Buying my Wife by Zoey Parker

Author:Zoey Parker
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: motorcycle club romance, new adult contemporary romance, interracial bad boy romance, wedding and pregnancy romance, marriage mistake romance, mc romance, dark romance, biker romance, romantic suspense, second chance heist romance, secret baby romance, mafia romance, hitman romance
Publisher: Sopris Page Press
Published: 2019-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

Cara

CARA WAS STARTLED AWAKE when she heard a door upstairs slam shut. For a moment, she had forgotten where she was, but then she felt the cramps in her shoulder blades and lower back, the tightness in her neck, and remembered quite clearly. She was still tied to a chair in a hit man’s basement.

Just thinking the words felt absurd, like she had somehow been trapped inside the plot of an action movie. She heard heavy footsteps moving around upstairs, and then, a few minutes later, heard the squeak of the stairs as the man came down to the basement. Seconds later, the door to her room opened.

“I brought you some food,” Devin said, holding out what appeared to be a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

Cara wanted to pretend she wasn’t hungry, but almost immediately her stomach began to growl. Even her dreams had been filled with food. Devin untied her hands and sat the plate on her lap, and Cara tucked into it, finishing the entire thing in five bites, and immediately wished she had another, though she would never ask Devin for it.

“I can get you more food,” he said, clearly reading the disappointment on her face. “But we need to chat first.”

Cara couldn’t imagine what other information Devin needed from her. She’d told him everything she knew about Daniel’s death already. What else could there be to talk about?

“Your husband’s debts have been transferred to you.”

The sandwich in her stomach suddenly felt like a bowling ball, and Cara thought she might be sick.

“What do you mean?” Her voice sounded small, weak, and she hated herself for it, but Devin’s words had knocked every ounce of strength out of her.

How could she repay Daniel’s debts? She didn’t have any money. She wasn’t even sure how she’d afford a place to live or food. For the first time, Cara regretted killing Daniel. If she’d waited for Devin to do it for her, she could have received Daniel’s life insurance policy. It wouldn’t have been much, but it would have been enough to start her life over. Now, she had nothing. Tears began welling in her eyes, blurring her vision.

“You are now responsible for your husband’s debts,” Devin repeated.

“I can’t pay it,” she said, even though she didn’t know the exact amount. “I have no money.”

Devin twisted his face into an exaggerated frown. “That’s what I feared. In similar situations, women have been sold into slavery to cover their husband’s debts.”

“Slavery?” The only thing Cara knew about slavery was what she’d seen on the History channel’s documentaries. Surely, things like that didn’t still exist—plantations and the slave trade.

“Sex slavery,” Devin said, his voice a whisper, as if the words were too horrible to speak at normal volume.

Cara felt herself grow faint. Her head swirled, and her vision began going black on the edges. Sex trafficking. That she had heard of. Her brain began producing horrible images of what her life would look like, and Cara tried to force them away, to clear her head so she could think.

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