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

tired Jeslyn out, he watched her fall asleep before he got up to use the bathroom. He already cleaned her

drafted a black cloak over his shoulders and headed out of

into the distance for a while before he connected some devices to his phone and soon, the

any disturbance from the outside world while he was here with his woman, so he

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

her next dose?”

Sunday,” Pink answered.

you know about

the other end. “They were erased for her

not sure what good you mean.

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her everything when she’s ready.”

disconnected the call and headed back

in bed as she was having another

and later, the strong man held her

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

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

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

of them wanted more of each other. What they were giving wasn’t enough. He was

“Sugar plum, please!”

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

Jeslyn woke up in a difficult hotel room but her body ached so much that

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

couldn’t believe her own eyes after the blurry images of last night flashed through her mind.

no longer a

She took it and the first person she called was her