Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

97 Uncertainty

“Wh- what do you think about my-” she couldn’t finish the question and hoped he understood what she meant. (1

“Your vocal needs training. You ruined it when you picked up songs that weren’t meant for your voice.” He answered honestly. (1

Jeslyn’s heart dived headfirst into her stomach. She felt her world crushing underneath her feet. Sadness consumed her as her mind flashed to the criticisms she got when she was still singing.

A lot of fans and haters had talked down on her singing and called her untalented so many times but because of the review she got from the world’s most strict and impartial judge, Mr. Ryan Shen, Jeslyn didn’t take the haters’ words to heart.

During her days in high school, she participated in a singing contest organized by some unknown bodies. The judges were impressed by Jeslyn’s singing.

While other judges gave Jeslyn 9-10 out of 10, Mr. Ryan Shen, the only judge in the world no voice is good enough to earn anyone 8 out of 10, gave Jeslyn 4.5 out of 10.

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4 marks in ten years, which was why Jeslyn’s rating took the entertainment

retired in his thirties and decided to become a teacher and reviewer. He had tutored three super successful artists whom Celestine Xuan was a part of. Breaking his record was every musician’s goal. His music stood at the pinnacle of the music world for decades. without any music being able to pull it off the chart. The old man’s music, until tomorrow, would still be the world’s best.

those from Country M and Country Y, a Country

that she finally chose Delly entertainment while using the opportunity to attend college, and

Nobody talked badly about her voice. A few months later, her manager was changed to Ms. Miles and the first thing she did was change her music.

artists were the best in Delly entertainment which was why Jeslyn didn’t suspect her

voice.

Jeslyn was a quiet singer adept in low belt and whistling, while the other singer was great at singing really loudly, coupled with

her voice, Ms. Miles told her

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then but Christine and Maya,

Sometimes, he playfully mocked her or told her, “your old voice sounds sweeter. It gives me an angelic feel and makes you sound and look Innocent. You know I’m old now, hearing you shouting and shrieking all in the name of singing

the window and no matter what she did and how she tried to sing, she went the screeching way. Until

only a pretty face with no talent. Mabel’s fans became Jelsyn’s number one anti-fans, claiming she wanted

good to bad and after she started dating Ray, it went from bad to worse. Every day, there was a

complained to her manager and she assured her that those people spewing ha te were her competitors.

voice and singing, thinking it was better than her

she was cooking. Maverick wrapped his