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 what she could find in her mind.

up to use the bathroom. He already cleaned her up and took her back to

taking his bath, Maverick drafted a black cloak over his shoulders

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

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

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

is her next

Sunday,” Pink answered.

do you know about

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

sure what good you mean.

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tell her everything when she’s

be too late.” He disconnected the call and headed back

was turning and tossing in bed as she

strong man held her down

escape from its cage, he handled her roughly at first until she started to shake violently.

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

that aroused the man and the beast in him leashed out again and he started to take her dress off before he peeled his off.

each other. What they

“Sugar plum, please!”

he fell asleep, he called her;

a difficult hotel room but her body ached so much that she screamed in agony.

lots of hickeys and purple bruises which she believed came from how tightly the mysterious man was holding her last night.

the blurry images of last night flashed through

was no longer

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