Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

On the altar, Ray grabbed Jeslyn by the arm and pulled her roughly to face him after her declaration. ”What do you think you are doing? ” He stared at her with eyes that were struggling to conceal the rage in them.

She looked at those dark eyes, the straight nose, and the pink lips she had dreamt of kissing but never got the chance to.

”Paaah! ”

She raised her right hand and landed a resounding slap across his face.

The slap was loud, so loud that the sound reverberated in the noisy hall, shutting the murmuring guests up.

The slap caught everyone by surprise, including both grooms.

”You don hold me like Im an unfeeling doll! ” She spat out.

The replacement groom trailed his gaze to her arm and saw the redness from being held too tightly and narrowed his eyes at Ray who had his mouth and eyes widened with his palm holding his cheek.

He was dazed. He couldn believe she slapped him. Jeslyn slapped him! It had never happened before and never in his wild dreams would he think she could ever slap him. While still in a daze, he was pulled back from his reverie at her words.

”Priest, please start the ceremony, ” she said in haste.

The priest glanced at the front audience seat, hoping to know what the grandfather thought. Until he saw the grandfather give a slight nod, did he start the marriage ritual.

Young master Ray wanted to protest, he wanted to pull her and probably give her a tight slap to wake her from her sleep, but when he saw the glare from her grandfather, he lowered the hand he had raised to pull her.

Ray just stood helplessly by the side and watched as his bride got married to another man in front of his eyes. It felt like a dream to him, a dream he so badly wanted to wake up from. How could all of the things he would get by marrying her slide away from his fingers like this? Impossible! But what can he do right now other than to watch as they were about to exchange rings?

Time to exchange rings, the bride took the diamond ring that had been prepared for her and handed it to her replacement groom. He placed it on her ring finger and that was when they realized they had no ring for her replacement groom.

Her mascara-ruined eyes swept through the hall for an alternative and they stopped on the ring bearer.

both hands and rushed to collect Rays ring, hoping it would fit her new husband. The ring wasn a perfect fit as it was

pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride! ”

her on the forehead, surprising the already stunned guests, the priest, and even

Jeslyn turned around, leaving her husband on the altar and ran to her grandfather with her dress trailing

thinking of how he got abandoned in

called with quivering lips as

and pulled his granddaughter

Im sorry, grandfather. ” She broke down

you are a celebrity. What would your fans say when a bad picture of you is

being criticized, or an early morning picture of her is leaked to the media, she would cry the house

It was clear that whatever was hidden behind that voice was being suppressed. After all, he had grown to this age, so he had seen more of the world and

call you that? ” The young man asked with

looking at this man in front of him that looked harmless, he was certain the man was not what he made himself

sorry for not bringing a meeting gift. The marriage with your

”I understand, thank– ”

and I even called her this morning while she was

explanation for this humiliation. ” An old man with white hair walked

granddaughter is too sad to say anything right now. We will call you over when shes better to understand what really happened. Until

about to walk back to his private room when he suddenly felt something

to look at his assaulter and narrowed his brown eyes at him. ”Do I owe you? ” He

just stole my

new groom

…

entering a private room in the hotel. He sat on a couch and placed

”What took you so long? I almost thought you left.

as he turned to look at

choked on his drink and patted his chest to

explain to your mom, ”

you did

”Got married. ”