Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

31 Wrong door- contract signing

Realizing she had lost track, she gently hit her head before she beamed again. “Mr, can I return to my country?”

Seeing his face changing, she immediately let go of his hand and waved at his face in a hurry. “No, no, I’m not saying I want to divorce. I mean, uhm, this country is not for people like me. I want to return to my country but I can still remain your wife and when it’s time to divorce, you can send the divorce. papers over and I’ll-”

“No.” His cold and stern voice sounded.

“Huh?” His reply startled her. What did he mean by no?

“Mr, there’s no reason for me to be by your side, right? I have a career that I-”

“Miss, you have issues up there?” He pointed at her head. 2

Jeslyn shook her head out of reflex.

“Then, you mustn’t have forgotten my condition for accepting the deal, right?”

“Eh, you said it’s for a brat and-”

“That brat cannot travel out of this country, which means you’ll have to stay here.”

“But my career! I’m a singer, a well-known singer who will soon be climbing to be a C-lister in a few weeks!” She knew she was lying, however, staying anywhere in the world is better than staying in this country.

Maverick stayed silent for a while before he responded. “Being here doesn’t stop you from doing anything. There are great companies here, I’ll get Rex to find you one.”

“No, Mr. I don’t use the back door to attain my dreams.”

“Neither am I giving you access through the back door.”

“What do you mean?”

How you make him trust you as a stepmother is all up to you.”

disbelief. What did he

seems my life is just getting worse by the day. No problem, I’ll endure, so far I won’t die before I ruin those people.” (1

murmured to herself before she turned around and headed to

She loves water and she could

the house and climbed the stairs. On getting to the passageway, she stopped and brushed her fingers through her hair.

unbelievable, haha…”

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no one was behind

her head.

Jeslyn, you can do this!” She patted herself on

complication of the passageway, plus the designs of the

doors be the same? Where is the room I came out from? God! Why is a house this big and complicated anyway?…. Forget it, I can just open all the doors until I get

rooms with the doors looking the same. She got

she said and walked to the

floor,

is not the room,” she shook her head and went to the

turned the knob handle

pushed the door open.

front of her. T-this isn’t the room, she thought and was about

“Enter”

got made her open the door wide with her hand holding tightly to the

a while before he bypassed her

while walking In the future? You almost scared me to death.”

as

to my room.” As she

room is not on this

“Ah?”

“Last floor.”

let me go-”