Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

141 Alex’s regrets

“… I watched the family fall apart in the hands of a riff–raff. If I couldn’t even protect my family from a nobody like Damien, then, how can I protect it from others?” She shut her eyes tightly as memories flashed through her mind. 1

There were no sweet memories between her and her family. It was either she was having a heated argument with Alice, her mother, or father.

Other times, it was her threatening to leave the house. The last one was after Alice slapped her. She fought back and in the end, Old Man Lee gritted his teeth and disowned her.

Alex had thought that was the best thing that could ever happen to her…getting disowned. Unfortunately, it was the beginning of her misery.

Her eyes opened and tears gushed out.

topic. The memories were too painful to relive. “Alice, I can feel our daughter will be different from us. I hope

back on the wall with her hands supporting her knees before she started speaking slowly

when things got tough and took on another identity and appearance, thinking everyone would believe I died too, but I was wrong… so wrong, sister. I was informed that they are searching for me and the baby I ran away with. Alice, the child isn’t theirs, she’s not supposed to be theirs. She’s a curse to them all but why are they still hunting for us?” She sighed and rested

there intimidating her mildly freckled face. Her full and long lashes, just like Jeslyn’s sat

husband was. If her husband could be so angry after finding out everything and still doesn’t see me as his mother–in–law, then

explode. Alex had never regretted anything in her life like she was regretting her irrational

who mistreated her daughter when she knowingly put her daughter in that situation? What right did she have

phase in her life. She was there when they were scheming against her

birthday night, She wouldn’t have gone through that pain and agony she went through. If she had saved Jeslyn from the clutches of those evil men,

with a virus in her body. She wouldn’t be

musician. It wasn’t difficult at all, but because of her mother, it

all my fault.”

more Alex blamed herself, the more her tears