All Chapters of The Wife He Buried, The Woman He Begged For: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Amara’s POVMy husband raised his champagne glass, and for one foolish second, I thought he was about to tell the world he loved me.Instead, Lucien Voss looked directly at me and said, “Security, don’t let my wife leave.”The ballroom fell silent.I stood beneath a thousand glittering lights, my fingers tightening around the little cream envelope inside my handbag.Our baby.I had spent the entire evening imagining how I would tell him.Perhaps he would laugh in disbelief. Perhaps he would lift me into his arms the way he used to when we were newly married. Perhaps, for the first time in months, I would see something other than exhaustion and impatience in his eyes.But the man standing on the stage wasn’t smiling.“Lucien?” I whispered.He lowered his glass.“Three weeks ago, Voss Global Holdings discovered a series of unauthorised transactions involving company funds.”A murmur spread through the ballroom.I glanced around, confused.Tonight was supposed to be a celebration. Five y

Amara’s POVThe first thing I smelled was petrol.The second was smoke.For a moment, I couldn’t remember where I was.Everything hurt.My head throbbed, and something warm trickled down the side of my face. A high-pitched ringing filled my ears.I tried to move.Pain shot through my left shoulder.A scream escaped my lips.Then I remembered.The gala.Lucien.The driver.The headlights.The crash.My baby.Oh, God. My baby.My hands flew to my stomach.“Please,” I whispered. “Please be all right.”The car was lying on its side.My seat belt held me awkwardly against the seat, and broken glass glittered across the leather upholstery.Through the shattered window, I could see nothing but darkness and the twisted branches of nearby trees.Somewhere outside, an engine was running.I blinked against the smoke.“Help!”My voice sounded weak.I swallowed and tried again.“Somebody help me!”No answer.I turned towards the front of the car.The driver’s body hung motionless against his seat

Amara’s POV“Miss Bennett, I need you to listen to me very carefully.”Detective Inspector Sarah Collins closed the hospital room door.Her expression frightened me more than the words themselves.I sat upright against my pillows, clutching the blanket with my uninjured hand.“Did you catch him?”“Not yet.”My stomach tightened.The man who had come looking for me was still out there.Somewhere in the hospital.Or perhaps already reporting to whoever had sent him.“Then why are you closing the door?”She pulled a chair beside my bed.“Because we need to discuss your safety.”I swallowed.“Am I in danger?”She hesitated.And that hesitation told me everything.“We have reason to believe the collision may have been deliberate,” she said.I let out a shaky laugh.“May have been?”My voice rose.“Someone kidnapped me, threatened my unborn baby, and rammed the car off a road. What more do you need?”“I believe you’re frightened, Amara. And I’m taking what you’ve told me seriously.”“Then a

The Wife He Buried, The Woman He Begged For By Rihan BlakeChapter 7: The Evidence They Couldn’t DestroyAmara’s POV“The baby was never supposed to survive.”I heard Naomi say the words.I understood every one of them.But my mind refused to accept what they meant.Someone had known I was pregnant three weeks before the gala.Someone had followed me to the clinic.Someone had taken photographs.And when the car was forced off the road, my baby hadn’t simply been an unfortunate casualty.My child had been part of the plan.“Amara?”Naomi’s voice trembled through the phone.“Are you still there?”I pressed my palm against my stomach.“Yes.”“You haven’t said anything.”I couldn’t.There were no words for the terror spreading through my body.Until yesterday, I had believed the people behind the fraud wanted to silence me because I knew too much.Now I was beginning to wonder whether the pregnancy had made me a target for another reason.“Naomi,” I whispered.“I’m here.”“Does the detec

The Wife He Buried, The Woman He Begged For By Rihan BlakeChapter 9: The Truth Behind the GunfireAmara’s POVThe first thing I heard was Naomi screaming.The second was glass raining across the wooden floor.I curled around my stomach, pressing myself against the cold tiles of the hallway.“Amara!”Naomi was somewhere behind me.“Stay down!” I shouted.Another crash came from the living room.Something heavy struck the wall.Then a man’s voice roared from outside.“GET BACK!”Gabriel Thorne.I had never met him.I didn’t know whether I could trust him.But I knew one thing.Someone had followed him to the only place where I was supposed to be safe.And now they were trying to get inside.I crawled towards the staircase.Every movement sent pain through my injured shoulder.“Naomi!”“I’m here!”She was crouched behind the bottom step, her face white with terror.“Are you hurt?”She shook her head.I grabbed her hand.“We need to call the police.”“I already have.”She held up her pho