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?”

soon. How you make him

What did he just say? Did he just…

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

she turned around

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

house and climbed the stairs. On getting to the passageway, she stopped and brushed

unbelievable, haha…” she

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she was coming from but no one was behind her, so

her head.

can do this!” She patted herself on the shoulder and continued

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

can all the doors be the same? Where is the room I came out from? God! Why is a house this big and complicated anyway?….

floor she’s standing on has three rooms with the doors looking the

said and walked to the first door on her right.

floor, it

head and went to the other door. “This should be

handle

smiled and pushed

isn’t the room, she thought and was about

“Enter”

her hand

reaction for a while before

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

didn’t look back as he threw her

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

not

“Ah?”

“Last floor.”

let me go-”