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

to use the bathroom. He already cleaned

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

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

from the outside world while he was here with his woman, so he got

A few rings later the call was

her next dose?”

week Sunday,” Pink answered.

know about her erased

other end. “They

not sure what good you mean. She’s asking

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her everything when she’s

late.” He disconnected

was turning and tossing in bed as she was having another nightmare.

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

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

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

out again and he started

both of them wanted more of each other. What they were giving

“Sugar plum, please!”

the ordeal, before he fell asleep,

room but her body ached so much that

bruises which she believed came from

the blurry images of last night flashed through her mind.

longer a virgin!

found her phone lying on top of the drawer. She took it and the first person she called was her mother. They might