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?”

the house, your stepson will be back soon. How you make him trust you as a stepmother is all up to you.” With that said, he walked away.

fell open in disbelief. What did he

laughed. “It seems my life is just getting worse by the day. No

she turned around and headed to the

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

getting to the

unbelievable, haha…”

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coming from but no

her head.

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

the passageway, plus the designs

the room I came out from? God! Why is a house this big and complicated anyway?…. Forget it, I can just open all the doors until

three rooms with the doors looking the same. She got baffled as to which

said and walked to the first

floor, it didn’t bulge… It was locked.

is not the room,” she shook her head and went to the other door.

turned the knob handle

and pushed the door

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

“Enter”

with her hand holding

who was standing behind her, watched her cute reaction for a while before

make some noise while walking In

back as he

As she was about

not on this

“Ah?”

“Last floor.”

let me go-”