All Chapters of Becoming His Wife By Contract : Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Emily woke up with a frightened gasp and sat upright so quickly that the blanket slipped straight down her body. For a moment, she could not even understand where she was. Her chest rose heavily with each breath, and her fingers gripped the bedsheet tightly as she tried to calm herself down. The room was quiet except for the soft dripping sound coming from the bathroom sink and the gentle rustling of leaves outside the mansion windows. The cool night breeze brushed lightly against the glass, making the curtains move just a little. Emily sat upright on the bed, breathing hard, her fingers gripping the blanket tightly as sweat covered her skin. Her chest would not calm down. The dream would not leave her head. She squeezed her eyes shut for a second, hoping everything she had just seen would disappear, but it only came back stronger this time. Every time Emily closed her eyes, she saw Ethan’s car again. She could still hear the terrible sound it made when it crashed in her dream,

The Reed mansion didn’t feel the same anymore. After Richard dialed Ethan for the fifth time, everything in the living room grew heavy and still.Richard kept pacing across the marble floor, his phone warm and a little slippery in his palm. He tried to convince himself that Ethan was just stuck in traffic or handling some sudden work problem. But the longer the silence stretched, the less he believed it.Emily stood by the center table with her arms wrapped tight around herself. She hadn’t sat down properly since Ethan left that morning. That bad feeling she’d woken up with sat like a stone in her chest, pressing harder with every passing minute.Lila watched her from the side, worry clear on her face. “Madam Emily, please just breathe a little,” she said softly. “You’re scaring yourself and me too.”Emily shook her head fast. “No, Lila. Something is wrong. I can feel it.”Richard looked up and tried the number again. It rang and rang, then went quiet. His face c

The hospital hallway carried that strong antiseptic smell mixed with cold air from the vents. Everything felt blurry and far away to Emily, like she was underwater and the world was happening somewhere above her. Voices drifted around her, footsteps moved past the room, and machines beeped steadily nearby, but none of it felt real yet.The last clear thing she remembered was Richard’s voice shaking as he responded to the doctor.He’s losing too much blood.After that, everything went dark.Now her eyes were slowly opening again. The bright ceiling light stung at first, so she blinked a few times until she could see straight.At first, all she caught were voices close by.“What are we supposed to do now?” Lila sounded like she was holding back tears. “Richard, this is bad. This is really bad.”“I know that already,” Richard answered, his voice tired and rough, like he hadn’t sat down once since they got there. “I’m trying to stay calm.”Then another vo

The hospital room turned heavy the moment Ethan realized he couldn’t feel his leg. One second everyone had been relieved he was awake. The next second, panic filled the room. It felt hard to breathe. The glass cup slipped from his hand and shattered loudly on the floor. His voice came out shaky and scared.“I can’t feel my leg.”Emily froze beside the bed. Ethan tried moving his leg again, but nothing happened. He stared down at it, hoping maybe his body just needed a little more time. But it stayed still. His breathing became fast and uneven.“No,” he said quickly. “No, no… something’s wrong.”The doctor stepped forward right away while two nurses rushed into the room. “Everybody needs to step outside for a moment,” the doctor said calmly.Ethan shook his head and gripped Emily’s hand tighter. “No. She stays.”Claire turned sharply. “But the doctor”“It’s fine,” the doctor interrupted. “She can stay. The rest of you wait outside.”Claire’s face chang

Emily’s eyes narrowed the moment she saw Claire standing too close to Ethan’s bed. The room was dim, with only the little glow of the bedside lamp. For a second, she just stared, trying to understand what she had just woken up to see, or is it a dream. Claire had been leaning far too close to Ethan. Close enough that it made Emily’s stomach twist uncomfortably.“What are you doing here?” Emily asked quietly, her voice low so she wouldn’t wake Ethan.Claire straightened up quickly. “Nothing.”Emily got off the bed carefully. She didn’t want to disturb Ethan, who was still making tiny sounds from the pain, but she also wasn’t letting this go. “Nothing?” she repeated, her throat feeling dry.Claire folded her arms. “Lower your voice.”Emily took a slow breath, trying to keep herself calm. “No. You walked into the room in the middle of the night. You were standing over him, and now you’re telling me it’s nothing?”Claire glanced toward the bed. “You’re going to w