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?!

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

that she would be this humiliated in front of so many guards and maids, especially this vixen she hated

went through learning how to care for kids, the

all her sacrifices, this is Maverick’s decision? (2

was dreaming, so she balled her hand in a tight fist until her manicured nails dug into

pulled her sense back to reality and her

shook her head fiercely and asked in disbelief,

wh- what

walked to her and grabbed hold of her forearm

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a distance away.

doing?! Maverick, what are you doing?! Let me

do this to me, please don’t separate me from Valen, please,

Her reaction made Mulan remember

everywhere. “Jeslyn, you’ll pay for this, I’ll make sure you beg for death but

wait, nanny Mulan. But make sure to wear something decent while at it. I might just choose to pull your clothes while we are fighting in the

was having a nice laugh while Mulan was hyperventilating in fury. 2

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

into her red car. Number 2 got into the driver’s seat

at the car with a broad smile while yelling, “byeeeeeee… I’ll take proper care of Valen and he won’t miss you

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

at her side profile for a long while before he turned and

to rest on Jeslyn. He narrowed his

hand happened to spot Valen looking towards her and she curled her lips into a wicked smile.

snorted and started to walk