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.

greeted with her

are early,”

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

glanced sideways at Yellow, “get her something

still bowing until the

but her lips wouldn’t stretch to her

don’t smile yet. I bet you’ll start crying after

“What are you talking about?”

did.”

bed. She picked up a telephone that wasn’t there before and dialed

your madam. It should be ready before…” she glanced at her wristwatch, “…30 minutes.”

done

you manage to get here?” Yellow asked while staring

and her multi-colored hair with Yellow outline that she had always left

like a stone-faced businesswoman facing her

she turned her face

throat was dry and her sweet voice felt weird.

water into a

received the glass cup, and the minute the water got onto her tongue, she almost spat it out

she looked pitifully at Yellow, “it’s

raised her hand to stop Jeslyn from protesting. “Drink

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

saying something,” Yellow

new persona but decided against it, so she shook

her eyes smiling but on her black-painted lips was

sneer.

that,” Jeslyn

have, but the wicked air around her

bring yourself here,

for people like her, but what can