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.

the other hand was focusing her mind, trying to see what she

he watched her fall asleep before he got up to use the bathroom. He already cleaned her up and took her back to bed

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

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

outside world while

number. A few rings later the call was answered.

her next dose?”

week Sunday,” Pink

about her erased memories?”

sigh could be heard from the other end.

good you mean. She’s

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everything when

might be too late.” He disconnected the call and

tossing in bed as she was

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

wild beast trying to escape from its cage, he handled her roughly at first until she started to shake

fumble with the guy’s clothes. She

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

sweetness, both of them wanted more of each other. What they were giving

“Sugar plum, please!”

he fell asleep, he

woke up in a difficult hotel room but her body ached

bruises which she believed came from how tightly the

blurry images of last night flashed

was no longer a

it and the first person she called was her mother.