Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

60 Test subject- seduced

“May, how did your wife get to know about ATOM and the Xu family? Only the Xu family has such a virus in the whole world, so how did she get in contact with it?”

“How long has the virus been in her body?”

“Around eleven years.” Matt cautiously looked at Maverick before he continued, “she shouldn’t have been able to survive this long unless she’s being given a suppression pill. She might be a test subject… like Va-” 1

“Shut up!” The air around Maverick suddenly turned cold and his face changed.

Matt sighed and took a step towards Maverick. He stared him in the eyes and said with caution. “How about we test the treatment on her? If it works, Valen will get well too-”

Maverick turned his back to Matt in silence.

After a long silence in the room, Matt shook his head and continued, “she’s a nobody to you. Why are you caring for her? Rex told me how you two got entangled in this marriage. Since it’s for a year, you should take advantage of the opportunity in front of you. Let’s use her to test out the treatments I came up with-”

“Matt…” silence dominated the room after Maverick spoke. “Take your eyes… off her. Or else, I’ll rip your sister apart.”

His words were unhurried. Drawing the words to make Matt understand his meaning which Matt didn’t fail to comprehend.

doctors and scientists in Country M. He’s a maniac when it comes to his profession.

the antidote. Because he couldn’t make it, Matt became

sister involved.

warmth in his voice. Not that he has ever spoken with warmth to anyone except

he didn’t, Matt continued, “your lack of sleep is getting to you. You look strained. I know you don’t take the sleeping pills I leave for you, but Mav, you should take them so you can have a good sleep for

if something were to happen to you? How will he get to see his mother? Please May, I’m not asking you to do this for yourself, but do

talking to an unfeeling robot, so he wasn’t expecting anything. After all, this isn’t the first time he had

there,” Maverick

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few seconds before he smiled and took out a bottle from his bag and placed

you going to unblock him? It’s been a year already,

you done here?” Maverick

leave now,” Matt said before he turned and

his eyes in deep thought for a while before he picked

He didn’t state for how long the Xu family should be

and picked up a pen to write. Then he thought of something and

to the desk. There were two mini boxes inside. One was red and the other was black. He took out the two boxes and opened the black one.

chain has a small heart pendant with the letter “M” written on it. Maverick held the pendant and brushed through the letter on it, lost in thought for a moment before he placed it back into the box, closed it, and

up the red box. As he was about to open it, he heard the doorbell to his study room. Maverick raised his emotionless gaze