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

early,” Matt said.

a brief moment before he turned to face Matt, “come with

he turned, he glanced sideways at Yellow, “get her something to

Yellow responded while still bowing until the two

to smile but her lips

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

evaporated. “What are

did.”

Jeslyn’s bed. She picked up a telephone

the kitchen to prepare something healthy and light for your madam. It should be ready before…” she glanced at her wristwatch,

telephone once she was done and sat on the bed

how did you manage to get here?” Yellow asked while staring at Jeslyn’s

outline that she had always left messily on her

like a stone-faced businesswoman facing her

wasn’t liking this new personality so she turned her face away and

Ahem!” She cleared her throat. Her throat was dry and

a glass then handed it to

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

before she looked pitifully at Yellow, “it’s

raised her hand to stop Jeslyn

finished the warm water. She felt the inside of her body warming up and her sore throat getting relief.

something,” Yellow

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

as confused as ever,” Yellow said with her eyes smiling but on her black-painted lips was

sneer.

sneer at me like that,”

laugh as she would have, but the wicked air around her diminished.

did you bring yourself

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