All Chapters of In Bed with My Shitty Ex and his Uncle: His Contractual wife: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

Adrian’s POVI could hear the base of the music even with the Study door closed I could feel the bass thumping through the marble floors. Laughter bounced off walls.I didn’t understand parties……Never had.People pretending to like each other, pretending not to want something or each other in fact. Pretending they weren’t watching everyone else in the room like predators.Give me a boardroom or golf any day. At least there, people were honest about wanting blood.I stood in my study with the door shut, my jacket was off because it was almost 20 degrees outside, I rolled up my sleeves, I loosened my tie which I wasn't supposed to be wearing in the first place but still on because habits die hard. I pretended to read emails for almost 3 hours while actually listening to the noise outside and wondering if Elena was having fun.That thought irritated me.I didn’t throw parties to make people happy.I threw them because Cate insisted, because optics mattered, because “normal wives liked

Adrian’s POVMonday mornings were usually predictable.People running on Coffee….. The silence from the just concluded weekend and Control.I loved Mondays. But Today of all Days, my office felt like a cage.I’d paced the length of it so many times the rug was starting to piss me off. My phone sat on the desk, the screen dark, mocking me…..I was waiting for feedback from the private investigator I had hired, knowing Commission Hale was going to do a shitty investigation regardless. Elena was still in the hospital. Stable enough…..they said that she was lucky to be alive. Someone had poisoned her and an inner part of me knew it was because I had so many enemies…I had put the person I had managed to care about for a long time in danger.I knew that her being attacked was inevitable….we had found out about the toxin just in time.But what of the next one?.....What if someone tries to assassinate her with an actual gun?I gritted my teeth in annoyance….that I wasn't capable of protect

Elena’s POV“Fuck!!!……It’s not working.”My hands were slippery from her blood.I pressed harder against her neck, fingers shaking, trying to stop the blood that just wouldn’t slow down.“Stay still,” I said, voice cracking. “Please…..just stay still….I'm sure someone heard the gunshot and is coming to check it out.”The reporter let out a weak sound that might’ve been a laugh.“That’s… cute but this is Queens…. Everyone is probably hiding thinking it's thugs.” she whispered as blood streaked down her clothes.“Don’t talk,” I snapped almost in tears. “Talking wastes energy….conserve your energy”Her eyes flicked to my hands……To the blood soaking my sleeves.“You’re really bad at this,” she murmured, smiling weakly.“I know,” I said. “Shut up….Help is on the way.”She swallowed hard. “You’re shaking…..Stop shaking….You're making me scared.”“Because I’m not a murderer,” I said. “And you’re bleeding too much.”She breathed out slowly, like every inhale hurt.“Elena,” she said.I didn’t

Liam's POV They say you never forget your first love.They were right.Because I was still madly in love with Elena.Not “oh I hope she’s doing well or I wish her all the best” love…..Not even nostalgia love. The kind that sits in your chest when you thought you were okay. The kind that shows up uninvited when you’re sober, drunk, angry, or pretending you’ve moved on.I stared at myself in the mirror while the tailor’s suit hung perfectly on my body, and all I could think about was the way Elena smelled.Not her perfume….Her…..The way she had scented for years that drove me insane about her in the first place.Clean, warm. A little floral, like soap she didn’t even realize lingered. On the night of the housewarming party…..when she passed out and everything went to hell….I held her for maybe ten seconds too long.And I’d breathed her in like an addict.That should’ve scared me.It didn’t.I adjusted my collar and laughed under my breath. “Get a grip, man…..she's a married woman”T

Adrian's POV “Sir, do you want me to flag it?”I looked up from the tablet. “Flag what?”Miles hesitated, which meant it wasn’t small.He slid the screen toward me….. The guest list glowed back, pristine and alphabetical , something's in were very wrong.A. Carter +1I stared at it.“How long has that been there?” I asked.“It wasn’t on the final list you approved.”“So who added it.”“Unknown access point…..Old clearance…. maybe there's a new billionaire we don't know about.”I let out a breath through my nose…Slowly “Remove it.”“We can’t,” Miles said carefully. “It’s already been confirmed with security. Mask protocol issued…. removing it could mess up the protocol and put a lot of people at the ball at a security risk.”That was how they did it…..Slip in quietly. No noise. “Find out who they are and what they want,” I said. “And if you don’t, assume they’re here for a reason….so tell security to keep their eyes peeled for unusual things.”Miles nodded and left.The name stayed