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Chapter Six: Suspicion
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Eloisa PoV
It's almost evening but Kent hasn't home yet. This is the first time he came home late in our ten years of marriage. I shook my head and think of our happy moments together. Maybe he had much paperwork to do since he's the one handling our firm. While thinking about my husband, the telephone rings. I took it and put it on my ears. " Hello, may I help you?" I asked the person who called me on the other line."Madam, I hope you still remember me?" it's the same voice I last spoke before I and Kent went abroad.
"Rey? Why you suddenly calling me now? I thought our transaction ends there! Don't call me again! Bye!" I said while keeping lips calm.
His chuckles ring in my ears.
"Are you crazy Madam Eloisa? You paid us half so I called you to get the other half!" he said.My mind is in chaos now. How did he find me and knew my telephone number? This person is a pain in my head. I had no choice
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