All Chapters of The Unloved Wife Of Damien Whitmore: Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

CHAPTER 62Derek POVThe boardroom looked like a crime scene. There were three laptops running simultaneously, financial statements spread across a table, someone had drawn on a printed map with a red marker and then scratched it out.I stood in the doorway for a moment before walking in.Dean was hunched over a laptop, tracing a column of numbers with one finger. Caleb sat at the far end of the table looking like a man who hadn't slept since Tuesday and had stopped caring about the fact. Neither of them looked up when I entered.Caleb’s refusal or ability to make a wise crack, told me what kind of night this was going to be.

CHAPTER 64DAMIEN POVMarcus came in carrying a hard drive. He didn't say anything but his expression said enough. The particular stillness he got when something mattered more than he wanted to show. "I found it."I looked at the drive. The footage we weren't sure existed anymore. Weeks old, buried under whatever Cain's people had done to cover their tracks, and somehow Marcus had pulled it back from nothing."The hotel's main archive was wiped," he said, connecting the drive to the monitor on the desk. "but they missed a backup server." I stood in front of the blank screen and didn't sit down.A sudden bolt of realization hit me. If this footage proved what I suspected, it didn't undo anything I'd done to Selina"Play it," I said.The gala opened on screen.Champagne and chandeliers. Politicians shaking hands with executives. I watched myself move through it. I adjusted my collar for a moment; it was simply strange to watch your own past like footage of someone else.Marcus fast-for

CHAPTER 66SELINA POV The door hadn't fully closed behind Renata before I turned on him."Why?"He stood near the window with his hands behind his back. He stared at me like I was a piece of painting he had owned for.He had a slightly amused but patient twinkle in his eyes like my questions could wait but it couldn’t."Why me?" My voice came out steadier than I expected. "Out of every person, why me?"My knuckles were white from the pressure I exerted on the chair I was besides.He said nothing. I stared at the face in front of me and felt something strange move through me. I wouldn’t call him a friend and I wouldn’t call him a stranger also. He was something more than an acquaintance but less than a friend.I knew exactly when I had seen him before. It had been an ordinary evening. I was leaving work later than usual. The shouting came from the alley alongside the building — sharp and overlapping, the kind that meant it wasn't an argument anymore.I stopped.There were five men sur

CHAPTER 68KAIN POV The airport smelled the way airports always smelled after a long trip. I shifted my duffel to the other shoulder and joined the customs queue, rolling my neck until it cracked satisfyingly.Four weeks, and a handful of days. I had stopped counting after the first weeks because counting made it longer.My passport was stamped with brisk efficiency of someone and I moved through into the terminal. The contract had been straightforward in its requirements: no personal devices, restricted communications, full confidentiality. The kind of terms that made most people walk away from the table but I took it as a norm. The money had been serious enough to justify the silence, and the work had been clean. That was enough.I was going home. That was all I was thinking about.There was an elderly woman at the baggage carousel who couldn't reach her suitcase. I lifted it down for her without thinking much about it. A small child two carousels over had dropped a stuffed rabbit

Chapter 70Selina POVI sat down on the bed, slowly rubbing my stomach as my attention was held by a gown laid out on the bed. I stared at it, it was a latest release from some designer line I couldn’t quite remember. There was also some vitamins on the table besides me with a bottle of water. I looked at my stomach, sighed and reluctantly took the medicine.I never felt so angry for doing what was right for myself. The door opened and a guard came into the room while his counterpart stood at the door. They were beginning to relax their vigilance. Before now, two of them entered to ensure I didn’t do anything unruly. They obviously concluded I wasn’t a threat and I wasn’t going to try anything. They were right…for now.He dropped the tray and as he was about to leave. I asked a question. “Where is Sefu? I haven’t seen him around.” He paused for a second too long before he glanced at the second guard. They exchanged a look too quickly for me to understand what was passed and he nodded