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

me?” Jeslyn asked, a

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

her eyes at his body. They said celebrities have good bodies, yes, but her husband’s body was

man she married wasn’t

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

sure that if

the urge to trace his smooth ab-lines down to

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

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

shifted towards the headboard. She didn’t understand why he was suddenly going violent

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. She didn’t

and leaned towards her face, while

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

butter bean. She was already hyped from seeing his body earlier, plus the

moment was just

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

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

words with a

this

wasn’t sure, so he warned, just like he did before she blindly married

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