Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

91 Manipulative- visiting the columbarium

“…If I hadn’t stopped you from knowing what you felt for Jeslyn, do you think you would have lived to this day? All I did was for your safety… I love you so much and I’ll do it again if I have to: 1

Sharon stretched out her hand and touched Ray on the shoulder hoping he had been br ainwashed again, however, Ray pushed her hand off and turned around. His eyes were red and his hands were balled in fists.

“I thought you could change. However, you can never stop your schemes, never!” He pointed at the door with his back turned to her. “Get out… leave!!”

Sharon furrowed her brows slightly. She knew this was not the right time to continue. Whenever Ray is angry, it is better to leave him alone. With that, she picked up her purse from the desk and left the office.

She had no hand in spreading the rumor regarding Jeslyn’s death, also, she was sure that the vixen. was still alive somewhere, however, she wasn’t intending to tell Ray that. It is for everyone’s good that he believed Jeslyn was dead.

Ray closed his eyes. Why was he just knowing that his sister could be this manipulative? She still didn’t take any blame for all that happened. From everything she just said, she put all the blames on Emilee and the situation their family was in at that time.

Yes, Ray agreed that his sister was right. He and Emilee had been dating from a young age. Emilee had always been the jealous type and wouldn’t think twice before she killed another lady because of him… she did it a few times in high school.

Emilee killed a few girls because she found out or suspected they liked him. One of the girls she killed happened to be a politician’s daughter. The man wouldn’t let the matter go, so Emilee had to run away from home.

After a few years, Emilee sent a girl who claimed to be her assistant to him and told him she was fine. but didn’t explain anything.

From there onwards, the lady became the bridge between them, and even when Emilee and Ray started to communicate through the phone, the lady didn’t stop visiting Ray and that was because she had started to love Ray.

However, after the last time the lady and Ray had s*x in the hotel where they discussed the poison Old man Lee was being given, Ray stopped hearing from her. He believed that the lady must have been killed by Emilee.

That aside, Ray knew that he did wrong to Jeslyn. If it wasn’t because of Emma and Ava who approached him and talked some sense into him, Ray wouldn’t have realized what his beloved sister was doing to him.

He had the belief that Jeslyn had been killed by Emilee and for that. Ever since his life had become miserable. He no longer sleeps at night due to guilt, and burning rage for himself and everyone

around him.

Ray knew that if he didn’t stay away from everyone, he might kill someone.

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Ray brushed his fingers over his messy hair and sighed. He walked into the office room and entered the bathroom. After washing his face, the makeup covering his dark circles was washed off.

pale like that of a ghost. His dark circles were

before he returned to the office to continue working. When it’s down, he’ll call his makeup artist to come apply

dressed in an off-shoulder black lace gown. She wore a black cocktail hat with a veil. She held three bouquets of roses. One is a dark crimson which they say represents sorrow, while the other two are yellow roses, which the people say symbolizes strong ties. Jeslyn got into a

guards wore black suits and

all through

at the City’s columbarium. Blue was made to stay inside the car while Jeslyn and Pink got down and walked into the building after Pink spoke with the

and directed them to the private sector specially designed for the Lee family. Although Jeslyn was already familiar with the place, she didn’t stop the three men from taking her there, after all, she had her face disguised

lady was lying because almost everyone in Rose City knows

left, Jeslyn walked into the large room alone, leaving Pink to stay outside

stared at the glass covering the urns with her family’s pictures, an inscription telling the biography of each member of the Lee family, and a bu nch of red roses placed on each of

They must have

walked closer to the niches and felt the roses before counting them. There were 15

her grandfather, grandmother, and

them on behalf of her family. “Grandpa, I’m so sorry… your unfilial granddaughter finally found the time to come andsee

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92 Jeslyn’s disbelief

finally found the time to

the reason

being such a weakling… Jeslyn brushed her palm over the smooth glass, no dirt could be found

the management cleaned it, Jeslyn’s heavy heart calmed a bit. Not everyone would care about the remains of a fallen family, so Jeslyn

and apologizing, Jeslyn started to play around. She believed that

Crimson Rose and added it

but he’s one of the devils in country M. She picked up a yellow Rose and placed it inside her

is very cute and I love him a lot even though I hated him before…” she chuckled

of her laughter traveled through the place, other times, her cries and sniffs, while most times her voice could be heard as

one of the higher-ups’ offices, the man had been deliberating if he should call Ray as promised or inform him when he comes tomorrow.

hands. He cleans the glasses and changes the flowers and pictures. He wasn’t doing it because he wanted to be forgiven. He was doing it because

car speeding to the company, lost in thought. He didn’t take anyone along. including his chauffeur. His phone rang which jolted him back to reality. He clicked on his earpod to answer

he heard what the other person said. “Screeeeech!!” He recklessly turned the car around without caring about the

hurriedly said before he stepped on the accelerator and almost flew out off the road like a

but he was a little too late.

The manager reported with his head bowed. How could he stop them when a gun was pointed at his head? None of the girls

they leave

Ray, I’m

got into his car, and dr ove off. Who else would that be? He

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