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.

the officers asked with his head

have ruined the City,” another sneered at the

can’t be a bomb.”

of effect can only be found in…

Two days later…

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gracing her flawless face as she spoke with Rex who was drinking a canned drink. “She’s so pretty. Despite sleeping, her glow could not be hidden. It’s a pity. A face like hers will bring

Jeslyn alone. She might look weak but you wouldn’t want to taste her tongue.”

that’s interesting, tell me

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

the industry. Impressive. I like her.” “Do you have a choice?” Rex

eyes at Rex before

should be here

door clicked and opened. Maverick walked into the VIP ward. Celeste and Rex stood up and bowed slightly to greet him.

“Brother you’re here.”

at her before he went to stand beside Jeslyn’s bed.

doctor?” Maverick

Some went

she be awake?” Maverick

that bad. Her eardrum is perforated due to a loud explosion… ” the team leader explained.

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 happened to be ki lled in

stated, it’s nothing serious to worry about. A perforated eardrum or a ho le in the eardrum as we call it goes away on its own after a few weeks. Probably two to three weeks. However, the patient has to come for checkups once a week to see

while waiting for her ear to heal and also, will it affect

cotton buds except eardrops that I’ll recommend from entering her ear. She shouldn’t bl ow her nose too hard. Since she’s a singer, 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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you can recommend for her

take 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

”

to let Jeslyn go. He was also a scientist and loves to experiment on new diseases. The patient seems to have that, so he was excited to test

what if I accuse this hospital of having malicious intentions against my

three people in the ward. Maverick was pulling out the

out. He was stunned by that accusation. If the management found out what he did, they will fire