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.

hand was focusing her mind, trying to see what she could find in

fall asleep before he got up to use the bathroom. He already cleaned

bath, Maverick drafted a black cloak over his shoulders

the distance for a while before he connected some devices to

disturbance from the outside world

dialed Pink’s number. A few rings later

is her next

week Sunday,” Pink

know about her

from the other end. “They

sure what good you mean. She’s asking

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her everything when she’s ready.”

too late.” He disconnected the call

bed as she was having another nightmare.

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

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

and hurriedly started to fumble with the guy’s clothes. She was doing it clumsily

out again and he started to take her dress off before he

sweetness, both of them wanted more of each other. What they were giving wasn’t enough. He was rough and the little girl liked

“Sugar plum, please!”

the ordeal, before he fell asleep, he called

but her body ached

which she believed came from how tightly the mysterious

own eyes after the blurry images of last night

was no longer a

and