Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

53 Passed Judgement on Mulan.

“Reason,” Maverick interrupted Mulan.

That was the second time he asked her for the reason Mulan raised her hand to slap his wife and he still hasn’t gotten an answer.

Mulan swallowed. She knew him too well to grasp the meaning behind his question.

“I- I’m sorry,” Mulan stuttered.

What reason could she have other than anger and jealousy? She couldn’t tell Maverick it was because she was angry or jealous, right?

Maverick didn’t say anything else but only turned his head to his men who were trailing behind him.

Number 2 immediately stepped out from the line of guards behind Maverick and started to walk towards Mulan.

Mulan suddenly had a weird feeling crawling towards her heart. Maverick hasn’t said anything other than those two words, but she could already feel the heat on her back.

“The ties between the Lu family and the Wang family are severed, hence, you are not allowed to get close to my son. Disobeying the order will cost you more than you can imagine.” 2

With that said, Maverick glanced at Jeslyn who had a beam on her face, and walked away, towards his

car.

Jeslyn’s lips twitched. She wasn’t expecting to hear that, but all in all, her heart felt warm.

Mulan’s heart dropped. Did he just break all ties with her and her family? Did Maverick just do that to someone like her?!

thought that Maverick, whom she’s helping to take care of his son for six

in front of so many guards

man she had known and wanted for so many years would do this to her. The time she wasted, the care she gave that rotten child, the suffering she went through learning how to care for kids, the humiliation she got from his sister whom he

her sacrifices, this is

her hand in a tight fist until her manicured nails dug

back to reality and her eyes slowly turned watery.

striding towards her, Mulan shook her head fiercely and asked in disbelief,

what are you

to her and grabbed hold of her forearm and started to drag her towards her

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distance away.

what are you doing?! Let me go!” She struggled against him but it

separate me from Valen, please,

miserable Mulan looked, Jeslyn chuckled. Her reaction made Mulan remember she

would have fallen dead with her intestines spewed everywhere. “Jeslyn, you’ll pay for this, I’ll

I might just choose to

was having a nice laugh while

turned to look towards where Valen was. Seeing him sitting and looking in her direction, she screamed,

didn’t move. He watched as she was dragged and pushed into her red car. Number 2 got into the driver’s seat and

car with a broad smile while yelling, “byeeeeeee… I’ll take proper care

his steps and turned his head to look at the

a long while before

his gaze to rest on Jeslyn. He

other hand happened to spot Valen looking towards her and she curled

snorted and started to walk in the