All Chapters of The Wrong Vow, My Perfect Match : Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

73 Chapters

Chapter Forty One

CharlieAfter crazy Serena had burned the papers, I was utterly convinced that I was not getting out of this marriage easily.I had sat in front of that fireplace for a long time after she went back to bed, staring at the ash, and the thing that kept circling my mind was not the inconvenience of reprinting documents or the delay to the legal process, it was the calm on her face when she turned around, the absolute absence of regret, like she had done something completely reasonable and was prepared to do it again.I called Harrison first thing that morning."She burned them," I said when he picked up.He paused for a second. "The divorce papers?""Every page. She burnt everything."He kept quiet, longer this time. "Are you somewhere you can talk?""I am in my car," I replied, pulling out of the driveway before Serena could appear at a window and watch me leave."Alright," Harrison sighed, I could hear him thinking, the particular silence of a man reorganizing his approach. "This is n

Chapter Forty Two

EvelynI had waited for Julian to come home, not because I missed him, well not entirely, but because I wanted to see the look on his face when he found out I was going somewhere he had absolutely no idea about.He did not come home.By seven the makeup artist was packing up her kit and looking at me the way people look at something they are proud of."Ma'am," she said quietly, stepping back to take me in fully, "I have been doing this for eleven years and I have never seen such beauty in all my life."I smiled at my reflection and said nothing because there was nothing to add.The gold dress hit differently tonight, sharper somehow, and my hair was pinned in a way that made my neck look long and my posture deliberate, and I looked exactly like a woman who had somewhere to be and intended to be felt when she arrived.I walked to Leo's room first.He was already asleep, one arm thrown over his face the way he always slept, his mouth was slightly open, his toy figures lined up along the

Chapter Forty Three

CharlieWhat in the world was wrong with Serena.I was reading her text for the third time when Frank caught up with me in the parking lot, slightly out of breath, his jacket was open and his keys were jangling in his hand."Bro, we have to talk," he called out, falling into step beside me."Not now Frank," I muttered, my eyes were still on the screen."Would not be home tonight. Love, wifey." I read it again and felt something between relief and suspicion because with Serena those two things were rarely far apart."Serena is crazy," I announced, not entirely to Frank, "Serena is damn crazy."Frank slowed. "What is the matter?""Nothing," I replied, shoving the phone into my pocket, "I am just tired, what does she even mean she will not be home tonight, where the hell is she going?"Frank looked at me for a moment and then did the thing he always did when he thought I was overreacting, which was laugh, the short easy laugh of a man who had never been married to Serena."Just one of th

Chapter Forty Four

Evelyn"What the fuck Serena," I screamed.She stood in front of me with her arms crossed and her head tilted with that slow unbothered smile that I had grown up watching her use on people she had already decided she had won against."Well, well, well," she murmured, moving around me slowly, "look who we have here, tied to a chair like some animal.""Serena, watch your tone," I snapped.She stopped walking and turned to face me and the smile sharpened. "Or what?" She stepped closer, close enough that I could smell her perfume, the same one she had worn since we were teenagers."You are going to call the police?" She laughed, low and unhurried. "That is all the power you have got, but me," she spread her arms slightly, "I have all the weapons that can blow your head clean off your shoulders." She tilted her chin. "Look around you."I looked.Men lined the walls, four of them at least, armed in a way that made the room feel smaller than it already was, their expressions were flat and co

Chapter Forty Five

CharlieMy phone chimed with a text and my heart immediately skipped.I looked at the screen expecting Frank's name but it was a number I did not recognize, and below it a string of digits with a short message that read, Julian Carver, Evelyn's business partner, call him.Before I could process it my phone buzzed again, Frank calling back."Yo bro," Frank said the moment I picked up, "I could not get her number but I got you the next best thing, that guy she was with at the gala, Julian, I sent you his number, call him, I am sure he can reach her.""Frank, thank you," I replied, already pulling the number back up, "seriously, thank you.""Do not make it weird," Frank muttered and ended the call.I dialed Julian immediately, standing beside Evelyn's empty car in the middle of an empty road with her ID card still in my hand.He picked up on the third ring."Julian Carver," he answered, his voice was crisp and alert for a man receiving a call from an unknown number at this hour."Hi, thi

Chapter Forty Six

EvelynI continued to scream hoping that my voice would make someone come to my rescue, whoever Serena was speaking to on that phone, I needed them to hear me, needed them to know I was here, needed that one thread of sound to travel far enough to matter.The call ended.Serena turned from the phone slowly and looked at me with the particular stillness of a woman who had just run out of patience entirely, and then she crossed the room and hit me across the mouth with her fist.My head snapped sideways and I felt the split at my lip immediately, warm and sharp, and before I could recover the second punch landed at my jaw and the chair rocked with the force of it."You stupid bitch," she hissed, grabbing my face with one hand and forcing me to look at her, "what were you trying to do, what exactly were you trying to do?"I spat blood onto the concrete floor and looked at her directly. "I was trying to make sure someone knows where I am."She hit me again."Speak," she screamed, her comp

Chapter Forty Seven

CharlieHearing Evelyn's voice was not the only horror I had to go through at that moment, knowing the man standing beside me could possibly be hers was another one entirely.I lowered the phone slowly and stood there with it in my hand and Julian was watching me from across the bonnet of Evelyn's car, reading my face the way people read faces when they already suspect the answer.He walked over. "Any news?""That was my wife," I told him."So?" he asked, and his voice was careful, measured, the voice of a man holding himself very still."I could hear a woman screaming in the background," I replied, "it sounded like…""Evey," Julian completed, and he was already turning toward the police officers before I could respond."There has been a development," Julian told the officers, and laid out everything I had just said with the clean efficiency of someone who did not waste words. I stood behind him watching the way he moved, the way he took charge of the situation like it belonged to him

Chapter Forty Eight

EvelynSerena was snickering again, that low private sound she made when she thought she had already won something.I did not know if she was planning to kill me and dump my body somewhere no one would find it, but whatever her plan was I was not going to die easily, not here, not like this, not tied to a chair in a warehouse while my sister laughed at me.Not when I had a son that needed me.My wrists were raw and my shoulders ached from where the plank had landed but I could still feel the give in the rope if I twisted a certain way, slight but present, and I kept working at it slowly while I watched her move around the room, talking to one of the men in a low voice, occasionally glancing at me the way you glance at something you have already decided the fate of.I needed to buy time."You know," I said, keeping my voice conversational, "I never thought you would go this far."Serena did not look at me. "Nobody asked you.""I am just saying," I continued, "kidnapping is a considerab

Chapter Forty Nine

CharlieSeeing Serena with a gun pressed against Evelyn's head was one thing, standing beside the man who was possibly in love with her while watching it happen was another thing entirely.The special unit had moved fast once we pleaded over the phones, no unnecessary conversation, no wasted motion, just vests thrown at Julian and me with instructions to stay behind them at all times.I had called Frank as well.He appeared at my shoulder from somewhere without explanation, which I was grateful for because Frank's presence was the only thing keeping me from doing something the unit would have to physically stop me from doing.We drove in convoy, three vehicles, fast and quiet, and I sat in the back with my hands flat on my knees and Julian across from me and nobody talking, just the low crackle of police radio and the city disappearing behind us as we moved further from it.My leg was shaking and I pressed my hand down on it.Frank saw it and said nothing, which was the right call.A

Chapter Fifty

EvelynWith the officers in my face and my life literally in the hands of this bitch, I chose to keep myself from screaming."Put the gun down," the lead officer commanded, raising his weapon, "hands behind your head, now.""Come any closer and I will shoot her," Serena screamed, "I am not playing, do not test me.""Nobody is testing you," the officer replied, taking one measured step forward, "lower the weapon and we can talk.""I said do not come close to me," Serena repeated.He took another step.The shot cracked through the warehouse and the pain tore through my left arm. I screamed before I could stop myself, genuine and raw, and the sound of it bounced off every wall."I told you," Serena screamed at the officers, "I told all of you, do not come close to me, now look."A second shot rang out immediately and Serena dropped, her legs were taken out from under her, and the gun left her hand before she even hit the ground, skidding across the concrete. Two officers were on her in

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