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.

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 cleaned her up and

drafted a black cloak over

he connected some

didn’t want any disturbance from the outside world while he was

few rings

is her next

week Sunday,”

know about her erased memories?”

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

good you

12:45

308

1/3

her everything when she’s

be too late.” He disconnected

tossing in bed

strong man held her down with one hand and

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

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

beast in him leashed out again and he started to take

both of them wanted more of each other. What they were giving wasn’t

“Sugar plum, please!”

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

next morning, Jeslyn woke up in a difficult hotel room but

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

believe her own eyes after the blurry images of last night flashed through

longer

lying on top of the drawer. She took it and the