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.

on the other hand was focusing her mind, trying to see what she could find in her

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

drafted a black cloak over his shoulders and headed

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

the outside world while he was

Maverick dialed Pink’s number. A few rings later

is her next

week Sunday,”

you know about her erased

heard from the other end. “They were

sure what good you mean. She’s

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everything

late.” He disconnected the call and headed

turning and tossing in bed as she was having

the strong man held her down with one hand and raised

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

girl jerked up and hurriedly started to fumble with

out again and he started to

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

“Sugar plum, please!”

he fell asleep, he called her; “Candy floss…”

Jeslyn woke up in a difficult hotel room but her body

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

the blurry images

longer

drawer. She took it and the first person she called was her mother. They might be fighting sometimes