Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

Chapter 57

57 Conscience appearance

Valen got on the bed and pulled a blanket to cover himself, ready for the agonizing pain that follows after he takes the pill. (

In a short while, the child started to stretch as beads of sweat slowly gathered on his forehead. The pain he was expecting finally hit him in full force. It was so unbearable that he let out an ear-piercing

scream.

Valen rolled around in bed and sometimes tears at his skin with his left hand, still, the pain was excruciating.

The walls were soundproofed which was why no matter how much he hollers, no one but the four walls in his room would engulf his screams. (1)

Valen’s tinted windows are soundproof and bulletproof.

It was Mulan’s idea, saying it wouldn’t be nice for a child like Valen to hear the sound of gunshots outside the house whenever war erupts.

The three musketeers’ houses never cease from unplanned wars. Maverick takes a fight anywhere and everywhere, provided the territory belongs to his enemies, the same way his enemies bring fights to his house.

After five minutes of distressful howls and screams, Valen finally calmed down… Unmoving and fell asleep with sweat all over him like he just came out of the pool. 2)

Inside Jeslyn’s room, the lady was still quaking. Pink couldn’t watch her suffer so much anymore while they wait for doctor Matt, so she gave Jeslyn a blow to her temple to help her sleep in a dead faint.

Jeslyn found herself in a pitch-dark place. She couldn’t see anything but only heard the dripping sound of water hitting the surface of something.

The sound travels and bounces back in echoes.

Jeslyn found her voice sounding awkward.

throat and repeated a few times, “hello, anybody here?”

couldn’t see where she was. She deliberated for a long while before choosing a destination, hoping she wouldn’t lose

with hardness… Probably a wall. She touched it. The surface was smooth. With the

long time until she felt sore in her legs, so

a rest.

done that countless times already. She felt her throat going dry, but she wasn’t hungry

search around to see if she could get a hint of how far she had gone. Even though her eyes has adjusted

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“Hohohohoho…”

to her feet. She looked around her but nothing was there, however, the echo of the

The voice came again, much louder and more mysterious than before.

and hurriedly asked:

The voice got creepier and spookier. The voice filled the whole place and traveled

you mean?” Jeslyn managed to ask with

STILL ASKING

voice failed her out

all, she

seems you can’t remember me anymore… It’s been

made a vow to protect those you love, to keep them from harm, and would give

die slowly, you couldn’t do anything for him and you even gave his property AWAY!” The voice boomed, making it sound like a thunderclap had

“I didn’t-”

All the misfortunes that happened to the Lee family are all your fault! Yours alone!” “I’m innocent!!” Jeslyn screamed. She was terrified by this accusation, but she

other voice quieted down and

child of the Lee family!

revenge I intend to seek for

I was in a coma. They told me she died because of a long-time malady she had been hiding from me, so how am I the cause? How am I

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