Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

34 Frank’s feelings.

“F*ck! Where the hell are you, Jeslyn?!” Ray ruffled his hair in frustration.

“What about that lawyer and her…” he paused. How can he call that stranger her husband? He refused/ to give that pauper that title. “…that stranger she contracted to marry her?”

“Ehm… we couldn’t find anything about them. They seem to never exist.”

“That’s not possible. Go and look into them! Don’t come back here if you don’t find anything about that contracted husband and lawyer!”

“Yes, young master.” The guard bowed and left with his people.

Ray narrowed his eyes as he thought of where Jeslyn was. “Jeslyn, I hope you are not with that contracted man-”

His

eyes widened like he had gotten his answer and he threw the glass of wine in his hand against the TV that was reporting on the court case of two days ago.

Yes, it had been two days already and Ray still couldn’t find Jeslyn.

believed Jeslyn would be. Using the keys she had given him to all her

given to him whenever she was gifted or bought a new house but

he went there nor how he went there, but when he couldn’t find her, something

first, he felt fear and immediately called the young Miss and Christine, thinking they had done something to her because while doing his own path a few months ago, he made sure they promised. him that they were never going to harm

fight him for a few weeks before they reconciled. After he got to know that no one touched Jeslyn, he thought she went to one of the rest houses to cry, but his guards couldn’t find her there either, so he

had been on her case and was even thinking of getting the police involved until he thought of

not dare!”

house with rage. “Ray, what did you do to Jeslyn? How could you do that to the woman you

f*ck up frank! How many times do I have to tell

you a*shole!” Frank retorted with the same amount of energy. He walked up to Ray in large strides and

with anger, he said to Ray with gritted

“I don’t-

“Pow!”

heavy punch landed on the side

that. It was damn painful, but still, he had no zeal to fight back. Instead, for some

I love Jeslyn, but I stayed back when you got into the picture. I couldn’t drag a woman with my best

games with her despite loving her so much,

1

beans, I would have still been in the dark, thinking Jeslyn betrayed you on the altar and you sought revenge by testifying against her in court.