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

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

black cloak over his shoulders and headed out of

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

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

number. A few rings

her next dose?”

Sunday,” Pink answered.

you know about her

end. “They

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

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her everything when

too late.” He disconnected the call and headed

Jeslyn was turning and tossing in bed as she was having another

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

undies. Like a wild beast trying to escape from

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

that aroused the man and the beast in him leashed out again

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

“Sugar plum, please!”

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

a difficult hotel room but her

and purple bruises which she believed came from how

own eyes after the blurry images of last night

longer a virgin!

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