Semua Bab Be Mine Again, Dear Wife: Bab 31 - Bab 40

Harper walked into the elevator with Tyson right behind her, the doors sliding shut with a soft ding. The space was suddenly too small. Her lips still tingled from the kiss, and her cheeks refused to cool down.She pressed her back against the wall, her arms crossed tightly over her chest, and stared straight ahead at the glowing floor numbers.Tyson didn't say anything at first. He just leaned one shoulder against the opposite wall, hands in his pockets, watching her with that calm, steady gaze that always made her feel seen in a way that was both comforting and unnerving.The silence stretched. Finally she couldn't take it anymore."You shouldn't have done that," she said.Tyson tilted his head. "Kissed you?""Yes." She forced herself to meet his eyes. "In front of him. Like that. It was... too much."He pushed off the wall slowly, taking one step towards her. Then another. He closed the distance just enough that she had to tilt her chin up to hold his gaze."Too much?" he re

Oliver moved through the perimeter of Malakai's property like a trained killer. No floodlights swept through the lawn. No motion sensors chirped. He almost laughed under his breath.Malakai really had lost his touch. Or maybe he'd never had it in the first place.Oliver slipped past the side gate, crossed the service drive, and stepped inside, as silent as a night predator.Oliver's smile grew behind the matte black mask that covered everything but his eyes.Harper had offered him money for this job. A ridiculous sum, actually. He hadn't laughed in her face only because she had looked so determined when she had said it. Money? He didn't need her money. What he needed was the perfect opportunity to watch Malakai Blackwell beg. To see sweat bead on that arrogant forehead.He drew the suppressed Glock from the small of his back.The hallway was dark except for a single wall light. He moved past framed photos—Malakai and Harper on their wedding day (she looked so young and painf

Maddison's smile widened, her blue eyes twinkling with a manic gleam. "I'm glad," she whispered. "I'm so glad you finally proved me right. All those years of playing the perfect, long-suffering wife... and the moment you snapped, you turned into exactly what I always said you were." She leaned in until her lips brushed Harper's ear. "Malakai never willingly cheated on you," she breathed. "Not even once." Harper froze. She was lying. She had to be. That night, she saw the text. She smelled feminine perfume on him, didn't she? "He didn't even know he was truly in love with his wife. But I could see it. So, I preyed on his feelings. Do you really think he would be so bitter about you cheating if he didn't care the slightest bit about you?" Harper's heart plummeted straight into her stomach, bile threatening to push up the back of her throat. Maddison pulled back just enough to watch Harper's face. "Every single time we had sex," she continued softly, "he never remembered i

The handcuffs slipped shut around Harper's wrists. Cold metal bit into her skin, but she didn't flinch. She didn't even resist when the two officers—one male, one female—took her elbows and guided her away from Malakai's glass-walled room.She didn't look back.Especially not at Malakai's pale hand lifting weakly from the sheets, his trembling fingers reaching for her."Harper—" His voice cracked, barely audible. "Harper... don't—"She kept walking.The officers didn't speak. They didn't need to. Anita's accusations had been loud enough for the entire ward to hear."She tried to kill my son. She sent someone. Arrest her."Maddison had stood silently behind Anita, one manicured hand resting on her bump, her lips curved in the most satisfied smile Harper had ever seen.No one asked Harper for her side or if she wanted a lawyer.No one asked anything at all.They led her down the corridor, past the elevators, through a side exit that smelled of bleach and old coffee. A police cruis

Harper froze at the door, her mind reeling. What was Oliver doing here? Worse, she was sure she had heard him mentioning L to Malakai. She watched him as he straightened, refusing to meet her piercing gaze. His hand hovered over the back of his head. Then he rubbed his neck, a nervous expression on his face."I just came to visit. I mean, we're old friends and all," he said with an awkward smile.Inside, he was panicking. He'd never been caught off guard like this before. He didn't even know how to cover up before she saw right through his mask. All he could do was fumble for a pathetic excuse.Harper's gaze dipped and rested on Malakai, whose breathing was too heavy and too fast. The front of his hospital gown was rumpled as if someone had grabbed it in a scuffle. His face was incredibly pale with fresh sweat dripping down his face. Even the blood stain on the bandage seemed to have grown bigger.There was no way Oliver would attack someone in this condition, right?She swallo