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.

and a short-sleeved

you talking to me?” Jeslyn asked, a

on the top of the drawer and got down from the bed. His waist

good bodies, yes, but her husband’s body was over

the man she married wasn’t human. He was a sin… a

that reeked of evil, but this man walking towards her right now was another specie. The aura of a domineering man was still there but he wasn’t smelling

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 she accidentally hit her forehead on his toned and strong chest, she’d feel a headache… oh, no wonder she felt pain

the urge to trace his smooth ab-lines down to his

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touch on her waist and her legs before the room suddenly

move in the air and

She didn’t understand why he was suddenly going

wait, she loved it!

on the bed 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 her back, close to him. She didn’t try to

her and leaned towards her face, while staring her in

he was expecting her to be shy but

voice was so seductive that Jeslyn felt the movement of her butter bean. She was already hyped from seeing his body earlier, plus the roughness he applied from the start,

at this moment was just too sexy

didn’t know how she

she remembered. She was totally lost in Maverick’s seduction

for this?” He took her words with a pinch of

this time.

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 her hazy pupil that