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.

other hand was focusing her mind, trying to see what she could find in her

he watched her fall asleep before he got up to use the bathroom. He already

taking his bath, Maverick drafted a black cloak over his shoulders and headed out

by the railing, he looked into the distance for a while before he connected some devices to his phone and soon,

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

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

her next dose?”

week Sunday,” Pink answered.

do you know about

end. “They

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

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tell her everything

might be too late.” He disconnected the call and headed back inside.

bed as she was having

the strong man held her down with one hand and raised her heavy blue dress with the other.

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

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 be desperate, just like the man

and the beast in him leashed out again and

of each other. What they

“Sugar plum, please!”

the ordeal, before he fell asleep,

difficult hotel room but

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

blurry images of last night

no longer a virgin!

drawer. She took it and the first