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.

her mind, trying to see what she could find in her

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

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

looked into the distance for a while before he connected some devices to his phone and

made this Island for relaxation. He didn’t want any disturbance from the outside world while he was here with his woman, so he

connecting, Maverick dialed Pink’s number. A few rings later

is her next dose?”

Sunday,” Pink

know about

could be heard from the other end. “They were erased for her

good you mean. She’s asking

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everything when

disconnected the call and

Jeslyn was turning and tossing in bed

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

from its cage,

to fumble with the guy’s clothes. She was doing it clumsily but she

again and he started

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

“Sugar plum, please!”

he fell asleep, he called her; “Candy

room but her body ached so much

mirror facing her, she could see lots of hickeys and purple bruises which she believed came from how tightly the mysterious man was holding her last night.

blurry images of

no longer

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