All Chapters of Hired Wife: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

As I sat on the cold floor, resting against the solid bars of my cell, I reminisced about that day.I shut my eyes and those images rushed to haunt me without even giving me a moment of rest.The sound of her voice when she defended me in front of the police rang through my ears.The look of shock and disappointment on my mother's face when the Judge passed his verdict that day was plastered to my eyelids so that whenever I shut my eyes to get some rest, I was reminded of how she had collapsed and died in front of me but I couldn't even do anything.Like I could forget how I was dragged away in tears, cuffed, while my mother drew her last breath on the floors of the Court room.I wasn't even given the privilege to hold her while she died.I was so stupid and selfish.I was still swimming in the guilt and shame of my expensive mistake when that harsh voice interrupted me."Hey, Davies!" I heard the Warden's harsh voice."Your fine's been paid, unfortunately."Three hours later of paper

I threw my head back, laughing loudly."What?"I couldn't remember the last time I had a good laugh like this. I had probably forgotten what it was to genuinely laugh.Charles didn't look the bit pissed. Matter of fact, he might have well prepared ahead for my outburst.He didn't interrupt my laughter. Instead, he waited patiently for me to get a good fill, like he knew I hadn't had any in a long while."Where's the hidden camera?" I looked around the car but found nothing."This has to be a prank.""It's not a prank, Miss Davies." He corrected.It would be weird if Charles had made all this preparation just to prank me but I didn't rule that out.Pranksters were becoming extreme these days."Everything you'll need to know about the proposal is clearly stated here." He handed me the envelope which of course, I refused to open."So what? You're offering me some sort of marriage contract?" I still couldn't stop laughing.Didn't crazy things like this only happen in books and movies?"Y

This can't be happening.My contract husband cannot be him."You're joking. This has to be a mistake." I turned to Charles.He didn't frown.He didn't seem surprised.He didn't seem irritated at my reaction to who his boss was.I frowned at him.He knew- Charles knew exactly what I was to his boss."You set me up!" I yelled at Charles, feeling betrayed."He offered you a contract and you signed it, Mischief." Christopher stepped forward, rolling his eyes at me.He's always done that."Don't you dare call me that." I warned him."Or what? You're going to attack me? This is public space, Allison. If you're not going to be in your best behavior, you're going to get thrown out. I'm not going to let my future wife get thrown out of a restaurant." His teeth clenched as he pronounced 'wife'.I fell silent, unable to think up a good comeback.When we both looked at Charles, he was wearing a frustrated expression.For the first time since I met Charles, he wasn't wearing his usual polite mask.

Christopher I'm sitting in my office and typing vigorously, trying to get rid of this foreign feeling.I got angry at a lot of things, but never at a woman being with another man, especially when that woman was Allison.I have no idea why I got so worked up when she mentioned being with someone else.When I still couldn't shake off the anger, I took a walk around my office.As I did, I went through the marriage contract again, wondering if it was a good idea.Allison had no idea why I had arranged for the contract and I had no intention of letting her ever find out.If she did, she would shred the papers and walk out the door faster than I can blink.I did not need that to happen.When she first rejected the contract, I wondered if it had been a good idea to approach her.Even now, I still feel guilty for dragging her into my mess.It was my mess and my problem. I shouldn't be asking or rather, blackmailing someone into cleaning it up for me.But I had no choice.This was the only wa

Allison The smile on my face when I walked into my bedroom was so wide, my cheeks began to hurt.After many hours of thinking last night, I realized that Christopher had indeed, framed me.I half expected him to deny it when I brought it up but he didn't. That only proved that I was right.He had waited for me to reach out after our first encounter but I never did.Christopher had always been a winning obsessed freak. I know he hated that while he waited for me to reach out, I had moved on with my life.However, back then, he would rather lose than play dirty.He had so many opportunities to play dirty during school debates and sport games to win, but he never did.It was strange how a kid who although loved winning, would rather lose than play dirty, could have grown into what he now was.Sure, his mother could have been a big influence but I was sure being a business man had changed him from the kid I knew him to be.Christopher had all the connections to frame me and he used them.