Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

99 Nagging Feelings- Shy away

Maverick raised his face from her neck and scrutinized her face. She looked peaceful while sleeping. She looked like she didn’t have issues disturbing her. However, he knew how much her heart was hurting, just like that little girl, Rossa, who used to tell him about her mother while crying, yet a few seconds later, she would start playing again like she wasn’t the one crying a while back. T

‘Jeslyn… What’s your real identity? Why can’t I find anything meaningful about you? Who is that person blocking my path each time I get a new lead? Your medical reports said you are missing two years of memory. What happened in those two years? What traumatized you so much? How did you also forget your childhood?”

While thinking all that, Maverick’s fingers were subconsciously outlining her face. Jeslyn stirred but her eyes were still closed. She changed the position her hand was in and placed it anywhere.

Maverick’s mind returned and he slowly trailed his eyes to where her hand was resting and flattened his lips. “If only you know what you are doing, Jeslyn.”

He took her hand off his bulge and placed it on his chest after putting his back on the bed.

Jeslyn snuggled against him, placing her head on his chest, and smiled. It wasn’t known if she did it intentionally or subconsciously.

That night, while everyone was sleeping, Ray was busy watching the CCTV footage he placed on the Lee property.

He saw the ladies in black, the two with multicolored hair and one dressed in all black with a cocktail hat. He zoomed into the video. The girl doesn’t have Jeslyn’s face, she also didn’t have Jeslyn’s happy vibe. The girl’s personality was cold and unfriendly, just like the two ladies standing beside her as she stared at the Lee mansion.

He knew she couldn’t have been Jeslyn but why did he still have

step away from going crazy. He didn’t know what to do anymore, so he left the image playing on the screen while he

The next morning.

read yet, so she decided to go see Valen and probably take him

door, a room Pink was supposed to have been in. However, he was not in, rather, she met Rex putting

sh ut the door and ran off.

reaction. He stood frozen for a while before he chuckled and shook his head. If she could react this way after seeing his body, then what would

seen his body, right? Huh? Brother hasn’t given

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brother not touched her yet?” Rex’s eyes widened. for a brief moment before he hurriedly

wouldn’t have left hickeys on her… But there’s a difference between…

knows every single thing that goes on in the house, provided the thing didn’t happen inside the rooms of the high profiled

escape Rex’s detection unless he chooses to

they saw the deep red marks on her

head again before he continued with what he

room and found Valen sitting quietly. She tiptoed to stand beside him but the child didn’t notice because he was lost in thought. Jeslyn found it strange. She walked to stand in front of him, yet Valen seemed to not

squatted in front of him. “How many

focused before he saw Jeslyn in front of him. His