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.

to collect Rays ring, hoping it would fit her new husband. The ring wasn a perfect fit as it was a little too tight, but that

power vested in me, I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the

her on the forehead, surprising the already stunned guests,

turned around, leaving her husband on

of how he got

with quivering lips as her eyes welled up in

man stood up and pulled

She broke down

say when a bad picture of you is

on the internet, but if her face is being criticized, or an early morning picture of her is leaked to the media, she would cry the house down, yet look at her now, she didn even care about her face this time.

was clear that whatever was hidden behind that voice was being suppressed. After all, he

it right for me to call you that? ” The young man asked with a

voice suddenly broke, but looking at this man in

bringing a meeting gift. The marriage with your

”I understand, thank– ”

was getting dressed.

Lee, I think our family deserves an explanation for this humiliation. ” An old man with white hair walked over and stood beside Ray with his

over when shes better to understand what really happened. Until then, I have to take my granddaughter home. ” Grandpa Lee turned and started walking out of the

to his private room

groom turned to look at his assaulter and narrowed his brown

the effrontery to ask me that?! You just stole my woman! ” He yelled as he pointed

” the new groom smiled

…

private room in the hotel. He sat on a

sipping from his tumbler sighed. ”What took you so long? I almost

answered as he turned to look at the

drink and patted his chest to

yourself, I won explain to your mom,

did

”Got married. ”