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

night, after Maverick tired Jeslyn out, he watched her fall asleep before he got up to use the bathroom. He already

a black cloak over his shoulders and headed out of the room.

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

world while he was here with his woman, so he got the signal

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

her

Sunday,” Pink answered.

about her erased

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

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

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everything when

disconnected the call and headed back

in bed as

room and later, the strong man held her down with one hand and raised her heavy blue

beast trying to escape from its cage, he handled her roughly at first until she

he returned to his senses, 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

beast in him leashed out again and

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

“Sugar plum, please!”

ordeal, before he fell asleep, he

difficult hotel room but her body ached so much

of hickeys and purple bruises which she believed

blurry images of last night flashed through her mind.

longer a virgin!

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