Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

77 Consummate or not to consummate?

Inside Maverick’s room…

Just like always, the room didn’t change, except for the lamp beside the bed, illuminating a small part of the room in a dim glow. (3)

Although dim, it was bright enough to see the activities going on around the perimeter of the bed.

Maverick, who was lying on the edge of the bed and reading a book with the help of the light coming from the lamp, heard the sound of the doorbell. He glanced at the alarm clock on top of the drawer, it was brought in by Rex a few days before he left for his mission. 1

Maverick picked up a remote lying close to the lamp and pressed a button with his hand stretched towards the door while his eyes were on the book he was reading.

Once the door was opened, Jeslyn walked in.

“You are ten minutes late,” he said nonchalantly. His voice still left an impact, but it wasn’t impactful enough to scare her.

Jeslyn answered while walking towards him, “I couldn’t leave Valen alone.”

Maverick stayed silent for a while before he asked: “Have you experienced it before or you are new to

It?” 2

Jeslyn stared stupidly at the man reading and couldn’t fathom if he was talking to her or reading aloud.

“Hmm? Jeslyn?” Maverick lowered the book to look at the delicate beauty standing by the foot of the bed wearing peach pajamas with white cat imprints on them.

a set of pants and a short-sleeved shirt with a

Were you talking to me?” Jeslyn asked, a little doubtful.

drawer and got down from the bed. His waist upward was

body. They said celebrities have good bodies, yes, but her husband’s body was over the top.

man she married wasn’t

evil, but this man walking towards her right now was

Jeslyn’s view. Jeslyn was sure that if she accidentally hit her forehead on his

to trace his smooth ab-lines down

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her saliva, she felt his touch on her waist and her legs before the room suddenly turned upside down and before she knew it, he was striding towards the bed with

fantasy, she felt her body move in the air and she instinctively let out a piercing scream

threw her into the bed. Jeslyn immediately pulled herself up and shifted towards the headboard. She didn’t understand why he was suddenly going violent but wasn’t she supposed to be mad? Then

wait, she loved it!

deepened a little due to his weight. He roughly pulled her milky-skinned leg and she found herself lying on her back, close to him. She didn’t try to struggle

slowly got on top of her and leaned towards

expecting her to be shy but from this morning when they kissed, until now that he was looking into her

She was already hyped from seeing his body earlier, plus the roughness he applied from the

this moment was just

into those brown eyes, Jeslyn didn’t

what she remembered. She was totally

are you ready for this?” He took her words with a pinch

this time.

he warned, just like he did before

name, and your nails will dig into my skin. Jeslyn, your toes will curl from too much excitement… you won’t be able to get out of bed for some time,” he paused while staring into her hazy pupil that was glued to his brown