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Chapter 23

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Orleana's POV

What am I still doing here? What is my business within the walls of the Caldwell residence?

The thought crashed into me like a train with failed brakes hurtling into a ditch.

“I have a life to live,” I muttered to myself.

A heavy sigh followed.

“And a baby that gives hope for the future.”

My hand drifted over my stomach. I could feel the tiny lives growing inside me. This was the only thing in this life of sin that still gave me joy. Otherwise, I might have acted differently. I mi
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  • The Billionaire's Contract Wife: Six Months To Leave    Chapter 34

    Orlena's POVIt was no longer news that I had left Caldwell's mansion for good, and I had escaped through the woods where Greg had dropped me.He was like an angel sent to save me. He gave me his credit card and warned me never to show up in New York City, let alone Caldwell's mansion.The balance on the card was $6,230.I had walked through the woods for almost two days before reaching this remote town. I got a small apartment and started a completely new life.But behind all of that, one thought kept ruminating in my mind.How was I supposed to go back to the hospital in New York, retrieve my father's body, and finally pay my last respects to him?For close to three weeks, I stayed in this town.I looked around the room as deep thoughts overwhelmed my mind. I paced around it before sitting on the edge of the bed. Thinking. Calculating.My head hung low inside the small, tidy room I was trying to manage.This place was nowhere near as good as where I had come from, but it was enough

  • The Billionaire's Contract Wife: Six Months To Leave    Chapter 33

    BRENT'S POVIt was Joan!What the fuck is wrong with this lady? Why was she calling at this time?I quickly reached for my phone before it exposed me. Before it rang out and revealed my identity and where I was hidden between the chairs.I immediately silenced it and blackened the screen, then dropped the phone back into my pocket.I squeezed myself further between the chairs until those two strange people left.They drifted closer to Xavier's body. I could see them from afar, how they searched every part of him, checking his clothes to see if there was anything substantial, and I know that thing is the evidence Xavier had against me. They took something from his body, though I couldn't make out what it was from where I was hiding, and then they left the scene.Their distant voices floated through the air.I raised my head slightly. I caught a bit of what they were saying, and it all flashed into my ears.I couldn't see their faces because the darkness of the hall had swallowed them,

  • The Billionaire's Contract Wife: Six Months To Leave    Chapter 32

    Brent's POV. The message flashed itself at me. My eyes flickered on the phone several times as I looked at the message for the umpteenth time. I breathed hard, my skin pulled tight like something was pushing to get out. I hit the excavator. The air on my body had stood up. Like my spirit was about to leave me. I stood still in the middle of the excavator, hoping that the message or whatever the excavator had for me would be something worthwhile. The excavator slid gradually downward as if it was taking forever to reach the lower floor. I didn't pick anything. I didn't go back to the office. I knew my PA would do that. I didn't want anybody to know. I checked my time. It would take me nothing less than two hours to move from the office to Camden's garden, if not more. The traffic on the road was jam-packed like a distraction. However, I pray to get a bike as fast as possible. But that idea could only raise serious eyebrows. The last thing on my mind now is pictu

  • The Billionaire's Contract Wife: Six Months To Leave    Chapter 31

    Brent's POV Two days later. The Boardroom fell into silence immediately I stepped in. From floor to ceiling, tinted glass overlooked the skyline as it stretched beneath us like a kingdom carved in steel and ambition. From twenty floors below, I could see thousands of people hurried through their day, and up here, decisions were made that could alter the destiny of almost all the industries. I adjusted the cuff of my charcoal suit and headed to the head of the twelve-metre conference table. “Good morning, everyone,” I uttered with a smile on my face. The directors replied with nods and respectful smiles. Some of them were my father's mates who went to build this company with my father till death took him quickly away. And for nearly eight years, I had been in this position as the chairman of Caldwell group, a decision they first kicked against me at the beginning, before results started showing up.Today would be one of our most important meetings of the year. The giant screen

  • The Billionaire's Contract Wife: Six Months To Leave    Chapter 30

    Brent's POV The siren of the Van was blaring even louder right in front of me. I had suddenly become a government official with a noisy entourage and no visible impact.But regardless, my heart felt as heavy as stones in still water.My mind couldn't let go of the revelation Dr. Gran had given me in his office.That Orlena's sudden disappearance had something shady behind it. That she wasn't the one who poisoned Eli.That he was so sure she couldn't have done it.But the painful part was the revelation about Agent Smith and Agent Fabian being dirty cops.The way Dr. Gran had spilled everything in his office without holding anything back against those two men. Like he had known them forever.Like they had wined and dined together.Why would I be so stupid as to allow people like that into my house?But I wouldn't say anything yet until I got a private investigator to look into them.My mind ran through who could help me do the job.I scrolled through my phone contacts. Then I saw som

  • The Billionaire's Contract Wife: Six Months To Leave    Chapter 29

    Joan's POVHurray! She is gone. Orlena is gone for good!The words felt like a celebration rather than mere spoken words.That stupid, stubborn, classless filth. I had tried my best to get rid of her.From the gang in downtown New York that I hired for the job, to paying them and hiring an oncologist to poison that stupid boy called Eli.In a way that if Eli died, it would clear the path for Orlena to leave. Since Orlena had always wanted to leave. That plan failed too.Thank God I wasn't exposed, that would be calamitous. I had to contact those gang members to eliminate that oncologist with the loose lips. The moment they played the footage of that stupid quack doctor moving Eli from one ward to another with Orlena, I knew I was in trouble.That loose-mouthed oncologist needed to be taken out of the picture.First and foremost, I was glad it was successful.I had to close the chapter on those New York gang members.I had to close the chapter on the New York gang and get another ope

  • The Billionaire's Contract Wife: Six Months To Leave    Chapter 8

    Orleana’s POV. I shook my head, pouted my lips. “Never mind,” I let out, my voice below whispers. “None of it concerns you…”“I shouldn't mind?" Brent lifted his brow in concern. He wanted to move closer. “Yeah, don't," I replied, nodding my head. Joan suddenly cut in. Her voice was sharp like

  • The Billionaire's Contract Wife: Six Months To Leave    Chapter 7

    Orlena’s POV Joan twisted her lips. Her face curled into something that felt like a mere performance. The air in the room stood still. I watched her walk past me like I was a piece of furniture. Like the six years I had spent with Brent and taking care of Eli meant nothing. She handed one pape

  • The Billionaire's Contract Wife: Six Months To Leave    Chapter 6

    Orlena’s POV. “Little gift?” The word parted my lips, “I think you're mixing it up somewhere.” I let out a hard smile. The sound came out brittle, like I was crushing a dry leaf under my foot. “Was I?” “Yeah,” I replied, nodding. At this time, the smile had dissolved into something I coul

  • The Billionaire's Contract Wife: Six Months To Leave    Chapter 5

    Orlena’s POVI had buried my father in my heart that morning, but painfully, the universe is asking me to stay and care for a child who wasn't mine and who would never be mine. Isn't that cruelty? The thought of that almost made me laugh. “Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia?” I muttered the words repe

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