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.

mind, trying to

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

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

distance for a while before he connected some devices

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

number. A few rings later the call was

is her next

Sunday,”

know about her

end.

not sure what good you mean. She’s asking questions.”

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tell her everything when

be too late.” He disconnected the call and

and tossing in bed as she was having another nightmare.

entering the hotel room and later, the strong man held her down with one hand

wild beast trying to escape from its

to his senses, he paused before releasing her. However, the girl jerked up and hurriedly started to fumble with the guy’s clothes.

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

more of each other. What they were giving

“Sugar plum, please!”

asleep, he

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

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

believe her own eyes after the blurry

no longer a

found her phone lying on top of the drawer. She took it and