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 see what

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

black cloak over his shoulders and

some devices to his phone and soon, the signal–less phone seemed to have a full

this Island for relaxation. He didn’t want any disturbance from the outside world while he

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

is her next

week Sunday,”

about her

from the other end. “They were

good you mean. She’s asking questions.”

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tell her everything when

too late.” He disconnected the

bed as she

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

escape from its cage, he handled her roughly at first until

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

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

in sad sweetness, both of them wanted more of each other. What they were giving wasn’t enough.

“Sugar plum, please!”

fell asleep, he called

room but her body ached so much that she screamed

purple bruises which she believed came from how tightly the mysterious man

couldn’t believe her own eyes after the blurry images

no longer

drawer. She took it and the first person she called was her mother. They might be fighting