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MadlainQThank you for reading another chapter ❤️ I hope you are enjoying the story so far because a few more twists and turns are coming right up 😈
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I felt as if something had hit my head. I could see Aren's lips moving as he was still on the phone with Agent Collins, but I could no longer hear them. The constant high-pitch sound distorted everything else, aside from my hectic heartbeat. What the hell had just happened? Callan was the most arrogant bastard I had met. He wouldn't bother to bribe the guards and drain Augustus's pockets to hire an army of lawyers to get him out of that prison, but I was certain that he couldn't have committed suicide. That just didn't make any sense.I mumbled, "He didn't do it by himself."Aren looked at me. His eyes were filled with concern. He said something briefly on the phone about calling Jack later before putting his arms around me and pressing my head against his chest."Calm down, sunshine. Calm down..." he whispered."I'm… I'm just shocked," I said, "but more importantly… how do you feel?""How do I feel? Am I supposed to feel anything?" He smiled bitterly.I hugged him tightly. "No matter
Sentenced to Marriage Secrets
Callan's phone was locked with a fingerprint. To get any kind of data from the phone, we needed to bypass that lock first. There are many ways to hack into a phone that uses this kind of protection. One of them uses tape to clone the fingerprint, and that was our first method to try. Alan insisted that he would do it himself, claiming that he had done it a few times before... Well, I decided that it would be safer not to ask when he needed to break into someone else's phone that way. Unfortunately, the fingerprint on the scanner had already been smudged, and there was nothing to clone... Since we had no way of getting Callan's fingerprint, we needed to find another way around.One of the simplest methods to bypass the lock is a hard reset, which also wasn't an option. It wouldn't make any sense to get access to a phone with all the data erased. We were left with one other method—we needed to convince the phone that the fingerprint scanner malfunctioned so that the system gave us a way
Sentenced to Marriage Complications
It was a little after 9 AM when I woke up. Aren was in bed with me, leaning against the pile of pillows to keep him in the sitting position while he worked on his laptop. He was shirtless, with his muscles beautifully exposed for me to appreciate. I bit my lip as I carefully scanned every detail of him, recalling our sex in the shower…"It must be uncomfortable working like this," I said, slightly rolling over to his side of the bed."It's never uncomfortable around you." He smiled and leaned over me to give me a quick peck on the lips."I made you worry yesterday..." I muttered.He frowned. "I told you, didn't I? Don't think about it anymore. Don't you dare think about him anymore.""I'm not." I smiled nervously. "It's just that I am still worried about that video…"Aren closed his laptop and turned my way. "I called Alan an hour ago. He and Norton searched for that video all night and found nothing. My guess is that this sick fucker wanted to keep this video all to himself or use it
Sentenced to Marriage A lie
I kept staring at Alan, blinking my eyes in disbelief. "Let me get this straight... You made a perfect clone of Callan's phone, and then you erased all the nude pictures and the video from it?""That is correct," Norton confirmed."And this phone is the one that the FBI agents have taken?""Yup." Alan grinned wickedly."And the original is still in our hands, and we can complete the retrieval of data that got erased by the burner app?""Yes," they replied simultaneously.I collapsed on the sofa and burst out into laughter, relieved and happy to have those two freaks by my side. Aren stood beside me, smiling and gesturing a thumbs-up to Alan and Norton. I smiled at my husband and shrugged. "I guess, we will notify Jack if we find something useful.""Good idea." Aren nodded before turning to the boys. "Good job, guys.""It was the right thing to do," Norton said, confidently raising his chin.I knew I owed them a good dinner with high-quality alcohol, at least for what they did. As soon
Sentenced to Marriage Fight
I woke up sitting on the floor by Aren's bed, my hand stretched to hold his while he slept, my upper body twisted in a weird, uncomfortable position. It took me a while to stand as my stiffened muscles refused to work, punishing me for my awkward way of falling asleep. It was four in the morning when I swayed back to my bedroom to lie down in bed and try to relax. I couldn't. The image of Aren, desperate and mortified in his sleep, haunted me each time I closed my eyes. What could cause him such pain? Was it something from his past? "Lanfen..." I muttered, staring blankly at the ceiling. It was probably a Chinese name. I wondered if it was his family member, but I had never heard him mention that name before. And what was it that he was calling? "Buyao zou"? I wondered what it could mean. Should I ask him in the morning? Would he answer? For the first time, I wasn't sure that he'd tell me the truth... I was scared. I couldn't explain it, but something fragile had broken between us.
Sentenced to Marriage Honesty
Neil's words rang inside my head for the next few hours. Of course, there was no chance that I would let Aren know that I wasn't mad at him anymore because my inner rage was still present and boiling in my veins each time I felt that I recalled his words. Yet, the situation between me and Aren was clearly exhausting both of us, and I didn't want Aren to fire more people or trouble poor Neil...Since my message-recovery mission brought no results this time, I ended up focusing all my thoughts on Aren anyway. Neil advised me that it would be best if I reached out to him. He was also certain that Aren would agree to any conditions. I wasn't too sure about it, but I figured that maybe it was worth a shot. From the moment I met Aren, I literally moved into his world and played by his rules; it was time to change that. After writing and rewriting the message five times, I finally sent Aren an invitation, one without pleading and extra formalities."Eat dinner with me. I suggest tacos at Cas
Sentenced to Marriage Putting on a show
Perhaps, he said. Perhaps I should have kept my mouth shut. With a stiff smile on my face, I tried to contain my boiling emotions. The sting of jealousy was painfully spreading throughout my body and made me hate Lanfen even if I didn't know her. Why had I even mentioned that I would look for her?! I didn't want to find my husband's ex! If she was out of his life, then it would be better if it stayed that way! I hated the way her name and the memory of her could stir his emotions. It made Aren agitated and anxious. She caused it, and, as much as I didn't like to admit it, I envied her. I bet that she knew Aren before he decided to lock all of his emotions away. She could have had his love, but she rejected him. Whoever she was and whatever her motives were, she didn't deserve to come back to his life. "Sunshine, are you worried?" Aren asked, smiling. "Of course I am!" I snapped. "No girl likes to hear that her man's ex is in town!" I might have gone a little overboard with the volume
Sentenced to Marriage Funeral
I was glad that I didn't have to walk the entire way to the mansion's main building on foot. Marcus waited for us a little further away from the main gate. We drove away, leaving Vanessa, who looked as if she had gone mad. A tiny little part of me felt sorry for her. She had lost her son, and even if her brain lacked neurons, she must have suspected that he didn't kill himself. I would love to tell her that we shared the same suspicions, but that would only make her blame us for Callan's death more. I think we would never be able to guess what had caused her hatred, but especially now, that woman should be locked away from society for some serious treatment. As we entered the main building, my second favorite person in the mansion showed up—the chamberlain, Lucious Maffei. I didn't think that was possible, but this guy looked at me with more disdain than before. "Hello Lucious," I greeted him with a warm smile. "It's a lovely day, isn't it?" I couldn't help but turn on my very dark s
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