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

he watched her fall asleep before he got up to use the bathroom. He already

bath, Maverick drafted a black cloak over his shoulders and headed

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

world while he was here

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

her next

Sunday,” Pink answered.

know about her erased memories?”

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

good you

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tell her everything

late.” He disconnected the call and headed back

in bed as she was having

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

in tearing off her undies. Like a wild beast trying to escape from

the girl jerked up and hurriedly started to fumble with the guy’s clothes.

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

sweetness, both of them wanted more of each other. What they were giving

“Sugar plum, please!”

the ordeal, before he fell asleep, he called her; “Candy

hotel room but her body ached so much

see lots of hickeys and purple bruises which she believed came from

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

no longer a

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