Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

58 More trouble than she’d expect

Jeslyn suddenly felt excitement coursing through her the moment the person appeared and without further thought, she took the first step to run into his arms, but before she could take the third step, she was yanked out of the tank by the stretchy hand. 1

Jeslyn jerked awake on her bed with sweat all over her. She looked around at the people surrounding her bed.

Both familiar and unfamiliar faces.

“Y-Yellow?” She asked in doubt, but her voice was almost inaudible.

“Good you are awake. You should relax for a while before eating something. Your treatment will

commence tomorrow.”

Jeslyn turned in the direction of the calm voice and saw it belonged to a young handsome man with white hair.

From his words, Jeslyn could tell he is a doctor.

She shook her head, “I’m fine doctor, it’s a normal occurrence.”

Nightmares of her walking or running in darkness have always visited her once in blue moons ever since she was 16 years old. Her family had tried all they could. Even the best doctors they knew of in Country A couldn’t do much to help her.

Therapies and all the stimulation or whatever she went through, failed. So she believed that this doctor would also find nothing.

Matt said curtly, “Your sickness needs to be treated, or else you won’t-”

“You should get things ready for her treatment. You’re talking too much.”

The sound of footsteps could be heard from the door after that and a few seconds later, Maverick walked into the room wearing all black… like always.

Yellow greeted with her head

are early,” Matt

Jeslyn with chapped lips for a brief moment before he turned to face Matt, “come

turned, he glanced sideways at Yellow, “get

while still bowing

Jeslyn tried to smile but her lips wouldn’t stretch to

smile yet. I bet you’ll

“What are you talking about?”

did.”

sighed before she walked towards Jeslyn’s bed. She picked up a telephone that

your madam. It should be

she was done and sat on the bed beside Jeslyn.

Bunny, how did you manage to get here?” Yellow asked

she had always left messily on her head was combed and trimmed into a

stone-faced businesswoman facing her

personality so she turned her face away and sighed.

throat. Her throat was dry and her sweet voice felt

into a glass then handed it to

the glass cup, and the minute the water got onto her

pitifully at Yellow, “it’s hot.”

water…” she raised her hand to stop Jeslyn from protesting. “Drink it all

and obediently finished the warm water. She felt the inside of her body warming up

saying something,” Yellow

wanted to complain about Yellow’s new persona but decided against it, so she shook her head,

as ever,” Yellow said with her eyes smiling but on

sneer.

sneer at me like that,” Jeslyn smacked her hand playfully.

laugh as she would have, but the wicked

you bring yourself here, little

She understood that the country wasn’t for people like her, but what can