The Wife I Never Met
Chapter 17

The following day at the shooting site every one was present except for Ciara but none commented on that. Although people acted like nothing happened the previous day, in this day age of social media, a group chat was soon opened among the crew members. Immediately after it was created people started gossiping about Laura and Boity.

“those two are just vicious, were they just pulling a joke or attempting murder?”

“I don’t know but I heard a certain someone was angry because her current boyfriend was showing interest in our screen writer.”

” Noo but I thought she had captivated our CEO.”

They then warned each other to be extra careful and not fall victim to the vicious two women.

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Ciara was finally released from the hospital, so they decided to spend the day at the hotel before heading back home, so when they reached their penthouse, the only thing that Ciara wanted to do was take a nap. With that in mind she headed straight for their room. All this while Liam was following behind her, he wanted to make sure that she wouldn’t fall and heart herself. Once he was sure that she was securely tucked in, he then left the room and headed to the study to do his work.

It was a very layed day for the two as Ciara was sleeping for half the time and Liam working. When Ciara finally woke up, they decided on getting some fresh air. It was said that it’s not healthy for one to lock themselves indoors all the time.

So they went to the mall, they wanted to do some shopping before grabbing a bite.

It is true when they say diamonds are a woman’s best friend, While walking around the mall Ciara spotted a jewelery shop and immediately pulled Liam toward that direction with excitement.

When they entered the shop, Ciara surveyed it for quite a while before a pair of gold matching watches with small diamonds caught her eyes. She studied the watches for some time, but when she saw the price she was caught in a dilemma. They were so expensive that if she bought them, it would take up her entire savings from the previous years. But she loved those watches, they didn’t have anything that represented their union plus she couldn’t buy rings as they had decided to take things slow and their relationship was still not public.

So she made up her mind, it didn’t matter that the watches were expensive. She was buying them and would start saving from her next paycheck.

With that she asked the sales lady present

, to help her wrap up the watches as she was taking them. She did not use the secondary black card that Liam had given her but instead took out her personal bank card to make the purchase. But what surprised her was the sales lady’s response. The sales lady smiled as she responded.

“I’m afraid I can’t take your card ma’am, as it has already been paid for” when she said ‘it was already been paid for,’ she said that while looking at the direction where Liam was at. So it was then when it clicked to Ciara that they must have seen her when she was still deciding whether to by or not.

But she still had to maintain her dignity in front of the sales lady, so with her head held high she exited the store. When they were finally out Ciara spoke up.

” Hey why did you do that for…. That was supposed to be a gift from me.”

Still Liam did not want to expose her, plus to him those watches weren’t expensive at all. The watches he owned, each could buy a house somewhere.

” what difference does it make, you chose them so as the man I’ll naturally pay, plus it’s our money so take it as you are the one who paid OK.”

Ciara pouted out her cheeks cutely, like a child would .

“ay it’s not the same”.

“well, you can always thank me tonight.. How about you demonstrate your new yoga posture.”

“aah shameless.”

They continued walking around the mall with all eyes on them, most women who saw them were envious of her. They actually wished to be in her place. Others wondered about their identity but fortunately for the couple, no one knew them as they were in a foreign land.

By the time they were finally done with everything it was already time for dinner, so they chose a very simple diner and ordered some simple dishes there, most of which were Liam’s first time trying them. He found that some were edible and others were quite average and could not be compared to the gourmet meals he’s used to. This explains why he didn’t enjoy his meal,. He didn’t show his dissatisfaction to Ciara though but instead he chose to enjoy the company of his wife. He watched her as she buried herself in food it was quite a laughable sight but like a gentleman that he is, he held it all in.

After paying for the bill, they went back to the hotel and started packing up their clothes getting ready for their trip ahead.

The following day after getting ready, they had their breakfast and once they were done they headed straight to the airport.

The private jet was ready when they got there, so at the appointed time it departed. It was a smooth trip back home, it was so peaceful that one would even forget all the horrible things that had occurred in the past few days.

Immediately when they landed Liam received a text from his mom inviting him to a gathering at home, although it was a casual event, she still didn’t give him a chance to decline.

Knowing his mom, he knew that this was another attempt of introducing a new woman to him. So he felt it was important for him to tell Ciara about it, than for her to hear about it from someone else.