All Chapters of THE WIFE THEY TRIED TO ERASE : Chapter 1 - Chapter 6

CHAPTER TWOLena’s povThree years had passed, but I still remembered the exact moment my life changed.Vivienne was supposed to marry Damien Vale that morning.Instead, I stood inside our family home, staring at her wedding dress hanging beside the bedroom door while police officers searched every room for the third time.Her phone was on the bedside table. Her handbag was on the chair. Her shoes were beside the bed.Everything was there.Except my sister.“Lena, you need to sit down,” my mother said.I turned to her. “How can you tell me to sit down when Vivienne is missing?”“Please. The police are doing their work.”“They have been doing their work for hours! They keep asking the same questions, and nobody has found anything.”My mother looked away.That small movement caught my attention.“Mum?”“What?”“Is there something you haven’t told them?”Her eyes returned to mine. “What kind of question is that?”“I don’t know. But something isn’t right.”Before she could answer, one of

CHAPTER FOURLena’s POV “ Damien Vale was not the only person waiting for your sister that morning.”The woman’s words kept ringing in my ears long after the call ended.I stood on the pavement, staring at my phone.Who was she?How did she know about Vivienne’s wedding?And why had she waited three years to contact me?“Lena!”Ethan’s voice pulled me out of my thoughts. He hurried across the road towards me.“What happened? Who were you talking to?”“A woman.”“What woman?”“The one I saw standing outside Damien’s office. She called me, and she knew about Vivienne’s wedding.”Ethan looked around the street. “Where is she?”“She disappeared before I could reach her.”I showed him the folded paper.He read the two words written on it.ASK DAMIEN.Then his eyes moved to the date beneath them.“That’s the date Vivienne disappeared.”“I know.”“Did the woman say anything else?”I told him about the phone call.For a moment, Ethan said nothing. He read the paper again, as if the words mig

CHAPTER SIXDAMIEN’S POVThree Weeks Before the WeddingI never wanted to get married.At least, not the way my family expected me to.In the Vale family, marriage was never just about love. It was about power, bloodlines, and keeping secrets buried. My father had made that clear long before I became old enough to understand what he meant.But I was thirty years old, the heir to Vale Enterprises, and apparently, it was time for me to fulfil another family duty.I stood in my father’s study, staring at the woman whose photograph rested on his desk.Vivienne Ashford.She had long dark hair, a beautiful smile, and eyes that looked directly into the camera. She seemed like an ordinary woman, but my father had spoken about her as if she were the most important person in the world.“Have you decided?” Carlos asked.I looked away from the photograph.“Decided what?”He gave me an irritated look.“Don’t waste my time, Damien. The wedding is three weeks away. You cannot continue behaving as th