Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

52 Maverick to the rescue.

“You might be his ‘wife’, but nobody knows that. If I were you, I’d hide my face in shame and stop calling him my husband.” Mulan scoffed. (1

“Hmmm… that’s right…” The maid walked back with the scarf. Jeslyn took the scarf from the maid and started to tie it around her waist while saying, “…The world might not know me to be his wife but the important people in his life do. Even a nanny like you does, so that’s already a good announcement. 1 Maverick and I don’t need the world to get married or approve our union.” Jeslyn beamed.

“y-”

“Don’t bother with your incessant talks. If you aren’t tired, I am… by the way, isn’t it too early to come to a house with a newly wedded couple? You should leave. My husband, son, brother-in-law, and I want to have the day all to ourselves and bond over breakfast.

Also…” Jeslyn smiled shyly. “He was…” She lowered her voice and leaned towards Mulan. “godly in bed. Very hot and he made me scream his name all through.” 3

Mulan’s face paled and her eyes shut open in disbelief.

“H-he, he, he, y- you…” Mulan stammered on without knowing the proper words to say.

“Hmm…” Jeslyn nodded fervently. “Yes, he ate me and he also confessed I was the most delicious thing he has ever tasted. Hahaha…”

Seeing how flabbergasted Mulan was, Jeslyn felt an overflow of joy coursing through her veins. 1 “Leave now and when next you are coming, wear something that covers that big chest of yours because I might mistake you for a seductress and you wouldn’t want to see the crazy side of an angry WIFE.” 1

Jeslyn kept laying emphasis on that word. She was never a petty person, but the urge to ruin Mulan kept tugging on her mind. She hated this woman. The more she spoke with Mulan, the more she wants to tear her apart and that feeling surprises her too.

keep it in anymore. She raised her hand and

froze her into a mummy. Her hand was suspended in mid-air as color drained

“You dare not,”

was a relaxed tone, but it carried a deadly warning.

of the voice and slowly turned towards the door.

them in an uncaring manner

face would leave people imagining if a smile had ever

glanced passively at the two women. One was

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red pants and a black top.

on the women. With one hand in his pocket, he stood beside Jeslyn with a brow

said slowly like he

Maverick,” Mulan bit her lip hard. Why did she call him that? Wasn’t she supposed to address

into his eyes for the first time in six years. She had always had her head slightly bowed all those years, and now, she

summoned courage and stared into those dark eyes that held hers.

felt like they could pierce into her soul, shivers ran down Mulan’s back.

of the dangers feared in country M, yet she still wanted to

that position, only for him

her tongue with difficulty as a teardrop

“Maverick, why?”

into her iris with no single

I took care of your child from when he was born to this age… for six years Maverick, six years!” She choked on her