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.

pants and a short-sleeved shirt with a

me?” Jeslyn

the book face-down on the top of the drawer and

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

doubtful before, right now she has completely believed that the man she married

this man walking towards her right now was another

in front of Jeslyn. His broad back covered the lamp from Jeslyn’s view. Jeslyn was sure that if she accidentally hit her forehead on his toned and strong chest, she’d feel a headache… oh, no wonder she felt pain after bumping into his

to trace his smooth ab-lines down to

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her legs before the room suddenly turned upside down and before she knew it, he was striding towards

move in the air and she instinctively let out a piercing scream before her body hit the soft bed and bounced back up

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 why did

she loved it!

a little due to his weight. He roughly pulled her milky-skinned leg and she

and

it before?” He couldn’t believe it because he was expecting her to be shy but from this morning when they kissed, until now that he

felt the movement of her butter bean. She was already hyped from seeing his body earlier, plus the roughness he applied

just too

eyes, Jeslyn didn’t know how she answered: “Yes.”

far from what she remembered. She was totally lost in Maverick’s seduction prowess.

words with a pinch of salt. He’d find out soon enough anyway.

this time.

sure, so he warned, just like he did before she blindly married him:

will curl from too much excitement… you won’t be able to get out of bed for some time,” he paused while staring into