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.”

told you, my brother has no problem with

I’m disappointing you. I

sorry for

in his trousers and looked towards Matt’s office door.

her gaze. That’s right, he’s still young. When she lifted her eyes again, she smiled bitterly. “I

problem with what you two do.” Maverick turned his head to look at her. “You both couldn’t help it. He took

nothing to do with him. He’ll allow the three of them to sort themselves out. Matters of the heart have always been a force to

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

three of them can settle things diplomatically when

in his chest. Maverick was caught off guard. His eyes darted to the door Jeslyn entered through before he

to pull Celestine off Maverick while saying, “Stay away from my brother, he has a wife!” –

Maverick even

a reply before pulling out the sim card. She walked to the bathroom and flushed away

haven’t left the house because I have been by the window; watching outside… don’t tell me they are inside their room-” her eyes snapped open when she thought of the possibility that they might be

it on her

rang the bell a few times but got no answer. She started to think that they would be in Jeslyn’s room but just as she turned, her

she started to walk slowly

but held it back and balled the hand. She looked right, then left, and tried to open it again but stopped

sent to her just now was to enter Maverick’s red room. She knew it would be difficult but the way her heart was hammering her chest, like it was going to explode, told her that today wasn’t a good day, so she

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would her boss tell her to get

of these were questions