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 could find in

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

cloak over his shoulders and

the distance for a while before he connected some devices

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

A few rings later the call

is her next

Sunday,”

about her

other end.

sure what good you mean.

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tell her everything when she’s ready.”

might be too late.” He disconnected the

Jeslyn was turning and tossing in bed as she was having another nightmare.

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

escape from its cage, he handled her

returned to his senses, he paused before releasing her. However, the girl jerked up and hurriedly started to fumble with

man and the beast in him leashed out again and he started to

more of each other. What they

“Sugar plum, please!”

asleep,

morning, Jeslyn woke up in a difficult hotel room but her body ached so much that she screamed in

purple bruises which she believed came

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

no longer

hurriedly searched around her and found her phone lying on top of the drawer. She took it and the first person