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

fell open in disbelief. What did he just

laughed. “It seems my life is just getting worse by the day. No problem, I’ll

she turned

back, she caught sight of the sparkling blue-colored 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 her bikini.

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

unbelievable, haha…” she

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from but no one was behind her,

her head.

can’t get lost, can we?… Jeslyn, you can do this!” She patted herself on

designs of the large doors got her

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

doors looking the same. She got baffled as to which room she should go

start with this,” she said and walked

first floor, it didn’t

and

the knob handle and…

and pushed the

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

“Enter”

she got made her open the door wide with her hand holding tightly to the door knob while her body rested on the door.

watched her cute reaction for a while before he bypassed her and stepped into the dimmed room.

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

didn’t look back as he

just head to my room.” As she was about to turn, his voice

not on this

“Ah?”

“Last floor.”

let