Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

140 Alex and Alice

*TAUNTING comes before this chapter. **

They walked to the bed and stood beside Madam Chen. The person stared fervently at Madam Chen’s face for a long while before they cleared the bedside wardrobe and sat on it while staring at the sleeping woman.

Some time passed and for some reason, Madam Chen opened her eyes only to see a shadow looming above her. She instinctively wanted to scream but her voice couldn’t be heard.

“Hi, long time no see, Bella.”

Madam Chen froze when she heard her name. She looked at the person in front of her, she was wearing a mask and when she removed it, she got the biggest shock of her life.

‘Alice?! How is that possible? They attended her funeral!

“Don’t worry, I’m not who you think I am. I’m not Alice, but Alex. Does that ring a bell? Probably not.”

That’s right, Alex doesn’t ring a bell. Is she Alice’s twin?

“That’s right. I’m Alice’s twin sister, Rossa’s mother!”

Madam Chen’s eyes widened in horror. Of course, she knew who Rossa was.

Chen paid a nurse to kill

woman.

she came home bearing a newborn baby. It was later

very sure that Alice didn’t give birth to twins. The nurse said so. However, there was

only recorded one birth a week before and after Alice’s child was born.

name the dead child Rossa Lee, while the one she brought home was called Jeslyn. However, at a point, especially when Jeslyn was young, Alice

her Assistant and best friend, she had asked Alice

reminds me of Rose, and rose is for love… isn’t love depicted with a heart symbol?” That explanation was weird,

book, Alice wrote the two children’s names. One was Rossa Lee and

wouldn’t give an explanation why she made the names

1. be.

1/3

what was this woman

birth at the same hospital as my twin sister. What do you expect? You can’t

was mine!

there truly weren’t. However, that’s not the case. You didn’t treat my daughter well even though she was harmless to

her child. Not only that, you caused my father to die and made my

a part of it. Your only option is death, so how do you choose

poison, I can force your to commit suicide by hanging, or I can burn your mansion

say something but couldn’t. She started to say something with her hands flinging around in panic

from your child, so I’m sending you all off. Don’t worry, Christine and Emilee, plus your husband will join you two after my daughter is done taking

backpack and sprinkled the content around the room. She walked to the window and before she could jump down, Alex