The Undercover Wife (On Hold)

Chapter 2

Do you ever get the feeling of déjà vu, like something has happened before and is happening again. Well, what I was feeling now was way more than that.

I was seated at a table across Daniel three hours later. Except this time I wasn't eating but my hands were handcuffed behind my chair and each ankle chained to each leg of the table. And most importantly I was in an interrogation room.

Daniel cleared his throat, "For someone who has been on the run, you haven't done much to cover up your tracks."

"Why am I even here huh? It's not like I was running from the police! I haven't even done anything wrong and yet I'm tied up here like a criminal!" I shouted, fury filling my veins.

He completely ignored me and continued,"For starters Tess... like how did you even choose that name? Really Elizabeth..."

I cringed as he said my real name. It had been two years since I last heard it. He knew I wasn't going to talk. I didn't owe him anything.

"Still quiet I see." He opened the file in front of him and then continued talking, "The only true fact you told me was your age, wow. I'm glad a part of you is still honest. I'd like to see more of that."

At this point my arms were becoming painful so I started to fidget a bit to try and ease the pain. Of course, Daniel noticed my struggle. "If you talk and give me the information that I want then I will let you go. Until then..." He had the nerve to shrug and lean back on his chair.

"What do you want then."  I said sternly looking at him straight in the eye with a scowl.

Daniel smirked then flipped through the pages of the file until he removed a page and slid it across the table. Talk about déjà vu, again.

I looked down to realise it was a picture. A photograph of someone I wanted to forget. The man who was both an angel and demon in my life. The reason why I had to take up a new identity.

"Leornado Lyon." Daniel stated.

I felt a pang in my body as soon as those word came out of his mouth. "W-what about him?" I couldn't help but stutter as I couldn't get my body to calm down.

Daniel saw the reaction he got out of me, "I want him, and you are going to tell me everything about him." His voice turning colder by the minute.

I shook my head regaining my composure, "Why do you want him? As far as I know, he is a famous businessman. Owns a shipping company. What...is he getiing arrested cause he didnt pay taxes? You said you are FBI right? So are you that incompetent that you can't go to his mansion and arrest him?" I smiled as he seemed to get angrier by the minute.

He stood up and banged his fists on the table. "Damnit! I know how to do my job and that's why you are here in the first place-"

I let out a humourless laugh,"So was sleeping with me part of the investigation as well...I mean did you find any evidence inside of me?"

"You slut!" Daniel launched himself at me and held my neck in his hands and started to squeeze. I slowly became weak and my eyes started to become watery but I wouldn't give him the satisfaction of knowing the amount of pain I was in.

Suddenly the door burst open as another man walked in and pushed Daniel off me and onto the wall,"Calm down Daniel. I know its personal for you but you have to calm down, okay." Daniel nodded as his breathing got less harsh. "Take a walk. I'll handle the interrogation."

Daniel gave me one last glare and left the room without so much as a word.

The man came behind me and uncuffed my hands from behind the chair and took Daniels seat across from me. I eyed him weirdly as I stretched out my hands hating how weak I had become.

"I'm Christian, Daniel's partner." He introduced himself and I just gave a nod while rubbing my wrists which had now become red in colour. "I am sorry about what he did. This case is personal for him."

Christian moved his chair closer to the table and leaned in. "Listen, you're not the target here. You and I both know that Mr Lyon is involved in the drug and human trafficking business but he uses the shipping company as a cover making it easier for his illegal business."

I shifted uncomfortably in my seat.

"We have the evidence against him but we don't have enough to arrest him. People aren't willing to testify against him either in fear of their lives. That's why we need your help to get him. We sent one of our own there undercover but unfortunately we haven't heard from her in months. That's when we really started digging into Leonardo's personal life and your name came up."

He placed the file in front of me and started to flip through it page. "As you can see, we were looking for Elizabeth Winters but there was no trace. That is until we came upon Miss Tessa Quinn."

"We both know why only you could give us the evidence we need to arrest Leornado. For the sake of justice Elizabeth, we need your cooperation."

I also leaned forward and quietly spoke slowly, "Considering your partner showed me my marriage certificate a while ago at the picnic table. How can you expect a wife to send her husband to jail?"

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