MY GORGEOUS WIFE IS AN EX-CONVICT

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Please don’t leave me,” she whimpered.
“

All right.” He could not refrain from answering her. He opened his palm to hold her hand and placed it next to his cheek. He gently rubbed his cheek against her palm and softly said, “Go to sleep. I’ll stay with you.”

The irony wasn’t lost on him that he’d spent hours trying to get her to wake, and now he was telling her not to.

Only then did she close her eyes and fall asleep once again. Her slumber was not as uneasy as before and so long as he touched her and held her hand, she seemed to be at peace.

Isaac  silently studied her claire was… beautiful. The longer he was in her presence, the more her steely strength and gentle nature endeared him. The flush on her face only accented the shape of brows and lips He caught himself staring at that lips  thinking about the softness of her lips, and the way that barest kiss had made him want more.
His feelings for her were growing.
The more time he spent with her, the more he could not imagine his life without her in it.
He didn’t know what that meant for his future And he didn’t want to.

“Dad! Mom! Sandra hastily went to complain to her parents the next day. “Yesterday, Brother hit me because of claire! He took her side over mine-and audrey  was there too. How could he embarrass us like that?!? And you have to know that audrey was furious. It was like he was picking that piece of trash ex over
Audrey!”

Lewis  expression was grave as he sat in the mayer residence’s living room. He paid no mind to his sister’s complaints as his mind was full of the actions isaac would be taking to retaliate for claires injury.

“You came across claire yesterday?” their father asked.

“Yes, we did sandra replied indignantly. “She’s just a road sweeper but she shopped at the mall and even entered a luxury store! And lewis had the nerve to try and buy her off! He wrote a huge check-”

“That is enough!” But sandra didn’t stop.

Their parents watched her as she launched into a rant about how cheap claire was, how shameless she was to set foot in the designer store, and a litany of other grievances that sounded hollow at best. And of course she latched onto him writing claire a check for millions.
He hoped she cashed it.

It was a sizable chunk of money and it could get her back on her feet.

And it was probably the only gesture standing between him and isaac landford breaking down the door to their house right now.

“Mom sandra railed. “He slapped me! In public!”

Lewis knew the real root of the problem was that sandra had taken a hit socially when claire had the accident-they all did. And him hitting her… if that went viral, he’d all but kill his sister’s social life again.

“I warned you,” lewis began,

But sandra went up shit as soon as he said it, and he opted not to bother trying to reason with her.

She was unreasonable even on her best days. Would claire accept the money? he wondered again.

That check was enough that it could be considered compensation for her injuries.

Not all of her injuries…

That niggling voice came from the back of his psyche. Where at the oddest times he recalled the prison and everything that had befallen claire.
Punishments he himself had seen to.

He didn’t feel guilty about things per say, but he did think that he could have left things alone, not encouraged audrey so much nor tried so hard to stay in the landford Family’s good graces.
But that was all in the past.
Not after today…

“…it might not be a lot of money to us sandra went on. “But that golddiggin bitch doesn’t deserve a penny!”

Lewis, surely sandra is mistaken. You wouldn’t make such a mistake,” Mrs. Mayer stared at her son anxiously.

“You should ask sandra what she did,”lewis replied instead. “She told claire to choose a dress from the shop to buy for her and claire chose a couture dress. I was just cleaning up sandra’s mess.”

“Just because she chose it, you had to give it to her?!” sandra retorted insolently. “Brother, why didn’t you say that you still have feelings for claire?”

“I’m saving your life!” lewis shouted. He was itching to slap his sister again.

“Oh please.sandra’s hands shot to her hips. “What is claire,

the sanitation worker, going to do to me? Do you even hear yourself right now?”

“That’s right. Lewis you’ve gone too far, hitting your sister because of claire. That woman is a curse. If it weren’t for her,

would our family have to be so wary of the landford Family and afraid of offending them?” Of course his mom defended his sister. She always was her favorite.

“Mom, it’s not what you think it is…”

“Then what else could it be?” his mom replied. “That claire is still unwilling to give up. You’re already getting married and she’s still inserting herself in your life? Trying to take your money!? How dare she!”

His mom’s eyes were glowing with rage and he watched as she worked herself into a full-blown meltdown. Lewis stood up abruptly. “Mom, why don’t you ask what sandra did to claire later? She intentionally tripped claire and caused her to fall down the escalator!”

“So what?” Madam Mayer said dismissively. “What’s the worst that could’ve happened? She got hurt? Big deal. The Mayer's Family can compensate for any amount of medical fees. Did you really have to hit your sister over something like this?”

Lewis took a deep breath. He reminded himself that he had information that his family did not. If claire wasn’t supported by isaac landford would he be agonizing over these things and going out of his way to help claire? Probably not.

But he couldn’t tell his family the truth, not without risking isaac landford's wrath-the one thing all of his efforts were intended to avoid.

“We are better than this,” lewis said neutrally. “Should a video surface of sandra intentionally trip a woman down a flight of stairs, we will create a PR nightmare for Mayer Corporation!”

“Oh, please. Do you think I’m stupid? I already paid to have the mall surveillance deleted. Sandra huffed. “And what about the situation you’re creating with audrey?” sandra shot back.

A fair point. “You just let me worry about my fiance.” lewis turned back to his parents. “Anyway, Mom, Dad, look after

Sandra. Don’t let her create any trouble…”

Just then, his father’s phone rang suddenly. Dad answered the call and after listening for a few moments, his face immediately turned pale.

“Dad, what happened? Lewis asked quietly.

“The bank has suddenly closed on our loans,” his father said in a shaky voice.

“How could this be? Didn’t the bank say that there wasn’t a problem before? Why don’t you call Bank Manager Chasetao?” his mom hastily suggested.

“It’s no use. Bank Manager Chasetao was the one who called me,” his father replied.
Lewis took a deep breath.

He needed to think. This situation called for damage control.

He’d already tried to make good on his sister’s actions, but clearly it was not perceived that way. Maybe the slight would’ve gone unchecked but tripping her down the escalator…sandra had gone too far.

And, really, was his sister-and mother-so stupid to think that claire couldn’t have died? She could have broken her neck or bled internally.
Lewis whole body broke into a cold sweat.

Stopping the loans would impact the operating revenue and diminish the flow of funds for Mayer Group. Was this the backlash?
Or was isaac just beginning?