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 back to bed

black cloak over his shoulders and headed

the distance for a while before he connected some

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

Pink’s number. A few rings later the call was answered.

her

Sunday,” Pink

know about

could be heard from the other end. “They

good you mean. She’s asking questions.”

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her everything when she’s

disconnected the call and headed back inside.

turning and tossing in bed as she was having

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

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

However, the girl jerked up and hurriedly started to fumble

in him leashed out again and he started to take her

What they were giving wasn’t enough. He

“Sugar plum, please!”

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

but her body ached so much that she screamed

she could see lots of hickeys and purple bruises which she believed came from how tightly the mysterious man was holding

couldn’t believe her own eyes after the blurry

was no longer

and the first person she called was her mother. They might be fighting sometimes