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

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

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

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

world while he was here

number. A few rings later

her next dose?”

Sunday,” Pink

know about her erased

other end. “They were erased for

what good you mean.

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tell her everything when

He disconnected the call and headed

bed as she

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

to escape from its cage, he

hurriedly started to fumble with the guy’s clothes. She was doing it clumsily but she seemed to be desperate, just like the man

like that aroused the man and the beast in him leashed out again and he started to take her dress off before he peeled

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

“Sugar plum, please!”

he fell asleep, he called

hotel room but her

which she believed came from

couldn’t believe her own eyes after the blurry images of

no longer

the drawer. She took it and the first person she called was her mother.