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.

the other hand was focusing her mind, trying to

after Maverick tired Jeslyn out, he watched her fall asleep before he got up to use the bathroom. He already cleaned her up and took her back to bed

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

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

want any disturbance from the outside world while he was here with his

number. A few rings later the call was

her next

Sunday,”

do you know about her erased

the other end. “They were

what good you mean. She’s asking questions.”

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everything

might be too late.” He disconnected the

was turning and tossing in bed as she was having

later, the strong man held her down with one

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

to fumble with the guy’s clothes. She was doing

leashed out again and he started to take her dress off before

sweetness, both of them wanted more of each other. What they were giving wasn’t enough. He was

“Sugar plum, please!”

before he fell asleep, he called her; “Candy floss…”

difficult hotel room but

which she believed came

couldn’t believe her own eyes after the blurry images of last night flashed through her

no longer a

hurriedly searched around her and 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 but