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.

on the other hand was focusing her mind, trying to see what she could find

watched her fall asleep before he got up to use

a black cloak over his shoulders and headed out of

he connected some devices to his phone

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 the call was

her

Sunday,”

about

the other end. “They were erased for her own good.”

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

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her everything when

be too late.” He disconnected the call and headed back inside.

and tossing in bed as she was

and later, the strong man held her down

tearing off her undies. Like a wild beast trying to escape from its cage, he handled her roughly at first until she

up and hurriedly started to fumble with the guy’s clothes. She was doing it clumsily but she seemed to be desperate, just

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

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

“Sugar plum, please!”

the ordeal, before he fell asleep, he called her;

Jeslyn woke up in a difficult hotel room but her

lots of hickeys and purple bruises which

believe her own eyes after the blurry images of last

no longer a

phone lying on top of the drawer. She took it and the first person she