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Married To My Best Friend; Her Blood, My Passion Chapter 45: The First Date ( Affair)
POV: EvansI stood in my closet, staring at the navy suit Valarie had demanded I wear. It felt like putting on a clown costume for the saddest show on earth. My older brother, David, had just left, leaving behind a trail of cold fear and the huge mess he made by getting rid of Calix. Now, I was facing a different kind of monster: Valarie, the blackmailer.I had told Hailey I had an urgent late-night meeting with investors, another lie piled onto the mountain. The truth was, I was driving to Valarie’s fancy apartment for our first official "date," or what she liked to call our secret affair meeting.I checked the time. Seven-thirty PM. I felt physically sick. Every second I spent with Valarie was another betrayal to Hailey, but I had to keep going. Valarie had those dangerous secrets—the video of her kissing me and the proof that she was working with Dr. Frost—which meant she still had the power to hurt Hailey and Nancy. I had to play her game until I found a way to win.I drove to Val
Married To My Best Friend; Her Blood, My Passion Chapter 44: Introducing David
POV: HaileyI woke up feeling wonderful, like I’d finally gotten rid of a terrible cold. The confusion from yesterday was gone, and my head felt clear and focused. I remembered Evans and me having a big, sad talk about the lies, and how he confessed he was hiding Nancy, the orphan girl, to keep her safe. He was so honest, and I told him I forgave him.Calix, I remembered with a frown. That weird man who kept telling me scary, crazy things. I shook my head, realizing I must have been so stressed that I believed him for a moment. He was just a troublemaker who wanted to break up my marriage. I felt much better now that I had put that whole mess behind me.I went downstairs, feeling a new sense of peace. Evans was already in the kitchen, looking a bit tired but smiling warmly.“Morning, sleepyhead,” he said, kissing my forehead. “You slept for twelve hours. Are you feeling better?”“So much better,” I said, hugging him tight. “I’m sorry for being so dramatic yesterday. I love you, and I’
Married To My Best Friend; Her Blood, My Passion Chapter 43: The Kidnapping And The Rival
POV: David WilsonI was sitting in my top-floor office, watching the city turn grey as the sun began to rise. I wasn't just working; I was waiting. I had already sent Evans a chilling text message—Calix is being dealt with. I suggest you focus on your business and keep your wife contained—just to let my younger brother know I was in control. Evans was too slow, too messy, and too emotional to handle a threat this serious.I pulled up the screen on my secure tablet. It showed a live feed from a camera planted near the cheap motel where that pest, Calix, was hiding. He was the root of all the recent embarrassment: the talk of "special bloodline," the claims about the basement, and the threats against the Wilson name.Calix had to go.I had given Evans a chance to handle the problem like a man, but I knew he would try to be soft. He would try to "just scare" Calix, as he planned with his simple-minded investigator, Marcus. I had already canceled Evans’ soft plan and replaced it with mine
Married To My Best Friend; Her Blood, My Passion Chapter 42: The Price of Silence
POV: EvansI watched Hailey wake up very slowly, like a computer restarting after a huge, forced shutdown. I sat in the armchair across the room, feeling every second of the fourteen hours she’d been asleep. My whole body ached from staying awake and waiting, but the pain was nothing compared to the guilt eating me alive.When she finally pushed the blanket aside and sat up, my heart hammered against my ribs. I saw the sunlight catch her face. She looked peaceful, but her eyes, when they met mine, were hazy and strange. The sharpness, the anger from yesterday, was gone.“Hailey, you’re awake,” I said quickly, standing up and kneeling right beside the sofa. I forced a look of simple worry onto my face. “You’ve been asleep for nearly fourteen hours. I was so worried about you.”She looked at me, trying to sort out her feelings. I could see her mind working, trying to grab the details of our enormous, shattering fight, but failing. The Memory Cocktail was working. I had won the battle, b
Married To My Best Friend; Her Blood, My Passion Chapter 41: The Memory Cocktail
POV: EvansI watched Hailey sitting on the cold floor of the secret basement, staring at Nancy’s glass chamber. Her face was blank, like someone had erased all the color and life from it. She looked completely broken, and it was all my fault.I knew I had failed. I had promised Hailey no more lies, but in that moment, seeing her total devastation, I knew the full truth was too heavy for her. It made her weak, and right now, weakness was deadly. Dr. Frost and Valarie were closing in. Hailey couldn't fight them if she was broken by my betrayal.She had asked me to leave her alone to think. I went back upstairs, but I didn't go far. I walked into my private office and locked the door. I had to fix this, and I had to fix it now, before she ran to Calix or, worse, went straight to the police.I walked over to a hidden safe built into the wall. Inside wasn't money or jewels, but a small, locked metal box. I opened it with a special code. Inside was a tiny, glass vial filled with a clear, sh
Married To My Best Friend; Her Blood, My Passion Chapter 40: The Glass Secret
POV: HaileyThe drive home later that day was stuffy, terribly so, and the silence was heavy, really heavy, like a lead blanket thrown over us, we hadn't spoken anything since we left the café where Evans and Calix had that terrifying fight, and every minute felt like an hour, truly unending. I sat staring out the window, clutching the manila folder Calix had given me, the papers inside crinkling loudly, feeling the sharp points of the corners poking my chest, physical proof of the nightmare that was now my life.Evans finally parked the car in our mansion's garage, but neither of us moved right away, we just sat there in the quiet darkness, with the engine off, the air thick with everything we hadn't said, all the secrets that had just exploded in my face."Say something," I finally managed to whisper, my voice was barely there, thin and wobbly, like a guitar string about to snap, "tell me it’s not true, tell me Calix was crazy, just say anything, Evans, please, lie to me one last ti
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