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.

then it’s a good sign but if he stays asleep longer than

and took a deep breath to calm down.

fist was so tightly clenched that veins popped out

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was just like always…

does Jeslyn seem to be doing ok? Except that when she faints, she wakes up after a few days. Nothing serious seems to

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

told him yesterday that

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

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

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

room and after testing her, he returned to Maverick

asked with clenched jaw.

she is fine but some time from now she will need to stop taking it because it will kill her when the

“get her into

out

leg on a couch

on the table.

a lady in turn. He also took a seat on an empty couch and waited patiently for his brother to begin questioning.

me everything.” Maverick said

lady looked on

bullet would have flown into your sk ull.”

Matt come out of Jeslyn’s room a while back. “The suppression is my doing. I inject her

are the side effects?” Maverick inquired. He knew Pink cannot hurt Jeslyn. From the had been protecting her from him, Maverick investigated and found out she was the reason Jeslyn went

way

she

also found out 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

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dose. When the dose wears off, she faints and sleeps

because he knew who Pink was. But who was

to you?” He asked.

for a while before she opened her mouth. “Rossa is my…”

out of the third room on Maverick’s floor which had the red room with 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 so long. “I failed you all,” she whispered while

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