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 to see what she could find

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

black cloak over his shoulders and headed

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

for relaxation. He didn’t want any disturbance from the outside world

few

is her next dose?”

week Sunday,” Pink answered.

know about her

could be heard from the other end. “They were erased for

not sure what good you

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her everything when she’s

too late.” He disconnected the call

in bed

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

from its cage, he

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

out again and he started to

sad sweetness, both of them wanted more of each other. What they were giving wasn’t enough. He was rough and the little

“Sugar plum, please!”

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

hotel room but her body ached so

wall mirror facing her, she could see lots of hickeys and purple bruises which she believed came from

her own eyes after the blurry images of last night flashed

was no longer a

searched around her and found her phone lying on top of the drawer. She took it and the first person she called was her mother. They might be