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.

the other hand was focusing her mind, trying to see what she

Jeslyn out, he watched her fall asleep before he got up to use the bathroom. He

his bath, Maverick drafted a black cloak over his shoulders and headed out of the room.

for a while before he connected some devices to his phone and soon, the signal–less phone seemed

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

connecting, Maverick dialed Pink’s number. A few

is her next dose?”

Sunday,” Pink answered.

do you know about her

end. “They were

good you mean. She’s asking questions.”

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tell her everything

late.” He disconnected the

was turning and tossing in bed

the strong man held her down with one hand and raised her heavy

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

to his senses, he paused before releasing her. However, the girl jerked up and hurriedly started to fumble with the guy’s clothes. She

man and the beast in him leashed out again and he started

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

“Sugar plum, please!”

fell asleep, he called her; “Candy floss…”

next morning, Jeslyn woke up in a difficult hotel room but her body ached so much that she screamed in agony.

hickeys and purple bruises which

blurry images

no longer

phone lying on top of the drawer. She took it and the first person