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.

focusing her mind, trying to see what she

tired Jeslyn out, he watched her fall asleep before he got up to use the

bath, Maverick drafted a black cloak over his shoulders

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

made this Island for relaxation. He didn’t want any disturbance from the outside world while

dialed Pink’s number. A few rings later the

her

week Sunday,” Pink

know about her erased memories?”

from the other end. “They were erased for her

good you mean.

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her everything when she’s

might be too late.” He disconnected the

Jeslyn was turning and tossing in bed

man held her down with one hand

to escape from

the girl jerked up and hurriedly started to fumble with the guy’s clothes. She was doing it clumsily but she

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

more of each other. What they were giving wasn’t enough. He was

“Sugar plum, please!”

ordeal, before he fell asleep, he called

in a difficult hotel room but her

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

believe her own eyes after the blurry images of last night flashed

no longer

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 her mother was her