Wisdom Weisz was probably the unluckiest woman in the world. She lost her house and ten-month-old daughter in a fire in a single day. And what’s worse is that on the same day, her husband was making love to her best friend in the latter’s apartment without paying any sort of remorse for her. Weeks after, she was also fired from her job for the viral video that was taken on the time she shamed her ex-husband and ex-best friend in front of many people.
        	Frustrated, she was left jobless and spent her remaining money in a luxury hotel’s bar. With destiny as unpredictable as ever, she met the billionaire in the bar who she already came across at various moments of her life. The man offered her a job and it was called, “Wife for Hire”, meaning she will be his wife without any emotional attachments. Wisdom was skeptical at first when the billionaire showed him the sum of money she will receive weekly. If she accepts, the billionaire will pay her upfront with a hundred dollars in her bank in just a blink of an eye.
        	Wisdom eventually accepts as she deemed this as an opportunity for revenge to her former husband and best friend as the billionaire happened to be her ex-husband’s boss and her ex-best friend's employer.
        	Wisdom Weisz was on cloud nine at first until she realized that her heart was about to fall for him. As a whirlpool of emotions stirred and a web of conflicts weaved, Wisdom will soon find out that this job was not easy as she thought as her heart begins to fall for the man who had employed her to be his hired wife.

Wife for Hire

I could tell that it is both literally and figuratively. 


She tried to hide her red-rimmed eyes from me. But she failed. I could still see through it—through her eyes. Her face, her expression. Even the way her lips pout. 


Where has she been this morning again? And why the hell is she crying?! 


“Where have you been?” My words startled her as I was in the corner of the room where the dimness of the light cloaked my half-naked figure. I purposely turned off the lights as I’m about to surprise her with the slightly burnt (well, not that slightly) blueberry pancakes. 


But it seems I was the one who was more surprised. 


“Where have you been?” I reiterated. She tried to open her mouth, but she closed it again. Wisdom turned her back on me but I can see from the mirror that she brought her handkerchief to her eyes. 


She faced me again, but the sorrow in her face still speaks to me otherwise. “I…I met somebody. Richard.” 


Chapter 21