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Collateral Wife WHO AM I?
CHAPTER 42ZOILA'S POVThe car pulled to a stop in front of my house and I unbuckled my seatbelt."Thanks Dev." I said, patting him on the shoulder."It's nothing. I've been your personal driver ever since I got my license so...""It's not my fault I keep failing my driving test." I said with a chuckle."You're a cop Zoila. A cop who can't drive." He teased and ruffled my hair. "Good work last night, you're like the awesomest partner ever.""Awesomest?" Devon always knew how to make me laugh. I've had a crush on him ever since I started to know what those feelings were but I could never muster the courage to tell him. Besides, we grew up together and had more of a brother- sister relationship. I didn't want to ruin our friendship by falling for him. What if it doesn't work out, then our friendship would be destroyed. So I kept my feelings to myself."Hey, you're nervous, aren't you?" He asked.Right. I was going to ask my parents about the documents I saw days ago. I couldn't keep it
Collateral Wife DOES MY HAPPINESS MATTER?
CHAPTER 43LIAM'S POVI didn't want to be here but I just had to make it through dinner with them. I'd spent a week here already and it's the longest I've been home ever since I moved out to go to college. College didn't work out as I had other interests, interest my family didn't support. I mean, what was wrong with being a movie director?I had a passion for film and art and the theater but my family wouldn't let me do that, especially my mother. She desperately wanted me to follow in my father's footsteps and take over the company when he finally retired. But I wasn't cut out for such boring, monotonous life. I was adventurous and there was so much I wanted to do.Sure, I made a mistake and had to quit school, but that didn't mean that I'd given up on my dreams. I had a few projects I was working on but the fundings for them weren't available. Weird right? How can the son of a business tycoon and owner of a conglomerate not have money to fund a little film production?Easy. My pare
Collateral Wife YOU MADE ME FALL FOR YOU
CHAPTER 44ANDREW'S POVMy entire body was numb and as I lay in bed, my mind began to wander, trying to gather the puzzles that was my memories. What exactly happened to me? Why was I all bandaged and bruised? I tried to piece the bits together but I still couldn't connect all the dots.I opened my eyes slowly and swallowed to moisten my parched throat. I needed some water. My eyes roamed in their sockets. I recognized where I was, I was in my bedroom but something was different. My doctor had visited and I knew that because I still had a drip fixed on my hand. I tilted my head to the side to see if there was anyone nearby I could ask for some water. Where was Alfredo?She was there instead. It looked like she never left. She still had the same clothes she had on since the previous night. The sun was up now. Did she stay with me all night?It was then I remembered last night at the club and how Lorena has done missing. I remembered seeing Ivanov's face and everything that happened at
Collateral Wife I WILL WAIT FOR YOU
CHAPTER 45DEVON'S POVI have always found her breath taking. Her smile, her cerulean eyes so full of life and her bubbly personality. She made me want to be around her all the time. My heart ached for more than just friendship but I was afraid. She was my best friend and I didn't want to ruin it. What if she didn't feel the same way about me and I ended up complicating things? What if she rejects me if I tell her how I felt? Things between us would become awkward and that wasn't good, especially since we were partners at work too. So I bottled up my feelings and stuck by her side as her friend and someone who would always be there for her.I looked up and saw her walking towards me, her brown hair a shade of red under the sun. She smiled immediately her eyes met mine but there was sadness in them. I knew her like the back of my hand. I guess she'd had the talk already."Hey partner." I called, my arms open wide. She walked right into my arms and buried her head on my chest sobbing qu
Collateral Wife WE CAN'T CHANGE THE PAST
CHAPTER 46ARIANA'S POVSilence hung in the air, stretching for a few seconds. My words sounded like a bombshell and for those silent moments, multiple shocked faces stared back at me. I stood in front of my parents, my sister and her family, my luggage behind me."What do you mean you're returning to London? Why would you do that?" My mother asked."I've told you already that there are dangerous people there, people from your past who will hunt you until they bring you to nothing." My father added.Sophie said nothing, a bewildered expression on her face. It seemed like her worst nightmare was coming to reality."I remember everything now." I told my parents.They looked at each other, stunned."You do? How..?" My mother asked, looking at Sophie."I can't believe you did that to me. How could you all lie to me for such a long time?""We were only trying to protect you Ariana. What was the point in remembering things that would only cause you pain? You left to protect your child and t
Collateral Wife I WANT YOU. BADLY
CHAPTER 47LORENA'S POVIt was Maria's day off, and a few days after the shooting incident. Andrew was feeling a lot better now but he still needed to heal completely before returning to the office. Alfredo had been holding things down in the meantime. I was in the kitchen now, making breakfast. I'd finished making some pancakes and wanted to make some scrambled eggs when my phone rang. I picked it up and stared at the screen. It was my mom.I hadn't spoken to her since I'd confronted her about my identity. I knew she would be worried about me but I wanted to fix this myself. Andrew wasn't a bad person and frankly, I was starting to like living with him. This was the first time I was actually living. When I first got here, I was angry at Andrew for taking me and looked forward to the day my parents would take me home, but I didn't feel that way anymore. I couldn't go back to being locked up again and I definitely didn't want to deal with my father's gambling anymore. I would work har
Collateral Wife DON'T TAKE HER AWAY
CHAPTER 49ANDREW'S POVI hadn't been to the office in days. It wasn't strange because I went on a lot of business trips and was sometimes too busy to show up at work but this time, it was definitely obvious that I'd gone AWOL.Trisha had been calling me. I'd seen several calls from her but I wasn't interested in speaking to her. She was supposed to give me some space for the one month I was given. Her persistence wasn't going to make me change my mind. She wasn't the woman for me. I knew that too well."Are you ready?" Lorena asked, entering my room."I am, are you?"She nodded and walked up to me. She reached for my tie and helped me fix it. "Are you sure you'll be okay? I think you still need to rest till you're fully healed.""I'll be fine, don't worry. I won't be able to rest easy if I can't monitor the company. I also need to get started with the new project. The sooner I can meet with Jonathan Railings, the better." I replied. "You look really beautiful." I added, taking the ti
Collateral Wife SHE DIDN'T ABANDON ME
CHAPTER 49ZOILA'S POVThe house was at the outskirts of the city, old and lonely, almost empty but we could tell there was someone inside from the smoke coming out of the chimney. After all the digging and non-stop investigation, we ended up here, Dev and I.We had done everything we planned to do; read through the documents from the accident and gathered a list of people who were never found at the scene of the accident. We also got the names of people who were found but did not reconnect with their families. I reached out to them from the numbers in the log book and most of them confirmed that they reunited with their families on a later day, others had changed their numbers and so there was no way to reach them. Devon called the women who had been travelling with babies to find out if they had found their children after the accident or if they lost them at sea.We did everything we could, really but got nothing. My mom and Dad found out we were looking into the accident, their co
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Collateral Wife THE END
CHAPTER 105TWO YEARS LATERARIANA'S POVThe air smelt amazing. We were having barbecue in the garden and everyone was up and about trying to set things up. I sat down and stared at the beautiful view in front of me, and no, it wasn't just the garden but the people present there, here, with me.A smile formed on my lips as I watched Alex and Avery, Lorena's and Andrew's twins playing with each other and running around with their tiny feet. They each held a ball and tossed it around."Be careful kids, don't run too fast or you'll fall." I screamed."Like they'd listen." Leonora said, sitting next to me.I chuckled and planted a kiss on her head. "How's the baby doing?" I asked, rubbing my hand on her protruding stomach."Ah he's kicking every minute and messing with my bladder." She replied with a laugh."I'm sure he'll be just as restless as his father." Lorena said, placing a plate on the table."Hey, who says I'm restless?!" Devon asked, laughing. "That should be Nora." He replied,
Collateral Wife WELCOME HOME MY CHILDREN.
CHAPTER 104EVA'S POVThe board of directors had called a meeting at the Railings Corp. There was obviously something of importance to be discussed and it would be none other than officially signing over the company to my own Lorena Railings.I hummed to myself excitedly as I got ready. Of course I had to remind myself that I'd have to start a little drama at the meeting, talking about how unfair it would be for my son to be left out of his inheritance. But deep down, I knew it didn't matter to me wether Liam got it or not. He couldn't run a company even if his life depended on it and letting him be at the forefront would have been disastrous. It was better that I had someone with a sensible head on her neck even if I'd have to teach her from scratch. At least that way, I would be able to fashion her into the kind of woman I should have been if my father had given me the chance to run his company.My father had told me once that I lacked compassion. He said it didn't just take an iron
Collateral Wife IT'S OVER, WE'VE GOT HIM
CHAPTER 103DEVON'S POVI was restless throughout the flight to Russia. I knew I had to be calm in this situation but it was difficult to be level headed when I knew what was at stake. I'd blamed myself a lot for agreeing to Leonora's plan. What did I let her get herself involved in something so risky?We were now in our base in Russia. A few trusted Russian detectives had already prepared a place where we could meet and strategize. It was hard, this mission, especially because Diego Santos was very well connected and he was able to hide his tracks because he had powerful people covering for him."Relax Devon." Keith said, tapping me on my shoulder. Leonora is going to be just fine. You knew she'd want you to get it together and focus. We need to see this through, for her sake."I nodded. He was right. I had to be in the right frame of mind so as not to mess everything up."Okay, gather around everyone." Detective Shawn said. "Let's get a final briefing of how it's going to go down to
Collateral Wife WELCOME TO YOUR NEW LIFE
CHAPTER 102DIEGO'S POV"They're here." I heard Ignacio say and I knew he was referring to the new recruits I had gotten to work for me. I pulled out of my toy's dripping pussy and kissed her sweetly on her lips before signalling for them to leave. I wasn't one to mix business with pleasure. Never have been.The women looked like frightened chickens. They always did at first until they started working. In no time, I knew they would get used to their new life and would even enjoy getting fucked really good every other day.I looked from one face to the other and smiled. They looked really beautiful. I walked closer to one I had spotted with tears on her face. She looked really scared and was not even trying to hide her tears."What's your name sweetheart?" I asked her."D--debbie." She said, fighting back the tears so she could speak."Debbie? Oh you have no idea how much I love that name. I had a girlfriend named Debbie once but she cheated on me and tried to run away with her lover.
Collateral Wife INTO HIS DARK WORLD
CHAPTER 101LEONORA'S POVIt was dark. Pitch black with no single streak of light in sight. It was impossible to see anything or anyone around me but I could sense that I wasn't alone. I felt dizzy and felt the need to throw up. I felt lost too, not knowing where I was or for how long I had been in this place. The concept of time was lost to me. Was it day or night?Voices came from outside and I stumbled to my feet, feeling for the wall to steady myself. My palms touched metal or aluminum, and I recoiled from the coldness of it. Where my feet stood seemed to move. I wasn't standing on the ground. It was solid but metallic also. I guessed I was inside a container of some sort.We had definitely been moving because my insides were churning and with how hungry I was, I knew I'd been here for hours."Is anyone here?" I whispered in the darkness. No one said anything but I knew I wasn't alone. I could hear faint, laboured breathing."Say something if you can. Are you alright?""Who's aski
Collateral Wife BITE THE BAIT
CHAPTER 100LORENA'S POV.I didn't want to be here. The mere thought of it sent shivers through me and created a bile in my throat. It has been twenty four hours since my sister risked her life and let herself be captured by Diego's men and we've heard nothing from her.I knew Devon and his men had gotten her location and were trying to locate the hideout but it proved difficult. It seemed the women were in a container still and hadn't been taken to Diego's club yet. This meant that they could move anytime if they suspected they were being followed.It hurt me physically and emotionally to sit down and do nothing so I decided to go visit Eva and Liam. I would pretend to be my sister and make them confess everything they had done but this time, I would record everything to make sure they paid for their crimes.I pulled up in front of the mansion and got out of the car. I hadn't informed anyone I would be coming over here because I knew for a fact they would freak out. I had to stop by
Collateral Wife WE'RE COMING FOR YOU DIEGO
CHAPTER 99DEVON'S POVI hadn't taken my eyes off of the tracker for even a minute. My heartbeat was off the chart and I had to remind myself severally to breathe. It was very difficult to go through the wedding ceremony without having a breakdown when my girlfriend was being shipped off to God knows where. I never did like the plan from the beginning but Leonora was bent on pushing through with it. There really was no other way, and trust me, we had tried everything we could but it didn't work out.When this opportunity presented itself, there was no way she would pass it up despite how dangerous it was. The commissioner and everyone at headquarters also agreed to it.Leonora would be the bait.I remembered when she came to me and told me Eva had visited her and asked that they work together to stop Lorena from taking over the company. She told me that it gave her an idea and that she would use that alliance to find out where Diego was. It sounded crazy at first but it soon began to
Collateral Wife IT'S DONE, WE'RE MARRIED NOW.
CHAPTER 98LEONORA'S POVThe Grand Hall was a beautiful sight to behold, breathtaking would be the perfect way to describe it. My family went all out for this wedding. It really would be the wedding of the century.I wasn't supposed to be here but there was no way I would sit back and have my sister relegate me to the background. She had no right to deny my presence here. Eva's words were beginning to make sense to me now. She had to go or I would be stuck in her shadow forever.I knew the Grand Hall like the back of my hand, so sneaking in was no difficult task especially with how hectic things were at the background. Lorena was still in her room dressing up and couldn't be bothered with anything else. I overheard her asking for her hair pin that wasn't where she had left it and Bella, her maid of honor volunteered to go get it. I made sure to hide the hairpin so I would have time alone with her. Now was my chance.I waited until I heard her footsteps fade and entered her room, locki
Collateral Wife LET'S PLAY A LITTLE GAME
CHAPTER 97EVA'S POVAs I sat in front of the mirror and applied some powder on my face, I pondered on the reason Lorena would decide to pay me a visit. She definitely knows that her father had stopped living here ever since the truth about our past came out. Was she really here to see me?I checked my watch and realized that it had been three minutes since the maid announced that a visitor was waiting for me downstairs. She specifically said that miss Lorena was here and she wanted to see me. It was shocking but I checked the camera monitor and saw her seating pretty on the couch waiting for me to come out. Liam was out with his friends so it was just me.I walked down the stairs and she looked up when she heard my footsteps. I dismissed the maid with a nod and she bowed and left the living room."Lorena, it's a surprise to have you visit me. To what do I owe this pleasure?" I asked, taking a seat on the couch.She smiled back and looked around to make sure we were alone."I guess it
