บททั้งหมดของ The Marriage Contract: บทที่ 41 - บทที่ 50

8th October. FridayMr. Hodge squinted his eyes at all his lackeys as they kept busy doing one thing or the other. He wondered which one of them is the traitor. He sighed knowing he had to be careful, and trust no one. Once he finds who that traitor is, his death or her death is already signed."Randolph!" He called.Randolph looked at him and ran towards him. "Boss.""Go call Lionel and Owen." He ordered.Randolph nodded and ran downstairs to call them.If there are people he actually trusted, it is Lionel who has been with him for decades, Owen whom he watched grew up, and Randolph who's very wild, and can be heartless.Whoever that traitor is, they are the ones that'll help to fish him or her out.He saw Owen and Lion walking towards him as he stood still watching.They were wondering why their boss called them in the middle of working. He probably got something for them to do. A very typical life. Goes round, and round like a carousel. A carousel of crime."Boss, you sent for us.

Entering their room with a tired Alexa dragging her feet on the ground, Leo kept thinking about the mole. He hasn't gotten the chance to talk to Emily about it yet. He watched as Alexa sat down looking very exhausted, and it made him wonder how she even tries carrying herself up sometimes or even walking. He's always scared of her falling.He walked up to her and sat beside her. "Feeling okay?"Alexa looked at him and nodded even though her breathing was uneven. "Yeah, I am. Just feeling really tired.""You want me to bathe you, and afterward give you a massage?""Um,...the bathing part, I don't think so, but the massage, I'm okay with it," Alexa replied with an awkward smile on her face.Leo furrowed his brows at her. "My love, why so shy? I can bathe you. We can bathe each other, or just shower together."Alexa frowned at him, but inwardly, she was smiling. Her husband just refers to her as 'my love'. "Um, that phase, I don't think I'm ready yet.""What phase? The my love part, or t

10th October. Sunday.The next morning, Alexa kept looking at Leonard in confusion. His face was slightly bruised. When did he get into a fight?"Did you go anywhere this morning?" She asked.That was the question Leo expected her to ask since he planned it all. He made sure Alexa didn't meet him on the bed, and he cooked breakfast for her, so when she woke up, she'll think he went out and got into a fight so he nodded. "As a matter of fact, yes." He answered, dropping the food beside her."Where did you go so early that you got into a fight?" Alexa asked worriedly."I went for morning runs. I needed it. And then I met a guy that annoyed me, and we got into a fight." Leo replied to her and sat beside her close to the food on the bed."What was the fight about?"Leo shook his head. "Details aren't important. Just know that I didn't mean it, and it was all defense. The guy was just mad. For one, I think he mistook me for someone else."Alexa nodded. "Okay, but you need to put ice on tha

11th October. Monday.Mr. Hodge nodded. "Yeah. Prepare for it. By next week the drugs will be arriving."William equally nodded without choice. "Although, doesn't it have a specific date? I'm pretty sure you're gonna need me to be one hundred percent ready.""I'm gonna need you to be ready all the time, William. I'll call when the time has arrived..." His phone began vibrating. He looked at it to see Lion calling. He put it back in his ears. "I'll call back."He picked Lion's call. "What is it?""Boss, we have a problem.""What problem?""It's Randolph, sir. He was arrested."Mr. Hodge widened his eyes at the news. "Arrested? How come?""I don't know. He was supposed to do as you commanded, but he ended up caught by the police."Mr. Hodge's teeth gritted at the news. "Damn it." He hung the call-up and called Pete.Levi looked around while Florence just watched knowing she's been cast aside. Emily too was watching wondering between Audrey, and Levi who the snitch is."Hello boss, I'm a

Leonard let out a shaky breath upon seeing Alexa asleep as he arrived. Driving back home, his head has been filled with a lot of thoughts.It hasn't exactly dawned on him about what he did to his wife until he let it all out to Sasha. It was like a burden slightly releasing him.It scared him, but he knows she's gonna find out eventually. What scared him the more is what will happen to her when she finds out. News like that could break her, and wouldn't be good for her condition.He walked and sat on his bed after pulling his jacket off.Alexa isn't gonna forgive him. She's gonna hate him, and he knows that. The dreams she's even having don't even help things. He could tell his wife is days or weeks away from finding out it was him she saw the day she had the accident.He brought his phone out of his pocket as it began ringing. It was Owen."Hey." He picked."I only called to inform you about the drugs that'll be passing our borders this week.""Seriously?"Owen nodded. "Yeah. He's st