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 in her

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

drafted a black cloak over his shoulders and headed out

looked into the distance for a while before he connected some

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

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

her next dose?”

week Sunday,” Pink answered.

you know about

sigh could be heard from the other end. “They were

sure what good you mean. She’s asking

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her everything

He disconnected the call

and tossing in bed as

room and later, the strong man held her down with one hand and raised her heavy

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

girl jerked up and hurriedly started to fumble with the guy’s clothes. She was doing it clumsily but she seemed

her like that aroused the man and the beast in him leashed out again and he started to take her dress off before he

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

“Sugar plum, please!”

before he fell asleep, he called

morning, Jeslyn woke up in a difficult hotel room but

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

own eyes after the blurry images of last night flashed

was no longer a

and the first person she