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.

of pants and a short-sleeved shirt with a notched

me?” Jeslyn asked,

book face-down on the top of the drawer and got down from the bed. His

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

has completely believed that the man she married wasn’t human. He was a sin… a demon, just

this man walking towards her right now was another specie.

one hand in his black trousers pocket and the other doing nothing, he stood in front of Jeslyn. His broad back covered the lamp from Jeslyn’s view. Jeslyn was sure that if

trace his smooth ab-lines down

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was staring and swallowing her saliva, she felt his touch on her waist and her legs before the room suddenly

she thought to find a comfortable spot in his arms to live her fantasy, she felt her body move in the air and she instinctively let out a piercing scream before her body hit the soft

the headboard. She didn’t understand why he was suddenly going violent but wasn’t she supposed to be

she loved it!

and the space beside her deepened a little due to his weight. He roughly pulled her milky-skinned leg and she found herself lying on

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, until now that he was

hyped from seeing

was just too sexy to ignore.

those brown eyes, Jeslyn didn’t know

she remembered. She was totally lost in

for this?” He took her words with a pinch of salt. He’d find out

nodded this

sure, so he warned, just like

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 iris. “Are you still willing?”