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 head

are early,” Matt said.

stared at the pale-looking Jeslyn with chapped lips for a brief moment

turned, he glanced sideways at

Yellow responded while still bowing until the

Yellow,” Jeslyn tried to smile but her lips wouldn’t stretch to

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

evaporated. “What are

did.”

picked up a telephone that wasn’t there before

get the kitchen to prepare something healthy and light for your madam. It

once she was done and

get here?” Yellow asked while staring

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

stone-faced businesswoman

liking this new personality so she turned her face away

cleared her throat. Her throat was

out water into a glass then handed it to Jeslyn.

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

pitifully at

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

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

were saying something,” Yellow reminded her.

Yellow’s new persona but decided against it, so she shook her head, “don’t bother.”

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

sneer.

at me like that,”

would have, but the wicked

yourself here, little

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