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.

hand was focusing her mind, trying to see what

he got up to use the bathroom. He already cleaned her up and took her back

taking his bath, Maverick drafted a black cloak over his shoulders and headed out

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

any disturbance from the outside world while

A few rings later the call

her next dose?”

week Sunday,” Pink answered.

you know about her erased memories?”

other end. “They were erased for

sure what good you mean. She’s asking

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everything

He disconnected the call and headed back

and tossing in bed as she was

entering the hotel room and later, the strong man held her down with one hand and raised her

trying to escape from its cage, he

he paused before releasing her. However, the girl jerked up and hurriedly started to fumble with the guy’s

again

other. What they were giving wasn’t enough. He was rough and the little girl liked

“Sugar plum, please!”

ordeal, before he fell asleep, he called

room but her body ached so much

bruises which she believed came from how tightly the mysterious man was holding her last

own eyes after the blurry

longer

top of the drawer. She took it and the first person