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?”

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

did he just say? Did

life is just getting worse by the day. No problem, I’ll

she turned around and headed to

pool a distance away and couldn’t help but beam. She loves water and she could envision

to the passageway, she stopped and brushed her fingers through her hair.

unbelievable, haha…” she

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back to where she was coming from but no one was

her head.

we can’t get lost, can we?… Jeslyn, you can do this!” She patted herself on the shoulder and continued to walk forward.

complication of the passageway, plus the designs of the large doors

the same? Where is the room I came out from? God! Why is a house this big

with the doors looking the

said and walked to the first door on

the first floor, it didn’t bulge… It

her head and went

handle

pushed the

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

“Enter”

wide with her hand holding

cute reaction for a

In the future?

as he threw her

my room.” As she was about

is not on this floor.”

“Ah?”

“Last floor.”

let me go-”