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?!

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

this humiliated in front of so many guards and maids,

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

sacrifices, this is Maverick’s

in a tight fist until her manicured nails dug into her

pain pulled her sense back to reality and her eyes

towards her, Mulan shook her head

Maverick, wh- what are you

hold of her forearm and started to

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distance away.

what are you doing?! Let me go!” She

to me, please don’t separate me from Valen, please, I’m

looked, Jeslyn chuckled. Her reaction made

If looks could kill, Jeslyn would have fallen dead with her intestines spewed everywhere. “Jeslyn, you’ll pay

make sure to wear something decent while at it. I

while Mulan was hyperventilating

to look towards where Valen was. Seeing him sitting and looking in

into her red

while yelling, “byeeeeeee… I’ll take

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

side profile for a long while

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

hand happened to spot Valen looking towards her and she curled

snorted and started to walk in the pool’s direction.