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 in

he watched her fall asleep before he got up to use

over his shoulders and headed out of the room.

by the railing, he looked into the distance for a while before he connected some devices to his phone and soon, the signal–less

made this Island for relaxation. He didn’t want any disturbance from the outside world while he was

Maverick dialed Pink’s number. A few

her next dose?”

Sunday,” Pink

you know about her erased memories?”

could be heard from the other end.

you mean. She’s asking questions.”

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her everything when she’s

He disconnected the call and headed back

in bed as she

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

undies. Like a wild beast trying to escape from its

and hurriedly started to fumble with the guy’s clothes. She was doing

again and he started

them wanted more of each other. What they were giving wasn’t enough.

“Sugar plum, please!”

fell asleep,

hotel room but her body ached so much that

mirror facing her, she could see lots of hickeys and purple bruises which she believed came from how tightly the mysterious man was holding her last

her own eyes after the blurry images of last night flashed

no longer

top of the drawer. She took it and the first