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?”

back soon. How you make him trust you as a stepmother

What did he just say?

getting worse by the day. No problem, I’ll endure, so far I won’t die before

before she turned

help but beam. She loves water and she could envision herself a

On getting to the passageway, she

is unbelievable, haha…”

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coming from but no one

her head.

Jeslyn, you can do this!” She patted herself on the shoulder and continued to

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

out from? God! Why is a house this big and complicated anyway?…. Forget it, I

on has three rooms with the doors looking the same. She

with this,” she said and walked to the first

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

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

handle and… voila, it turned!

smiled and pushed

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

“Enter”

her hand holding tightly to

for a while before he bypassed her and stepped into the dimmed

walking In the future?

as

should just head to my room.” As she was about

not on this floor.”

“Ah?”

“Last floor.”

let me go-”