Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

173 blackmailed into engagement

Celestine knew that Rex was blackmailing her. She swallowed and thought she should accept the ring but after she leaves, she can take it off, so she stretched out her hand. O

Rex smiled and put the ring on her ring finger. He looked at her straight fingers and smiled before kissing them. “You have fine fingers, Celeste.” He raised his gaze to look at her face, she was pulling a long face which made Rex chuckle. “I know what you are thinking. Don’t make the mistake of taking off our engagement ring, Celeste. I’ll be mad and you won’t like it.” He beamed.

Celestine felt like crying. She has never regretted anything in her life like she regretted coming here last night. She would always come to Rex’s house when she’s in Country M. He even gave her a room here but nothing like this had ever happened before.

Rex had always treated her with respect and care. Although he never hid how he really felt about her, still, he had never crossed the line. So, what changed now?

She can’t deny the fact that she enjoyed the wonderful s3x last night. Indeed, Rex was the best man she had ever tasted and she wants more of him but still, this is just wrong no matter the angle she looked at it from.

First of all, Maverick might not show any emotion when he finds out, but there’s no denying that he might feel awkward. Secondly, Jeslyn!

the bone marrow test yesterday, Jeslyn was nowhere to be found, which meant that Mav must have taken her into their room.

Jeslyn was to find out the music coaching was opened solely because of her, how would

now on. Why isn’t Rex trying to

she had watched him grow and she took care of him all the steps of the way. She even helped him change his

nicknamed her Rex’s mother due to how well she paid

her because he saw her as a mother figure in his life? He respected her a lot back in the days and even stopped his bad habits whenever Mav and the others made a joke, threatening to tell Rex’s ‘mother‘ what he did

Rex got into a brawl in middle school. When the information got to Maverick, all he told Rex was; “Your mom

and couldn’t help but laugh, so ever since then, she categorized her love for Rex

relocated to Country Y, hoping that would be helpful but it got worse. Not seeing Rex daily, not hearing

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fool of himself all formed into one big ball of depression that hit her so hard and even affected her

be helpful but it wasn’t.

after a year of marriage, her husband that wouldn’t dare to look at her twice started to misbehave and in the end, he got another girl pregnant, which resulted in their

Rex but now that he denied it,