Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

178 Seeking help

“What is going on?” Maverick asked passively.

“May-”

“Brother, she’s my woman now.” Rex smiled with squinted eyes. Maverick could feel the happiness he was radiating. 2

“Rex!” Celestine balled her fist as she waited to hear what Maverick would say.

“What? He’s still going to find out, after all, you’re my fiance now… we got engaged, didn’t we?” 2

Celestine almost cried in shame. Rex had always been a blabbermouth, but this time, he was obviously doing it to force her into having no other choice than to accept him.

Maverick’s eyes trailed down to Celestine’s finger and he saw the sparkling diamond ring smiling at him.

The ring is big and beautiful, it calls people’s attention and announces to them that Celestine was

taken.

Celestine slowly hid the hand behind her and waited with a drumming heart for Maverick’s verdict. Maverick said nothing as he looked from the nervous Celestine to the excited Rex. After a while of silence, he finally opened his mouth. “Take care of her.”

smile widened and he hugged the surprised Celestine. “I told you, my brother

standing up. “Mav, I’m disappointing you. I tried to fight the

sorry for

towards Matt’s office door. “Take care

young. When she lifted her eyes again,

head to look at her. “You both couldn’t help it. He took his hand off his trousers‘ pocket and patted

themselves out. Matters of the heart have always been a force to reckon with. He found out a few years ago that both of them had developed feelings for each other and had been silently watching them hurt themselves.

another chance for his brother. He did all that before he knew Matt also loves

them can settle things diplomatically when they

off guard. His eyes darted to

and started to pull Celestine off Maverick while saying, “Stay away from my

and hugged Maverick even more

she was done, she sent a reply before pulling out

the house because I have been by the window; watching outside… don’t tell me

blue coat and drafted it

would be in Jeslyn’s room but just as she turned, her eyes involuntarily gazed at the two closed doors a distance

started to

held it back and balled the hand. She looked right, then left, and tried

but the way her heart was hammering her chest, like it was going to

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is inside Maverick’s red room? Why would her boss tell her to get inside it? What would she be doing once

were questions