Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

123 Perforated eardrum

Jeslyn’s heart thumped louder and fiercer like it would fly out of her chest any minute. Maverick can’t be that wicked, right? She opened and closed her mo uth but no words came out of her throat.

Yes, she sought vengeance, but it wasn’t against the innocent. She was only after Ray and his sister, then her Chen family.

“I’m… I’m sorry, that was all she could say. No wonder he drank so much. No wonder he sounded like a dying man.

Ray chuckled. “It’s not your fault, Jeslyn. I know that you wouldn’t have allowed it if you knew. You are a good person, so I’m pleading with you, do not turn evil. Do not let vengeance consume you. We will all pay for what we do. It might take a while but all evildoers will face retribution one way or the other. Just like I’m facing mine now.

The other two people, I don’t know who they are but I suspect Frank is one of them.”

“Yo-your friend?” She asked.

“Yes. Frank loves you and has been stalking you since forever. He became friends with me just to be close to you. He ki lled my sister as revenge for what I did to you.

Jeslyn, you need to know this, Frank is a ps ychopath. He is obsessed with you… Beware of Emilee and Fran…” 3

Jeslyn detected the quickening of his voice, like someone who wanted to immediately pass across important information but his voice abruptly stopped and the next thing Jeslyn heard was a loud, “boom!”

The phone shook and fell off Jeslyn’s hold. Her hand that was holding the phone was trembling. Her eardrum rang loudly and a throbbing headache assaulted her temple.

Jeslyn felt dizzy and her vision turned blurry. A few moments later, blood started to trail down her right ear. She fell on her makeup desk in a dead faint.

Meanwhile, in Rose City, what looked like a condemned object, or rather parts of a condemned car could be seen by the side of the road.

The folded object was so badly damaged that the officers couldn’t decipher if it was a car or something else. It was only after checking the CCTV footage a few meters away that they realized it

was a car.

The CCTV footage around the vicinity of the incident was all damaged due to the shockwave of the explosion.

One of the officers asked with

would have ruined the City,” another sneered at the first

certainly can’t be a

Bombs with this kind of effect can only be found in…

Two days later…

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a gorgeous-looking lady wearing a flowy white gown. Her sexy red lips had a sweet smile gracing her flawless face as she spoke with Rex who was drinking a canned drink. “She’s so pretty. Despite sleeping, her

Jeslyn alone. She might look weak but you

that’s interesting, tell

is savage. If she appears to be naive and brainless sometimes, it’s just a way of protecting herself.”

be successful in the industry. Impressive.

blue eyes at Rex

be here any time soon.”

into the VIP ward. Celeste and Rex

“Brother you’re here.”

nodded at her before he went to

doctor?” Maverick

the room. Some went to examine Jeslyn

will she be awake?”

by this evening or tomorrow morning. Her situation is not that bad. Her eardrum is perforated due to a loud explosion… ”

his head in Rex’s direction. Rex nodded. He saw Jeslyn’s phone on the floor and when he checked her phone, her last received call was from Ray who

its own after a few weeks. Probably two to

her ear to heal and also, will it affect her

I’ll say she should heal completely before doing anything with her voice, because you singers sometimes get too carried away that you stretch your vocal cord or cause vibrating

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else you can

painkillers. That’s all… Ehm, I took her blood sample because our policy is to thoroughly test a patient before commencing treatment. There’s a virus in her blood and it seems to be suppressed. How about you

”

doctor was reluctant to let Jeslyn go. He was also a scientist and loves to experiment on new diseases. The patient seems to have

along and you didn’t ask me before drawing her blood, what if I accuse this hospital

the three people in the ward. Maverick was pulling out the needle on

that’s not…” the doctor tried to speak but no words came out. He was stunned by that accusation. If the management found out what