All Chapters of Hired Wife: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

Allison Despite the stunt he had pulled off last night, I could not ignore Christopher like I wanted to.The resort had organized a game day for couples only.I wanted to pass but I remembered what Christopher had done and how everyone had seen him drag me away lasting night.If we didn't want people talking, we had to attend the game.So here I was once again, pretending to be in love with Christopher.I was standing barefoot on the white beach, wrapped in his arms like I belonged there.I wore a sundress to fit the romantic theme even more."Smile," he murmured near my ear."You look like you're hugging a bee and not your husband."I stiffened when his fingers brushed my waist and strolled dangerously close to my chest before pulling me closer to his body.I faked a laugh, pretending he had said something funny."You're a natural actress." He laughed too."I am the reason the Press hasn't realized what we really are yet." I have wanted to tell him how poor his acting is for so long

Allison I wasn't sure what to wear and I hated that it mattered."It's just dinner Allison, calm down." Yet I had tried on three different dresses.I wish Francesco had come with us, he would have done his magic and I wouldn't have to worry about anything.After trying out two more dresses, I ended up settling for a sleek off shoulder black dress.The slit stopped right above my knee, perfect for a business dinner but sinful enough that Christopher would glance twice.Not like I cared.I just didn't want to look embarrassing standing beside him.The faint sounds of footsteps behind me announced his presence before I saw him.He stopped a reasonable distance away from me to assess my look.From my hair, to my reflection then to my ass."Controlled and shameless. That's a very weird combination of you ask me.""The back of your dress is still part of your dress. I was just checking to make sure you could pick out a decent dress without Francesco's help."How arrogant."Yeah, right." I

Christopher The called connected on the first ring."Good day, Sir." Charles face appeared on my screen.In order not to raise any suspicions from Allison, I had chosen to have the call with Charles outside the Villa.While on the call, she'd think I was in a business meeting."How is my daughter doing?" This was the first question I asked him.I had missed my daughter so much, I wanted nothing more than to return to the country and hold her in my arms but I couldn't until I was sure Mathieu wasn't going to cause trouble for my family."Miss Sophia is doing fine, Sir. She's currently in school with heavy security protecting her from a distance."I could trust Charles to keep my daughter safe any day."So far, she has not been targeted. Mr Laurent never knew about her existence like you suspected he did.""Good." Mathieu was only bluffing.He knew nothing about my family he could use to hurt them."Keep it that way." I added quickly."My mother?"I knew she would be freaking out over

Christopher Pain. That was the first thing I registered- hot sharp pain ripping through my side like someone had stabbed me with a hot knife.When my body got used to the pain, my brain registered the white ceiling and antiseptic smell.Everywhere was quiet.No gunshots.No intruders.No Allison."Allison," My throat burned when I called her name.That bastard had taken her.I was a second too slow, one of the intruders had managed to shoot me before I could even get my finger on the damn trigger.If only I wasn't a second too slow, I wouldn't have been shut.Allison wouldn't have had to run without protection.That bastard wouldn't have taken her.I balled my hands into fists as I remembered everything that happened."Allison!" I screamed her name as I watched her slip into unconsciousness.I tried to stand up but my legs gave out.The more I struggled, the more I bled out."Put her down!" I yelled at the masked man but he paid me no attention.He picked up Allison like she weighed

Christopher Red Circles, blue Xs, black arrows- they overlapped so much that the map was begin to look like a chaotic smear.Despite the burning pain coursing through my bone, I stood over themsp, cross checking every inch of it."We've cleared the entire nothern ridge except for these three zones." Charles leaned at the edge of the table along with the top security officials of the Island.One of them slid three photos across the table that I greedily snatched.Each photo showed an isolated structure tucked away in the Island's nothern cliff- an abandoned construction site, a private airstrip with an old hanger and a run down fishing depot near the post.I stared intently at each photo as if they would speak to me and tell me where Allison was."The construction site is open terrain and a bad choice to hide someone- especially someone with an entire army coming to find her....""The fishing depot was too close to the coast. There was no way they would have escaped so fast without th