Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

”Hmm… that woman, Alice remained a bitch even to her death! ” It was clear that the lady on the video was upset about Jeslyns mother.

”Thats why her husband hated her… so, why did you call me here? Don tell me its only to have a taste of me, ” Ray said.

”That aside. Young Miss said that the last dose of the poison has been administered to old man Lee and he won have much time to live anymore, so our plan to get rid of that idiot after taking the properties from her will be a smooth sailing, ” The lady replied.

”Thats good, and his properties, did he give a share to young Miss Christine? ”

”He willed it all to Jeslyn, stating she can only get them after she got married. ”

”Why do they all want her to get married before getting the inheritance? Im so tired of hearing that! That stupid rule is the reason Im having issues with the love of my life right now and also, why is that idiot so lucky? She got all her mothers inheritance and now, her grandfathers. What about Christine? Is she not their daughter too? How do they expect Jeslyn to manage the empire of the richest man and woman in Rose city? Is that old man senile? ”

”As if you don know how careless and simple Jeslyn wants to live her life. She thinks shes a princess, so I bet they were scared that shell be cheated out of her properties if she didn have a husband to support her…ironic! ”

”Ironic indeed. I wonder what her grandfathers face would look like when he finds out Im one of those enemies he had been trying to tell Jeslyn about. Hahaha… ”

The phone slid off Jeslyns hold after watching that video. Her world shook and everything in it tumbled. She stood up and tried taking a step to the door but she fell against the coffee table. Her head felt heavy and her eyes turned blurry.

”No, Ray cannot do this to me. They are lying about everything, it must be a prank. Grandfather, my grandfather. ”

She murmured to herself even though she was suffering. She wanted to get up to go check up on her grandfather but she couldn stand properly as the world was spinning under her legs and her eyes were also starting to dim.

Just when she was thinking of calling her assistant or grandfather, the door clicked open and someone walked in. It was a lady, but she couldn see her clearly. She was wearing a black off shoulder dress.

The lady stood In front of her. Jeslyn could only see her mouth moving, but heard no sound. She struggled to stand on her feet with the support of the bed and tried to read the ladys lips but her unfocused blurry eyes were bastards.

Her sight started to go dimmer and dimmer, solidifying her belief that she was drugged.

phone. Yes, that should be her phone, but before she could make sense of what the lady wanted with her phone, her world turned dark and

mind and the first thing she wanted to do at that moment was to call off the

? Will her grandfather even have enough time to change his will before anything happens

has was fabricated? Shes a celebrity and has seen lots of such things happen in the

that stuck to her confused brain at that moment was to get married, but definitely not to Ray. Even a janitor, or a waiter would do, until shes able to sort things

on her side because after walking through the corridors of her hotel room,

all she wanted at that moment was to solve one of the biggest problems, so she shamelessly proposed

…

his granddaughters story, old man Lee was so furious that he yelled. ”That

old man frowned in pain and clawed his chest. ”Argh! ” He cried out. ”Puff! ” He coughed out black blood which got onto

”G– grandfather, grandfather! ”

to support the old man who was slowly going down with his

She screamed while looking around

here a while ago, why isn she here now? She didn have the time to think of why the servants and guards that kept patrolling around the sitting room on other days like they were moths attracted to flame could not be found

” She continued

a finger to wipe her tears. The stubborn old man who had never cried for decades felt hot tears sliding down his cheeks as he looked at his poor

come because the servants and guards in the house have been bought. He just found out a few days ago that he had been living with a deadly poison in

told him he was only stressed and that nothing was wrong with him. The old man didn believe his doctor and that was when he started to suspect that enemies were lurking around

around for

five hours until the

with their nose masks on and asked in a frantic voice:

his head, ”Im sorry, young Miss, your grandfather couldn make it. The poison had destroyed his organs and… Miss Jeslyn!

immediately supported her limp body before she touched the floor

her right where the beeping sound was coming from and

it was an injection needle connected to a thin pipe. She sighed before sitting with her head resting on

in front of

frowned when she saw a few familiar faces, and then the ones that hit her right on the core were Ray and