Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

111 Who to blame?

Maverick knew his son even though it doesn’t look like it because at this moment, Valen was so mad that he was planning to have Jeslyn all to himself for three days straight. He understood that she was his stepmother, but even so, a child of six needs more attention than a grown man, but why does his father not know that? 1

To Valen, Jeslyn was not to blame but his father. He believed that whenever Jeslyn and his father were together, it was likely Maverick who called her over to ‘hurt’ her again.

How could the poor child be relieved when he knew that his father was leaving marks on Jeslyn?

He picked up Rex’s phone and called his father a few times but he wouldn’t pick up. “Is he hurting her again?” Valen frowned.

“Who is hurting who?” Rex immediately asked.

“Mind your business, uncle.” Valen rolled his eyes.

“You called me uncle, yet you are rude and disrespectful. Jeslyn must hear this.” Rex threatened.

Valen stayed silent without saying anything else.

At the hotel, Maverick took Jeslyn to the shower and returned to the room.

At the hospital…

Madam Chen could be seen lying on a hospital bed with a life support system. Mr. Wales, Christine, and Chi Chi were there staring at the woman with bloodshot eyes. Nobody said anything. Each of them with their own thoughts.

and return to

she can find something to restore the CCTV footage. I don’t

people are on it… one more thing, Young Master Ray was there according to the report from the guards. You can stop by his office and ask him about what

assistant to pick up Chi Chi and

her bed and held her hand while playing with her

you left the house?…you never told me…told me you would be getting into an accident.” Mr. Wales’ eyes turned watery. 1

he couldn’t think straight. Seeing his beloved wife lying almost lifeless on the bed gave him

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started to reminisce about how he met

and intelligent. She was every guy’s dream in the department. He couldn’t approach her because he was shy until the day it rained cats and dogs. It

so when the opportunity presented itself, Bella advised him to marry Alice. The plan went as they wanted,

after Alice died, they got married again but a dent was created in the relationship. He tried all he could to fix it but all his effort went down the drain or should he say he didn’t try his best? Whatever it was, he knew neither of them was innocent of how their marriage turned.

did; he still doesn’t feel remorseful for what he did to Jeslyn and her mother. To Mr. Wales, he was only

this to

night, Jeslyn was seen resting her head on Maverick’s lap while thinking of her revenge. “Maverick, what should I do to ruin those people? I don’t want them

He didn’t even raise his head

his hands.

head to look at

to be loyal.

though she was way prettier, classier, and richer than that wh*re.” Jeslyn’s face turned villainous. Thinking of that so-called father of hers makes her want to stab

loyal man cheats, it leaves a

nodded, that’s right. She looked at him and

replied while

Jeslyn wasn’t sure if he would reply. Yeah,