All Chapters of Collateral Wife: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

CHAPTER 22SARAH'S POVMy heart beat thumped in my chest and I've had to take multiple deep breaths to calm my raging nerves in the last ten minutes. I was sitting in the visitor's area at JK Conglommerates, my hands clutching tight to my bag, waiting for Laura to finish her investigations. Since I didn't work there, I couldn't go in to ask about a former staff so Laura did it for me. She was in a better position to get all the information she needed.I stood up immediately I spotted Laura coming out of the office and met her halfway, my desperation going through the roof."What happened? What did he say? Does he remember her?" I asked all at once."Relax Sarah. I understand that this is very important but you need to calm down so we'd make rational decisions and you won't end up with a heart attack." Laura chided me."Fine, I'm calm. Now tell me what he said.""There's no official record of Ariana Shepherd in the employees database anymore. It's been so long and it seems all traces o

CHAPTER 24LORENA'S POVI held the phone in my hands longer than I'd intended. Why did I hesitate? I desperately wanted to speak with my mother so she would tell me the truth and just clear the air. It was probably all A misunderstanding, nothing more. Everything father had told me was a lie, it had to be.Maybe it was just his way of cutting me off because they couldn't afford to pay back the money. Maybe all this was a ruse to avoid the responsibility and make me stay with Andrew forever. He might have decided to sell me after all and he needed a back story for that and "we're not your real parents" was a good one. Very creative.Then again, I had evidence in my hands. The picture he had given me at the casino. I stared at it now, holding it up with shaky hands and again, my eyes immediately focused on the woman in the middle she held a baby in her hands and my mother stood next to her with another baby. Dad stood right next to the woman, a goofy smile on his face. But my mother and

CHAPTER 26ANDREW'S POVI looked at my wrist watch and sighed. Why was she taking so long? I couldn't sleep a wink last night because I had been too excited about the fact that she would be working for me now and that I would have my eyes on her 24/7. A treat for my eyes that would be.I tried not to make too much of a deal out of it, but I knew there was something about her that was different. I never hired secretaries, especially not female ones and everyone at the office knew that. I liked to keep business and pleasure separate but these women always wanted more than I could give. I'd lost count of the women I had fucked on this desk when I just started working here. They came at me when they found out I was the owner's son and after having fun with them, they wanted something deep. So, for the first year I filled the Director position, I'd hired and fired three secretaries until I gave up on the idea. The women didn't really love me, they only enjoyed the way my cock filled them u

CHAPTER 28TRISHA'S POV.Andrew was becoming more and more difficult to meet. He was definitely avoiding me. The last time we spoke was at his club and he didn't even call me then to find out if I'd arrived home and if I was okay. He was a cold son of a bitch but he still had some regard for me. Not anymore though, he was so much different now. Andrew was the man I loved. I had fallen for him ever since our parents introduced us during a business meeting I'd been forced to attend and since then, I had straightened my life out and shown interest in my father's company just so that I would be worthy of him or so he'd notice me at least. Andrew was a workaholic, so I figured if he saw me frequently on the business scene, he would take a liking to me but and rarely ever had time for women, and all I got was a few nights of pleasure. I was only woman he had ever allowed to stay in his life. I knew a lot of women threw themselves at him but besides a few one night stands here and there, he

CHAPTER 30SARAH'S POVI stood outside the fashion house again, knowing I still would not be allowed inside. This was the fourth time I was coming here and my third day in England. Laura was a sweetheart. She had reserved a hotel for me so I had a place to sleep and access to good meals. But I wasn't eating much, I didn't have the capacity to. Sophie had become very hostile to me since the first day we met. She had turned me away since and threatened to call the police if I showed up in front of her again. But what was I supposed to do? I needed to get Lorena out of that man's house and Ariana needed to know that at least one of her child was alive. Why would they even let her live like that, with only part of her memories intact?I stood at a spot where I could see who entered and came out of the store but I couldn't easily be seen. I was going to wait until she came out for lunch. I knew her schedule now and knew that at exactly 2:15, she would go to the restaurant across the stre