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 see what she could

fall asleep before he got up to use the bathroom. He already cleaned her up and took her

cloak over his shoulders and headed out of

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

didn’t want any disturbance from the outside world while he was

Maverick dialed Pink’s number. A few rings

is her next

week Sunday,”

know about her

end. “They were erased for her

sure what good you mean. She’s asking

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tell her everything when she’s ready.”

late.” He disconnected the call and

tossing in bed

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

to escape from its cage, he handled her roughly at first until she started to shake violently.

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

him leashed out again and he started to take her dress

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

“Sugar plum, please!”

fell asleep, he called

next morning, Jeslyn woke up in a difficult hotel room but her body ached so much that she screamed in agony.

hickeys and purple bruises which she believed came from how tightly the mysterious man was

the blurry images of last night

longer a virgin!

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 her mother