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

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

drafted a black cloak over his shoulders and headed out of the room.

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

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

few rings later the call was answered.

her next

week Sunday,” Pink answered.

do you know about her erased

from the other end. “They were erased

sure what good you mean.

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everything when she’s

disconnected the call and

in bed as she

it was of her entering the hotel room and later, the strong man held her down with one hand and raised her

off her undies. Like a wild beast trying to escape from its cage, he handled her roughly at first until she started to shake violently.

jerked up and hurriedly started to fumble with the guy’s clothes. She was doing it clumsily but she seemed

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

What they were giving wasn’t enough. He was rough and the little girl liked it.

“Sugar plum, please!”

before he fell asleep, he called

room but

mirror facing her, she could see lots of hickeys and purple bruises which she

own eyes after the blurry images of last night flashed through her

no longer a

of the drawer. She took it and