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?”

heard… return to the house, your stepson will be back soon. How you make him trust you as a stepmother is

What did he just say? Did

laughed. “It seems my life is just getting worse by the day. No problem, I’ll endure, so far I won’t die before I

to herself before she turned around and headed

couldn’t help but beam. She loves water and she could envision herself a few days

and climbed the stairs. On getting to the passageway, she

haha…” she laughed awkwardly.

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

her head.

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

of the passageway, plus the designs of the large doors got her confused.

out from? God! Why is a house this big and

the doors looking the same.

this,” she said and walked to the first door on

first floor, it didn’t bulge…

shook her head and went to the other door. “This should be it.”

knob handle and…

and pushed the door

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

“Enter”

door wide with her hand

cute reaction for a

In the future? You almost scared me

didn’t look back as he threw her the

room.” As she was about to turn,

not on

“Ah?”

“Last floor.”

let me