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 could find in her

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

over his shoulders and headed out

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

this Island for relaxation. He didn’t want any disturbance from the outside world while he was here with his woman, so he got the signal

Maverick dialed Pink’s number. A few rings later the call was answered.

is her next dose?”

Sunday,” Pink

know about

other end. “They were erased

not sure what good you mean. She’s asking

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everything

late.” He disconnected the call and headed back

tossing in bed as

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

wild beast trying to escape from its cage, he handled her roughly at first until she started

fumble with the guy’s clothes. She was doing it clumsily but she seemed

man and the beast in him leashed out again and he started

sad sweetness, both of them wanted more of each other. What they were giving wasn’t enough. He was rough and the little girl

“Sugar plum, please!”

he fell asleep, he called

up in a difficult hotel room but her body ached

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 night.

her own eyes after the blurry images of last night flashed through her mind.

longer a virgin!

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