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?”

house, your stepson will be back soon. How you make him

open in disbelief. What did he just say?

worse by the day. No problem, I’ll endure, so

to herself before she turned around and headed to the

pool a distance away and couldn’t help but beam. She loves water and she could envision herself a few days from now diving into that pool in

climbed the stairs. On getting to the passageway, she

haha…” she laughed

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coming from but no one was behind her, so she sighed and shook

her head.

lost, can we?… Jeslyn, you can do this!”

the designs of the large doors got her confused.

a house this big and complicated anyway?…. Forget it, I can

floor she’s standing on has three rooms with the doors looking the same. She got baffled

walked

the knob of the first floor, it didn’t bulge… It was

she shook her head and went to the other door. “This should

handle and… voila, it turned!

and pushed the door

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

“Enter”

door wide with her hand holding tightly to the door knob while her body rested

who was standing behind her, watched her cute reaction for a while before he bypassed her and stepped

you please, make some noise while walking In the future? You almost scared

as he

then I should just head to my room.” As she was about to turn,

not on this

“Ah?”

“Last floor.”

ok, let me