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

throat and repeated a few times, “hello, anybody

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

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

a long time until she felt sore in her legs, so she sat with her back to the wall to

a rest.

done that countless times already. She felt her throat

to see if she could get a hint of how far she had

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“Hohohohoho…”

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

voice came again, much louder and

got frightened and hurriedly asked: “W- who are you?”

and spookier. The voice filled the whole place and traveled into the

you mean?” Jeslyn managed to ask

ASKING ME

failed her out of fright.

was scared witless and worse of all,

It’s been a

to keep them from harm, and would

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

“I didn’t-”

was also your fault that your grandfather died!! All the misfortunes that happened to

voice quieted down and only Jeslyn’s echo could

Lee family! The woman you speak

treasured my grandfather and the revenge I intend to seek for him,

mother died when 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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