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Chapter 7
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Wife for Hire Chapter 10
CamillaLeaning back against the window, Danny slunk over and slid a plate towards me, with more of a flourish than necessary considering he'd only been asked for a burger joint."So." He cocked his head towards the window, then towards the car sitting half a block away, then back to me, too casually. "That story that was flying around... That article on all the sites: Billionaire, secret wedding, mystery bride. You don't suppose that mystery bride could be someone who just so happens to grill burgers a couple days a week at the grill line?""I don't know what you're talking about.""You're the world's worst liar, Reyes." He grinned, not pushing, just enjoying himself. "You could've told a guy you married into money instead of letting me find out from my mom's Facebook feed. I'm not saying I know anything. I'm saying the math is doing a lot of interesting things in my head right now, and I'd hate for it to land somewhere embarrassing for both of us.""The math should stop doing things
Wife for Hire Chapter 9
Rowan I didn't sleep well. That wasn't unusual on its own. I've run this company on five hours a night for most of the last decade, but the reason behind it was replaying a conversation I'd already had once in my head. Standing in that kitchen the night before, watching Camila's face go from anger to something colder and more controlled once I'd handed her a justification instead of an apology.Low-income family. Demonstrated pattern. I'd heard the words leave my mouth in real time and understood, even as I said them, that I was reaching for the nearest available weapon rather than saying anything close to what I actually meant. I don't know what I actually meant because I have thought exactly the same thing about her family for a decade. Then why did it bother me when I said the same to her? That's the part I hadn't managed to work out by the time I gave up trying to sleep around four.I hadn't gotten as far as fixing it before morning arrived instead.The dining room was already s
Wife for Hire Chapter 8
CamillaThe black SUV was already idling half a block from the diner when I got there, the driver pretending to read a newspaper the way nobody actually does anymore. Rowan had been VERY clear I didn't get a say in this, a driver and a car to haul me around like I was something breakable. Plus a security guard shadowing my shifts, apparently, whether I liked it or not.Great. So much for my freedom."You can't park there," I told him before my shift even started, arms crossed against the cold. "Marge will think I'm being stalked.""I am, technically, watching you, Mrs. Blackwood." He didn't look up from the paper. "Discreetly. Mr. Blackwood's instructions."Mrs. Blackwood. That name still gave me chills. I couldn't get used to how most of Rowan's staff had already started calling me that."Discreetly means I shouldn't be able... to see you, you know that, right?""I'm parked half a block away in an unmarked vehicle. Also, there's an energy bar in the cup holder if you want it. Got two
Wife for Hire Chapter 7
Camilla Our old apartment had one bedroom. Luz and I were together all night long, sharing the room since our parents’ deaths. We got a full-size mattress, but we couldn’t fit very well due to its saggy center part, which took us quite some time to adjust. I used to lie awake sometimes in the saggy bed. Just listening to her breath and thinking, at least I have her. At least I know exactly where she is. My room here didn't feel like a bedroom. It’s more like some kind of hotel suite nobody actually stays in. Cream walls, a bed big enough for four people, a nice-looking chaise by the windows nobody will ever be sitting on… nothing that tells me who sleeps there! No photos. No clutter. Nothing that had a story attached to it. It's just space. It was beautiful in the specific way that made me feel like I was trespassing every time I looked or sat down on anything. Luz's room, at least, had warmth to it. It had high ceilings and a window seat filled with books and this adorable little
Wife for Hire Chapter 6
Rowan On our drive home from the courthouse, Luz slept soundly against my shoulder as Camila watched the city go by. Her gaze seemed to be committing every detail to memory, preparing herself for some imaginary emergency that would force her off these streets if necessary.My phone buzzed once, low, and I checked it without making a show of it.Plate traced to a shell company. Registered address is a law office downtown. Same firm's done contract work for us before. Could be nothing. Could be someone who knows how we operate. Digging further.I read it once, filed it, and put the phone away. Someone with knowledge of how Blackwood Holdings ran its own legal affairs had parked outside my building on my wedding day. That wasn't a stranger with a camera. That was someone who knew exactly which doors to watch and when. I'd deal with it later, not in front of a nine-year-old who'd already had enough thrown at her for one day.I married Camila Reyes for a reason that had nothing to do wit
Wife for Hire Chapter 5
Camilla Teresa showed up at six thirty with a curling iron in a grocery bag and didn't bother knocking twice."You didn't sleep," she said, not really a question, setting up shop on my bathroom counter."Not really.""Sit down. Nobody needs to know that from the outside." She huffed.Luz sat on the closed toilet lid in her cute pink skirt and white tee, one of the few good dresses I can afford, watching the whole production like it was better than cartoons. She'd known Teresa her whole life, four years of borrowed sugar and babysitting favors between our two apartments. Teresa is the closest thing to a friend I have, and now she's here helping me get married. The irony. I don't want her to know what I am going through, and I did not want anyone to be at that wedding."Are you gonna wear a big dress? Like a real wedding dress?" Luz asked, a whole question mark on her face."It's not that kind of wedding, Mija." Teresa looked at me. "It's a small wedding," I faked a smile."Is there ca
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