Billionaire's wife by Ashleh Queen (free ebook novel TXT) 📗

The Good News

I looked at his car leaving the estate. And, without wasting a minute ran for my cell phone. I dialled for David. I wonder why he wasn’t picking up. It was Monday and this weekend was the longest. I walked to the window again but this time to see if I could locate David outside. And, right before I could lose hope I found him walking away from Mr Lucca.

 "Hello,” I heard the voice and stared at him wondering if I should do what I was going to do.

“David…” I wonder how to say this.

“…I need your help?” I tried to keep my voice balanced.

“I am here. But I am busy with Mr Lucca on the lawn.”

“Can you see me? Right now,…please.” There was some silence on the other side before he whispered,

“Fine…I am coming in the house…”

“No…you can come to the study right in front of my room. If someone asks tell them I called for you.” There was again silence. He looked in Mr Lucca's direction who seemed busy having his tea.

"Fine,” I heard David say and let my breath out.

 I walked out of my room and waited for him. The weekend was never-ending given Matteo wanted my attention all the time. Not for a single second, he wanted me away from him. He had been more weird and creepy in his actions. I don’t know what he wanted anymore. He wanted me to show how I love him all the time. He wanted me to be grateful and I feared that at any moment I won’t be able to fake my smile well and he will be able to look right through it.

I heard some steps coming and stood from my place to witness David coming in. “Hello, Mrs Lucca.” I didn’t want him to call me Mrs Lucca.

“I want your help,” I said and walked past him to see if there was anyone outside the study. The bar was empty. Well, it had been empty for weeks now.

“Yes…I am listening.” I looked at him wondering if I will be able to leave this place.

“Matteo…isn’t what he seems. This…this family isn’t what it seems. And, I can’t stay here anymore. The sooner the better…please help me get out of here.” The lines on his forehead only got deeper.

“What are you talking about?” I didn’t have time to explain it to him.

“Can’t you see?...” I wonder how he didn’t notice but then I had been working under Mr Lucca for some time too and I also didn’t suspect anything suspicious until the day I said I do to my husband.

“These people are corporate criminals. This money…is not clean. And…Matteo might kill me one day too. This cell phone…I didn’t have this cell phone with me. He only gave it to me three days ago…he trusts me now and I don’t know until when…so, I want to run away from here…”

“What do you mean when you say kill you too?” He cut me off making me recall the fall I witnessed.

“He has killed people…I have heard him talking and...I don’t think I should mention who…please help me, David..." The bits of everything that happened in these last months came to bite me hard. I couldn't help but hold my neck as I tried to breathe. "...You seem to be my last hope right now...I would have not dragged you into this mess if I had any other option."

“I don’t know what to say…do you have any proofs to support your allegations.” I looked at him dumbfounded. “I…I have heard everything…witness many things.”

“And, what I witness was you being very rude to Mr Lucca. I have heard mean things…and seen you acting very unusual.”

“This is what he does…they make the other person seem rude. You only need to look deeper. I…can’t tell all of this to my mother. She won’t be any help. But you are here…the least you can do is to help me get out of this house. I…I will go anywhere. I will manage somehow but here…I will be killed sooner or later.” The day he killed his friend without giving a second thought still gives me shivers.

“I…I don’t know what to say…but…maybe you are overreacting. Corporate crimes…or whatever it is…I am sure they are still very much abiding by the laws. And,…there are things that I have heard about you too.”

“What things…” I wondered,

“I…have heard that you were having an extramarital affair and you almost eloped with that person. And, to keep you here…they had to confiscate your cell phone and guards are ordered to not allow you outside.” I looked at him talking and was this close to losing my mind.

Is this what is told to most of the staff? Is this how they look at me? And, now all the eyes they give me make sense. Unknown anxiety settled in me. I could see that he won’t help me now.

“This…this is not true.” I finally found my voice and shook my head in denial.

“I…I want to believe you too. But…I have seen you getting ready to marry a person you barely know. I…can’t decide. Maybe you should hire a lawyer for you. And,…from where I see…Matteo only wants to save his pride. If you want to get out of this marriage…settling it with your husband is the best way.”

“No…no, no, no, no, no,…you are lied to…I needed money in the past…but now I am completely trapped here…kept here without my will…look…I don’t have any lover. And, even if I had…don’t you think I should be freed? And, they have no right to keep me as a captive.”

“Or maybe they aren’t letting you go…because there are some legal bindings. I…I don’t know…what…what exactly you think I can do for you?” He asked and I took two long breaths wondering what he can do. I didn’t have my passport with me.

“Maybe…you can drive me out of here. Arrange a place for me to hide for some time. I…I am not much familiar with this place or the people here. I don’t even know the language. And, you see...this is one of the reasons that I couldn’t escape from here.” He looked at me as if I had gone mad. Even I could tell how illogical I am sounding.

“Ok?...you do sound…convincing but…I have never noticed anything suspicious about this family. From what I see…is that your husband is a little controlling and you don’t want it now. But even if this is the case I don’t think you should run away…you should rather…”

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