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

to use the bathroom. He already

black cloak over his shoulders

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

made this Island for relaxation. He didn’t want any disturbance from the outside world while he was here with his woman, so he got the

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

is her next

week Sunday,” Pink

about her erased memories?”

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

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her everything

He disconnected the call and headed back inside.

and tossing in bed

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

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

he paused before releasing her. However, the girl jerked up and hurriedly started to fumble with the guy’s clothes. She was doing it clumsily but she seemed to be desperate, just like the

again and he

them wanted more of each other. What they were giving

“Sugar plum, please!”

he fell asleep,

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

of hickeys and purple bruises which she believed came from

own eyes after the blurry images of last

longer

found her phone lying on top of the drawer. She took it and the first person she called