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.

button-down pajamas were a set of pants and

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

the top of the drawer and got

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

has completely believed that the man she married

man walking towards her right now was another specie. The aura of a

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

trace his

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

and

He 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

wait, she

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.

watched him in anticipation as he slowly got on top of her and leaned towards her face, while staring her in the eyes, he

but from this morning when they kissed,

was already hyped from seeing his body earlier, plus the roughness he applied from the start, coupled with his honey voice, she was sure to

was just too sexy to ignore.

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

She was totally lost in Maverick’s

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

nodded this

just like he did before she blindly married him:

my skin. Jeslyn, your toes will curl from too much excitement… you won’t be able to get out