Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

119 Finding her path

Maverick’s phone rang as he was about to get down to business even when Jeslyn was pushing him away. He stared at her red and swollen lips before getting up to pick up the call. After listening to the other party for a while, he hummed before going out, not forgetting to give Jeslyn one last look. Jeslyn breathed a sigh of relief and sat up. Her hair looked messy from struggling and her chest heaved up and down in quick successions. “Why is he calling me Rossa? He thinks I’m Rossa? This will be harder than I thought… Maverick, you’ve gone crazy!” She cried out and brushed her hair out of her face.

Maverick entered one of the rooms he prohibited Jeslyn from entering. The room was a laboratory with weird and familiar hospital equipment. On one of the beds was Valen and on the other was Vera.

Vera had some brain testing equipment fixed on her head while Matt took her blood sample for testing.

Maverick took the lab coat he was offered by Rex and walked to stand beside Valen’s bed.

“How is it?” He asked.

“Vera’s brain report shows that her brain was tampered with.” Matt explained.

“Can it be fixed?”

“Yes, but it will take about 3 to 5 years or probably forever, but if her mind is stimulated with enough memories of her past, especially those activities she loved doing, the process will be quicker and that will be greatly appreciated.”

“What about Valen?”

“The research is in its final stage. Once it’s successful and doesn’t fail like the rest, we will immediately carry out the operation. Meanwhile, he has to remain in bed until that time.”

Maverick frowned and Rex asked. “Has he drifted into a coma?”

“I’m afraid, Yes.”

“Why? Was it because of the activities he did?” Rex asked worriedly. Hope Jeslyn won’t get into trouble?

“Partially. You shouldn’t have taken him out of the Country. The temperature is different, the water is different, the food, air and everything is different. He inhaled too many bacterials due to the

contaminated air.”

“For how long will he be like this?” Rex asked. His brother was just staring at his son. Rex wasn’t even sure if Maverick heard what was being said.

month, then it’s a good sign but if he stays asleep longer than that, then, I’m afraid…”

his eyes and took a deep breath to calm

was so tightly clenched that veins popped out after hearing that

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just like always…

wakes

Her virus is being suppressed. If I’m not mistaken, she was supposed to

Maverick with fear in his eyes. After Maverick told him yesterday that Jeslyn is Rossa, he changed the direction of their investigation and now they

the main subject for the investigation was futile. It seems all her data was saved under the name, ‘Rossa. So Rex was scared that his brother

that she died on that island, his brother caused so much mayhem in the family which later caused

her,” he finally opened his mouth but didn’t take a step

to Jeslyn’s room and after testing her, he returned to Maverick with the result.

with

from now she will need to stop taking it because it will

Rex, “get her into the

and headed out

lights, Maverick sat crossed leg on a couch with a gun in

on the table.

a lady in turn. He also took

everything.” Maverick said

looked on with

sad, a bullet would have flown into your sk ull.” Maverick explained calmly.

him like this, the lady knew she couldn’t play with words anymore. Besides, she Matt come out of Jeslyn’s room a while back. “The suppression is my

side effects?” Maverick inquired. He knew Pink cannot hurt Jeslyn. From the had been protecting her from him, Maverick investigated and

way

she

against Queen and was still doing it even now, so Maverick got to understand that Pink cannot hurt Jeslyn and the only reason why she could go all out in a

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gets nightmares when she takes the dose. When the dose wears off, she faints and sleeps for a few days then wakes up with a nightmare and

she got the dose from because he

is she to you?”

hesitated for a while before she opened her

She wiped them off and tried to return her face to its natural state but couldn’t. She stopped and fa ced the wall to let out the emotions she had been buckling up for so long. “I failed you all,” she whispered while

you? What are you doing there?”