Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

98 Making a life changing decision

Valen snorted in response and Jeslyn looked away. Only Maverick was an exception. He continued to eat his food slowly in silence without making a noise with his cutlery or chewing.

A few moments later, Jeslyn patted her dry lips with a wh ite napkin and got up from her chair. “I’m done eating, please excuse me.”

Valen and Rex simultaneously shifted their gazes to Jeslyn’s plate. She only ate a few bites and now she’s full?

Maverick nodded without raising his head. Valen bit down on his lips while looking at Jeslyn’s back. Did he do something wrong by speaking the truth?

Inside the room, Jeslyn lay on her bed, thinking of what to do. It would be hard to start afresh, however, she was already 26 and the music industry is being dominated by youngsters. Or should she change careers? She knows about acting but doesn’t know if she would do well.

But then again, she had spent 4 months doing nothing, and she really needed to start doing something because whatever she decides to do now needs a lot of money…but what?

She was a good writer when she was in school. She used to top her class and her English teacher used to sing her praises. How about she writes novels online for the remaining 8 months while also thinking about what to do?

Jeslyn nodded at the decision she arrived at and pulled out her phone to make some research about light novels. She heard that light novels were slowly gaining ground now as people no longer read hard copies but preferred to read online.

best writing and reading platforms and downloaded them before logging in to see what

she added a few best-selling books and thought to just skim through the pages to get an idea of what works best for the platform

of the book. She only stopped when she felt

too carried away to remember checking your name and giving you credit. Hahaha..” she laughed while searching

this fine book of yours?” Jeslyn

She sighed. Another reason she really needs to start making money. Here, she needed to support

temple and yawned. “Why am I feeling sleepy? Isn’t it afternoon?” She hardly feels sleepy at noon, so what was going on with her

blinked. She rubbed her eyes and blinked

1/3

open when she

spent… How many hours of reading?” Jeslyn calculated in her mind. From 11

and reads for 13 hours?!” Jeslyn thought.

on platforms, she wouldn’t be asking

“Click,”

head to look at her door when she heard the clicking sound. She knew who would be entering her room by this time, so she didn’t bother to get alarmed. True to her thoughts, Maverick walked into her room in his black outfit… No, it seemed he changed from

unless one pays attention to little

got changed on the tip of her tongue. She wanted to ask him why

in the bed to remove his shoes. “I heard you didn’t eat anything.” He