The Devil CEO's Contract Wife novel Chapter 305

Chapter 305: Heal & Love

Agatha’s gone.

Having that thought in my head made me realize where the fire originated. It was almost as if I could hear her screams of agony, or maybe it was my mind playing tricks on me.

My head flashed through the memories, the last time I held my mother’s hand as she left us alone in this world, she was mostly bedridden, and treated in the mansion, never leaving her room.

Athena and I would always stay by her and listen to her shallow breath until the moment it stopped.

Elias remarried. The first time I saw Agatha, and how she smiled at me. The first day she came into my room.

Elias’ discipline as his cane struck my back and shoulders, as he enforced what kind of man he wanted me to be.

After my expulsion from my boarding school, Elias was furious at me for the Headmaster’s death. But I couldn’t tell him why I did it. The first time I glared hatred at Agatha, her tears as she tried to blackmail me emotionally to come back to her.

The struggle... the pain... the darkness... the cold, unwanted touch that has plagued me for half my life. My effort as I built power to escape my demons. I thought I escaped them, because now the feeling taking over me wasn’t like the one I felt years ago.

I felt like a free man for the first time in my life.

A warm hand grasped my face, and my eyes connected with hazel eyes. Catherine used her thumb to brush the wetness away from my face.

"Even broken things can heal..." she said.

For once in my life, I believed I could heal.

In a rugged breath, I captured her lips in mine, rushed and passionate.

"I love you too..." she breathed, responding to my confession.

I smiled, kissing her more fiercely.

~☆~

"We have made progress in the last month. Making this a couple’s therapy was the best decision yet. You were both able to heal, together."

"Thank you, Dr. Miller..." Catherine said with a smile on her lips.

He smiled back at her.

"I must add that your advice to burn away problems came in handy."

I raised an eyebrow at her words and how casually they were thrown out.

"Did it? You mean when I mentioned writing it down and throwing them into the flames?"

"Yes! That... I think that’s how it went."

I leaned close to her ear and spoke slowly in a way that only she could hear me. "Is that so, baby? I see where you got the idea."

She tensed but kept her composure.

"I’m glad that could help." He pressed the end of the pen. "Shall we begin our session? I have a feeling today will go quite well..." He locked his gaze with me, amusement drowning them. "As Mrs. King once said, you have bad juju, but now there’s none of it clinging to you anymore."

The last place I wanted to be was therapy, but Catherine talked me through it, and now it has become something like a regular occurrence.

After an hour of talking and other things that came with it, we were done.

I watched as Catherine chatted with Dr. Miller. I couldn’t seem to get enough of her. Sometimes, I wonder how I was able to have such a woman beside me. It amazes me up to this moment.

I pulled out my phone and dialed Nico’s number.

"Boss?" Nico was quick to answer.

"Tonight..." I uttered, and I knew he got my message.

"You wanna do this? I thought you were gonna... I don’t know... let it slide?"

"Not when it comes to my wife. You know the plan, make my movement known towards the underground fight ring. Have Carlo know I’ll be meeting him in a few hours."

"On it, boss."

She sounded better. Happy.

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