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.

with her

are early,” Matt

for a brief moment before he turned to

at Yellow, “get her something to

boss,” Yellow responded while still bowing until

smile but her lips wouldn’t stretch

yet. I bet you’ll start crying after knowing what

instantly evaporated. “What

did.”

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

prepare something healthy and light for your madam. It should

was done and sat on

to get here?” Yellow asked while staring at Jeslyn’s face.

usual playful air was gone and her multi-colored hair with Yellow outline that she had always left messily on her

a stone-faced businesswoman facing her

she turned her face

She cleared her throat. Her throat was

and poured out water into a glass

and the minute the water got

before she looked pitifully at Yellow, “it’s hot.” 1

hand to stop Jeslyn from protesting. “Drink

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

something,”

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

her eyes

sneer.

sneer at me like that,” Jeslyn smacked her

as she would have, but the wicked air around her

did you bring yourself

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