Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

42 First fight.

“Yoo, wait for me.” Rex’s voice sounded from the sitting room and his hurried steps could be heard a while later. (1

“Ah, the family is gathered and you all were about to exclude me? What a- Jeslyn, good morning” He

beamed at her.

“Good morning,” Jeslyn answered.;

“Your night must have been good, right?” Rex walked to the dining and took the only vacant seat while. a maid wearing a black gown and a white napkin tied around her waist hurried to start serving him.

“Hmm, that can also be said,” Jeslyn answered ambiguously.

While Rex and Jeslyn were talking, Mulan’s head was aching. From what she knew, none of the Lu brothers had ever brought a woman home before, so who is this Jeslyn? and what position does she hold to be at the table with the Lu family, and also able to hold a smooth conversation with Rex?

“Father, I just asked you a question.” Valen interrupted the conversation between Rex and Jeslyn, prompting them to shut up and look at him.

Looking at what was placed in front of Valen, Rex sighed. He doesn’t need to be told of what was

going on.

“Darling Valen, it was prescribed by Matt, so you can only take that,” Rex intervened.

“Uncle Rex, if I recall correctly, I wasn’t talking to you, right?” He glared at Rex who immediately shut. his mouth and turned to focus on his food.

Jeslyn knitted her brows but said nothing.

“Valen, don’t say that, he’s your uncle,” Mulan said in a soft voice.

Too soft for Jeslyn’s liking which made her frown grow deeper. She narrowed her eyes at the child and scrutinized him all over one more time.

huh?”

she wasn’t being looked at, she continued to eat her food without paying attention to

and get me something appetizing.” Valen said to one of the maids who had

maid raised her head and confusion laced

disobeying Master Maverick was never an option, however, little master Valen can also not

maid stood rooted there in

someone!” Valen roared with his small voice

Rex called. His voice sounded fearful and

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his head and shot Mulan

to Valen and tried to

the meal you want, you’ll hurt yourself,

Mulan’s words, Valen tuned down his anger and glared at

of the things she hates in her life is spoilt children. She’s allergic to them and

had seen, Valen seems to be holding the

told herself while

while the maids hurried over to clean out the healthy food they had left on his

table became quiet and Rex’s naturally cheerful face was replaced with bitterness

face. Only his mouth opening once in a few seconds to allow in food, distorted his facial expression.

appetite when she saw the

was on his phone with a serious look

Mulan hurried in with a few servants holding dishes.

new dish was arranged in front of Valen. Most of them were fried food and raw food like milk, cheese,

breath hitched in his throat when he saw Valen cutting the egg and having the yoke pouring out. Maverick wasn’t saying anything but the hand holding his cutlery was having veins popping out at how tightly he was pressing

pursed her lips as she looked

looking so weird and awkward, Jeslyn seemed lost. What’s wrong with the kind of food Valen was eating? She also eats oily and uncooked food too,

put the

“Put it down.”

Maverick. He didn’t sound like he would be taking a ‘no’ for an