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.

other hand was focusing her mind, trying

to use the bathroom. He already

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

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

world while he

dialed Pink’s number. A few rings later the

her next dose?”

week Sunday,” Pink answered.

know about her erased memories?”

could be heard from the other end.

sure what good you mean. She’s asking questions.”

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tell her everything when she’s

late.” He disconnected the call and headed back

bed as she was

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

from

his senses, he paused before releasing her. However, the girl jerked up and hurriedly started to fumble with the guy’s clothes. She was doing it clumsily but she

out again and he started to take her

them wanted more of each other. What they were giving

“Sugar plum, please!”

he fell asleep, he

hotel room but her body ached so much that she

hickeys and purple bruises which she believed came from how tightly the mysterious man was holding her last

eyes after the blurry images

no longer

it and the first person she called was her mother. They might be fighting