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.

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

ut his eyes and took a deep breath to calm down.

popped out after hearing that but his

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was just like always…

Jeslyn seem to be doing ok? Except that when she faints, she wakes up

is being suppressed. If I’m not mistaken, she was supposed to take her dose last week or her condition would relapse. How is she doing right now?”

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

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

caused so much mayhem in the family which later caused the split in the Lu

check on her,” he finally opened his mouth but

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

with clenched jaw.

she will need to stop taking it

ordered Rex, “get

and headed out of

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

on the table.

lady in turn. He also took a seat on an empty couch and

everything.” Maverick

boss?” The lady looked on with uncertainty.

because she would be sad, a bullet would

with words anymore. Besides, she Matt come out of Jeslyn’s room a while back. “The suppression

hurt Jeslyn. From the had been protecting her from him, Maverick investigated and

way

she

protected Jeslyn tightly 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 Country she knew too well, just to protect ‘a friend’

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

he knew who

is she to

for a while before she

tears on her cheeks. 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

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