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

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

cloak over his

by the railing, he looked into the distance for a while before he connected some devices to his phone and soon, the signal–less phone seemed to have a full

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

A few rings later

her

Sunday,” Pink

know about her erased

other end. “They

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

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her everything when she’s

might be too late.” He disconnected

tossing in bed as she was having another

and later, the strong man held her down with one hand

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

started to fumble with the guy’s clothes. She was doing it clumsily but she seemed to be

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

they were giving wasn’t enough. He was rough and the little

“Sugar plum, please!”

asleep, he called her; “Candy floss…”

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

the wall mirror facing her, she could see lots of hickeys and purple bruises which she

the blurry images of last night flashed through her

no longer a virgin!

drawer. She took it and