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.

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

fall asleep before he got up to use the bathroom. He already cleaned her up and took her back to bed to sleep.

drafted a black cloak over his shoulders and

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

disturbance from the outside world while he

Maverick dialed Pink’s number. A few rings later the

is her next dose?”

Sunday,” Pink answered.

do you know about her erased memories?”

the other end. “They were erased

what good you mean. She’s asking questions.”

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everything when she’s ready.”

disconnected the call and headed

Jeslyn was turning and tossing in bed as she was

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

a wild beast trying to escape from its cage, he handled her roughly at first until she

started to fumble with the guy’s clothes. She was doing it clumsily but she seemed to be desperate, just like

in him leashed out again

them wanted more of each other. What they

“Sugar plum, please!”

ordeal, before he fell asleep, he called

Jeslyn woke up in a difficult hotel room but her body ached

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

the blurry images of last night flashed through

was no longer a virgin!

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