Contract Marriage starring Love and Revenge
Chapter 93. Running back home.

Chapter 93: 93. Running back home.

That morning when I had walked into Duke’s study and heard him discussing Rowan’s crimes with Alan, I wouldn’t have guessed it was this much. When Alan had said the crimes the man committed was enough to keep him behind bars for long years, I didn’t think much about it.

However, seeing and hearing it for myself now, I am beyond shocked.

My body is still trembling even now that the news has moved on to another discussion entirely. I still can’t get it out of my head. The fact that I spent long nights waiting for such a man makes me almost hate myself.

If not for Duke, Rowan Fletcher would have continued to live his life, committing more crimes against man and God.

Now they say he’s on the run.

I pick my phone, I want to hear Duke’s voice.

The phone is ringing, he must be busy now. Should I be disturbing him? Maybe I should just—"Hello," oh, he picked.

"H_Hello, Duke,"

"Yes, Pagne?" He answers. This voice of his, it’s so calming. I could listen to him speak all day long and not get tired. I’ll want to replay it again.

"I_ I just watched the news." I say.

"How are you?" Maybe deep down I knew he was going to ask me this question, and maybe that’s why I called him. Because I wanted him to ask me how I am. I like it when he asks me that question, I can’t help but believe he cares and is deeply concerned about my well-being

"I’m fine." I sigh and rest my back and head on the body of my seat. "I’m just a bit shaken from shock. I didn’t realize he was even worse than I thought."

Based in what he did to me, I had accepted the fact that Rowan was trash, but watching the news today has made me realize that he is worse than trash. He’s the filth of the earth. A very wicked soul. It’s like the devil himself resides inside that man.

"That is not your fault so don’t blame yourself for it." How can he tell? How does he know that I feel like I’m also at fault for not recognizing what kind of an Rowan was. If I had maybe some of his victims would not have fallen into his trap.

"I know. I know it’s not my fault but if only I had been more observant, if I hadn’t been so oblivious to the things he did, maybe I could have saved some of those victims. Maybe I-c

"No maybes, Champagne. Don’t think too hard about it. Just accept it when I tell you that none of this is your fault, okay?"

"Okay." I nod even though he can’t see me.

"Good girl."

"Duke,"

"Hmm?"

"Thank you for exposing him to the world." I know words can never be enough to describe my gratitude for him, but still, I want to thank him and I hope he knows how grateful I am.

"I’m sorry I haven’t been able to find evidence for what he did to you too." This man, seriously what is he even taking about?

"What do you mean? I mean, yes I want Rowan to pay for what he did to me, but this much is already enough. With all this other allegations heaped up against him, it feels like he’s already paying for everything he did to me. So don’t say sorry." He has no idea how satisfied I am with this much.

"Alright, but I promise you my love, I’ll definitely find proof of what he did to you whether you want it or not. I won’t rest till I do so."

Ah, I let a soft chuckle break out of my mouth as I remember I am married to a stubborn man. A very stubborn man.

"There’s no way I’m going to talk you out of it and I promised I would no longer feel bad for the help you’re giving me, so I’ll say thank you."

Yes, instead of expressing my disappointment in myself for marrying someone like Rowan, or expressing my remorse for making my current husband clean after my mess, I should just tell him how grateful I really am. Thats what he said he needed. All he needed was a thank you and a kiss to seal the deal.

"Thank you Duke, so come home early so I can give you a kiss of gratitude."

The line goes silent for a while, all I can hear is his breathing, "Duke?"

"I’ll be home early." He says and a smile climbs onto my face as I nod.

"Alright, I’ll see you soon." I say.

"Hmm, bye."

"Oh and Duke,"

"Yes, dearest?"

"I love you, and the truth is I’m missing you so much right now."

"I’ll be there in an hours time. No, sorry, two how’s max."

I can hear Alan shouting in the background saying, they still had a lot to cover. "I’ll be there soon." He says in a rush, completely ignoring Alan who will probably have to do whatever business they have unfinished there on his own.

I giggle as I hang up because I can picture him packing his stuff and running back to me while Alan tries to keep him there while saying something like, ’Your wife is not running away, you’ll see her soon! Just finish your work before you go.’ And Duke will ignore everything and come to me.

I can’t wait to see him.

Since he’s dropping everything behind and is running back to me should I do the same for once? I’ll go home early today and cook up a storm for him.

"Alright, let’s do that." I’m feeling rather giddy now as I pack my glasses in it’s case, and dump it along with my phone inside my bag.

I rise to my feet, pick up my car keys and that’s when I notice, my hands aren’t trembling anymore. My body that was shaking before I called Duke has completely calmed down. The painful feeling in my heart has also disappeared now. All because I spoke with Duke on the phone.

I’m glad I have Duke.

I pick up the files I was working on, with my hand bag and car keys, and I’m running home to welcome my husband whom I love so very much.

...

The matter of Rowan is on every channel. His face is on every street TV screen, on the front page of news papers, very one on the internet is talking about the mad doctor as they have tagged him. Podcasts and radio discussions are about the very same thing.

Who would have thought my ex-husband would one day become this popular.

Imagine I had not been a victim of his wickedness, imagine he had not divorced me, imagine I was still his wife. What would I do after things like this were discovered?

I probably will defend him till the end. I would have said my husband was not like that, and I would have shed endless tears, I would have said they were trying to frame a good man, that the evidence were fake and that that girl whose video was shown on the news was nothing but a paid actor.

Yes, I would have ignored all other evidence and believed in him and him alone. Because that’s just who I was. That’s how much I had loved him... Blindly.

So I thank God. I thank God that I am no longer hooked on that man. I thank God he betrayed and divorced me. I thank God my name doesn’t have to be dragged in the mud with him. And I thank God for Duke.

...

The twins are more than happy that I’m home early today. And although my intention was to head straight to the kitchen as soon as I got home, the twins had other plans.

They made me sit through a lecture of how they were each writing capital and small letter Aa-Zz and numbers 1-50 withing copying the letters or numbers from anywhere.

According to Mary, Shelly has problems identifying some letters, but his numbers are flawless while Renny’s letters are perfect but her problem comes from numbers, especially when she gets to the number twenty-nine. She finds it difficult to remember what comes after.

I spent a good amount of time going through their notebooks and their coloring books after which they followed me into the kitchen to help me cook up a storm before daddy gets back.

I texted Duke to come straight home and I told Mary to take the rest of thee day off, but since it was just past noon, she offered to help me in the kitchen, but I want to make the food myself so I decline. So instead she offers to stay around and chat with me while I cook and will go when Duke arrives.

That, I agree to.

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