All Chapters of Collateral Wife: Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

CHAPTER 81JONATHAN'S POVSomething was up. My wife had been acting really strange lately and I had no idea why. She didn't really bother to be personally involved in the company's affairs but did more of directing and overseeing until recently.She started to be more physically present at the office and did not miss a board meeting, a project or anything that had to do with work. At first, I thought she was trying to keep an eye on Liam because of my recent threat. I guessed it was her way of making sure Liam didn't mess up anymore and it seemed to be working, but I noticed something else.She hung around Lorena a little too much. It wasn't just me, Elon noticed it too.What was going on in her head? Did she really think I was having an affair with her simply because she looked like my first love? Was her presence here only to keep an eye on her?I was in a tricky position. I couldn't tell Eva off because it would seem like I was trying to protect Lorena, or that I was trying to defe

CHAPTER 83JONATHAN'S POVI was fuming by the time I got in my car. It was a good thing Elon came with me because I wouldn't have been able to drive in that state. What kind of monster have I been living with? How far did she really go trying to come between Ariana and I? After all these years of trying to find her, trying to figure out why she left so suddenly, I realize that Eva knew all along. She was the reason for all of this in the first place.Elon didn't speak. He knew I needed time to calm down so he drove without haste even though he knew I was desperate to get home. It was his way of telling me to calm myself down during the ride abut I knew that was impossible. I might be calm now but I wouldn't be once I set my eyes on her.She was home, at the garden, according to what the maids told me. She had just had dinner and was getting some fresh air. I hurried to the garden and found her sitting there, a book in hand."Eva. We need to talk." I said.She closed the book and place

CHAPTER 85LORENA'S POVAnother day to smile and pretend like everything was alright when in fact, it wasn't. This was the perfect description for my workplace now- a place for fake smiles and awkward encounters. It was bad before but with the truth known to everyone involved, it became worse. I needed no soothsayer to tell me that it would be really awkward at the office today.I hoped Mr Railings wouldn't show up today. I prayed for an urgent, important meeting that would take him out of town, or better still, out of the country. But my prayers weren't answered.Guess who I ran into in the elevator? Yea, you guessed right. Of all the people I could've shared the elevator with, it had to be my father. The silence was loud, too loud, and I was getting tired of facing one direction -the direction where he wouldn't be in my view. My neck was starting to hurt. I shut my eyes and wished we would get to our floor faster. Why was I not quick enough to find another elevator when I'd seen th

CHAPTER 87LEONORA'S POV"We were right about him. That Liam guy is a jerk." I told Keith and Devon as they walked into the office."You've been listening to him?" Devin asked, taking a seat next to me."Yes, and half the time, he's having hot steamy sex sessions with the secretary, the manager and some other ladies right there in his office. I've heard too much I'm traumatized.""Your step brother is quite the character." Dev whispered in my ear. "Well, did you hear anything useful besides moans and throes of passion?" He asked with a chuckle.I gave him a warning look and he raised his hands up in surrender, backing up away from me.""Well, did you find something?" Keith repeated.We were all anxious now. This case had been dragging on for too long and more girls were being killed and taken from their homes."Well I didn't hear anything regarding his connection with Diego but I did find out that he is stealing from the company.""What? He's stealing from his father? Why would he do

CHAPTER 89LEONORA'S POVI was tense, not because of the plan - I had been on more dangerous missions than this and stopping a killer was no big deal. What got me really nervous was the fact that I would be meeting my father for the first time up close. Of course he wouldn't know it was me. I would be dressing like Lorena, speaking like her and becoming her just for today. It made me so nervous that I would be this vulnerable and he wouldn't even be able to see me.Lorena would not be the person attending the party tonight, it would be me. It was the only way to keep Lorena safe. We knew Eva's plans but we we did not know how it would be executed so we couldn't risk it. The two of us could not be at the venue either in case they wanted to hurt Lorena there so it was better that I go in her place. I had been learning to behave like my sister for a week. Learning how she spoke, what expressions she used and her mannerisms as well. It helped a lot that we were very identical so even if t