Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

153 What happened (1)

“Nothing I’m sure… she called the man sugar plum and he called her Candy floss.” Jeslyn frowned. (1 Maverick also knitted his brows because it was getting weirder. “Do you remember what year it was, date, month, Country, and hotel?”

Jeslyn thought for a while. Before her consciousness entered the hotel, her gaze flashed past a light board with the name; “Roller Coaster hotels? In Country Y? That’s weird.” Jeslyn frowned even more with her unreliable memory.

In all her years of living in Country Y, she didn’t recall that such a hotel existed.

“It’s not,” Maverick answered with a heavy tone.

Jeslyn felt his weirdness but decided to ignore it for now. “How did you know such a hotel existed?”

“It was Rex’s. Got destroyed after an incident.”

“Oh, I guess that’s why… but as for the date, it’s-”

“7th of October..” Maverick answered instead.

“That’s right. That year should be 2014” Jeslyn replied.

Maverick remained silent after hearing that. Then a while later, he spoke but his voice was deep like he was in pain. “I’ll find it out for you.”

“Mn,”

The two stayed in each other’s arms for a long time with each of them with their own thoughts.

Maverick was thinking of why Jeslyn was having nightmares and hallucinations, plus if her condition could be distorting her dreams.

was focusing her mind, trying to see what she could find in her mind.

out, he watched her fall asleep before he got up to use the bathroom. He already cleaned

drafted a black cloak over his

a while before he connected some devices to his phone and soon, the signal–less phone seemed

from the outside world while he was here with his woman, so he got the

A few rings later the

her

week Sunday,” Pink answered.

know about her

from the other end.

not sure what good you mean. She’s asking questions.”

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her everything when she’s ready.”

too late.” He disconnected the call

and tossing in bed

held her down with one hand and raised her heavy blue dress

wild beast trying to escape from its cage, he handled her roughly at first until she started to shake violently.

the girl jerked up and hurriedly started to fumble

the man and the beast in him leashed out again and he started to take

them wanted more of each other. What they were giving wasn’t

“Sugar plum, please!”

before he fell asleep, he called

difficult hotel room but her body

her, she could see lots of hickeys and purple bruises which

after the blurry images of last night flashed through

longer a virgin!

top of the drawer. She took it and the first person she called was her mother. They might be fighting sometimes but her mother