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

after Maverick 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

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

for a while before he connected some devices

want any disturbance from the outside world while

number. A few rings later the call

her next

week Sunday,”

do you know about

could be heard from the other end. “They were erased for her

sure what good you mean. She’s

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tell her everything when

late.” He disconnected

bed as

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

wild beast trying to escape from its cage, he

returned to 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

again and he started to take her dress off before he peeled

sweetness, both of them wanted more of each other. What they

“Sugar plum, please!”

fell asleep, he called her; “Candy

a difficult hotel room but her body ached so much

wall mirror facing her, she could see lots of hickeys and purple bruises which she believed came from how tightly the

the blurry images of last night flashed through her mind.

longer

She took it and