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.

and downloaded them before logging in to see what kind of novels

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

three hundred chapters of the book. She only stopped when she felt her eyes growing

I was too carried away to remember checking your name and giving

can I do to support this fine book of yours?” Jeslyn continued talking to herself while

method. But I have no bank account.” She sighed. Another reason she

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

rubbed her eyes and

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weird-” her lips fell open when she realized it was midnight.

reading?” Jeslyn calculated in her mind. From 11

sits and reads for 13 hours?!” Jeslyn

if she had seen avid readers on platforms, she wouldn’t

“Click,”

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 the earlier one because this one was plain, unlike the one he wore earlier that had gold buttons, this one has black

are almost identical unless one pays attention to little details.

Jeslyn blurted out. That wasn’t what she wanted to say but the words got changed on the tip of her

remove his shoes. “I heard you didn’t eat