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

Jeslyn out, he watched her fall asleep before he got up to use the bathroom. He already cleaned her up and took her back to bed

Maverick drafted a black cloak over his shoulders

the railing, he looked into the distance for a while before he connected some devices

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

number. A few

her

Sunday,” Pink answered.

about her erased

be heard from the other end. “They were erased for her own good.”

you mean. She’s asking

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her everything when

be too late.” He disconnected the call and headed back

bed as she was

the hotel room and later, the strong man held her

trying to escape from its cage, he handled her roughly at first until she started to

fumble with the guy’s clothes. She was

beast in him leashed out again and he started

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

“Sugar plum, please!”

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

hotel room but her body ached so much

purple bruises which

believe her own eyes after the blurry images

longer a

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