. He said on the phone he didn’t

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presumed I was Hannah.

then there was that article I had roughly seen on Sofia’s phone, linking Alex and

Who was she?

who was she to

last chance to step out of here alive,” Alex’s voice snaps

Xander whistles carelessly.

I will open fire if you show

hands up again like he had earlier in the universal sign for defence, and takes steps behind till he could see me

winks at me and Alex brings his gun out, and a shot was

but Xander ducks

me a moment to recover, my breathing

to Dominic who was just watching the scene. “How the f**k

told you. The man’s unhinged. I tried calling you but you

I squirm.

a disapproving manner.

ever tries this stunt again.” Alex seethes, “And I want men trailing him. I need dirt on Xander,

and I flinch. This was the first time I had heard him raise his voice. He was always so dangerously calm

does this, and gets

“On it.” And then

skin before he

him off. “Who’s

you need

gulp, my heart sinking further when his response wasn’t that she was an ex who had passed away in a

stares at me. “She’s a

of business

things. He takes a

nothing but a bandaid taping a growing bullet hole. “Who’s Hannah, Alex?” I ask again. “What kind

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business deal?”

off me. “An

part while I processed his carefully worded sentence. “An engagement?”

Alex just blinks.

gasp, an unknown kind of panic seizing my

a step towards me, and I take one

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focusing on my breathing. I shouldn’t care, every part of me instructed. But I do care. I

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one of his cheek insides, visible irritation

wearing your ring while you were

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