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?!

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

be this humiliated in front of so many guards and

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 refused to announce to the world, and the embarrassment she got from his mother. This is how

sacrifices, this is Maverick’s decision? (2

like she was dreaming, so she balled her hand in

to reality and her eyes slowly turned

towards her, Mulan shook her head

Maverick, wh- what

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

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distance away.

“W- what are you doing?! Maverick, what are you doing?! Let me go!” She

do this to me, please don’t separate me from Valen, please, I’m sorry, Maverick!!” Mulan screamed hysterically while being

chuckled. Her reaction made

her with unconcealed rage in her eyes. If looks could kill, Jeslyn would have fallen dead with her intestines spewed everywhere. “Jeslyn, you’ll pay for this, I’ll make sure you beg for death but will never see it. I’ll ruin you Jeslyn, bet

sure to wear something decent while at it. I

nice laugh while Mulan was hyperventilating in

was. Seeing him sitting and looking in her direction, she screamed, “Valen! Child, please

as she was dragged and pushed into her red car. Number

take proper care of Valen and he

to get into his black car, paused in his steps and turned his head to

at her side profile for a long

shifted his gaze to rest on Jeslyn. He narrowed his eyes at her.

to spot Valen looking towards her and she curled

started to walk