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.

hand was focusing her mind, trying to see

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

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

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

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

few rings

is her next

Sunday,” Pink answered.

about

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

sure what good you mean. She’s asking

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tell her everything when

too late.” He disconnected the

in bed as she

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

her undies. Like a wild beast trying to escape from its cage, he handled

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

out again and he started to take her dress off

of each other. What they were giving wasn’t enough. He was rough and the

“Sugar plum, please!”

fell asleep, he called her; “Candy

morning, Jeslyn woke up in a difficult hotel room but her body ached so much that

see lots of hickeys and purple bruises which she believed came from how tightly the mysterious man

couldn’t believe her own eyes after the blurry images of last night flashed

no longer a

lying on top of the drawer. She took it and the first person