Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

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Mulan slowly looked up at his face while biting her lips to not scream out in pain as the hold on her clavicle had gotten tighter. (1)

“Are you seducing me?” He asked playfully.

Mulan almost spat saliva on his face. Seduce him? Why would she want to have anything to do with a soulless devil? Peradventure this man has a little bit of affection towards anything that isn’t money, power, and his life. She would have chosen him because, someone without weakness would be the only person to give her the kind of life she wanted, but unfortunately, he isn’t such an individual.

Holding Mulan’s gaze with his, Damien chuckled. “Mulan, do you know why I never disturbed you all these years? It was because I saw you as a wonderful chess piece. From a tender age…” Damien paused and slowly let go of her clavicle and trailed a finger to spaghetti strap sleeve and slowly pulled it until it fell off her shoulder.

“…you never stopped running after Maverick. You followed him from the shadows and learned things for his sake. You even arranged for his women- Rossa and Vera to meet bad endings because you liked Maverick.” (3

Mulan flinched and stiffened when Damien’s fingers brushed against her exposed melon.

It wasn’t clear if she reacted that way because of Damien’s touch or because she had long been exposed when she thought she hid her secrets well.

She was one of those who went after Rossa and Vera. She had thought it was a perfect job but now…

Mulan raised her eyes and saw Damien beaming at her.

“You thought I wouldn’t know?” He asked. Not that he needed an answer. “Hahaha…you know by now that everything happening around the globe is under my watch, unless I don’t care about it, but your case is different.”

pulled Mulan closer, making her hit her big Melons on his chest. “Strandle

awkwardly did as told. She was dead scared. Her heartbeat was in a mess and her

prayed that Maverick wouldn’t find out. Which was why she had made

kill her for a reason…” he

piece, the queen on my chess board. She was the only one who could determine my success and failure. However, instead of letting her be, you dared to kill her.”Damien’s smile immediately disappeared from his lips and his face turned murderous. “How should I kill you, Mulan? No way I know would make me satisfied, so

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her ears. Does he want to kill her? No, that’s not it. He wants her

off his body,

to prey his hands off her nipples but instead

she cried out in

heads to look at the intruder. Lo and behold, it was the demon walking in with his black

Damien smiled at Maverick. He took his hands off Mulan’s boost and placed them on her waist, securing

on her knees to beg Maverick

them strandling each other without saying anything. There was no

silently. Seeing him with a

thought she would be given a few more minutes

Mulan’s head. Almost instantly,

person,” Damien

Maverick uttered but his hand didn’t

“Bang!”

“Bang!”

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