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.

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

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

cloak over

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

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

Pink’s number. A few rings

her

week Sunday,”

about her erased memories?”

could be heard from the other end.

sure what good you mean. She’s

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her everything

might be too late.” He disconnected the call

was turning and tossing in bed as

strong man held her down with one hand and raised

escape from its cage, he handled her roughly at first until

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

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

each other. What they were

“Sugar plum, please!”

before he fell asleep, he called her;

up in a difficult hotel room but her body ached so much

bruises which she believed came from how tightly the mysterious man

believe her own eyes after the blurry images

longer

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