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

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

Maverick drafted a black cloak over his shoulders and headed

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 woman, so he got the

Maverick dialed Pink’s number. A few rings later

is her next

week Sunday,” Pink

about her

be heard from the other end. “They were erased for her own

you mean. She’s asking questions.”

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tell her everything

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

tossing in bed as she was having

and later, the strong man held her down with

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

up and hurriedly started to fumble with

leashed out again and he started to take her dress off before he peeled his

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

“Sugar plum, please!”

fell asleep, he called her; “Candy

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

lots of hickeys and purple bruises which she

blurry images

was no longer a

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 fighting sometimes