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.”

“I told you,

“Mav, I’m disappointing you. I tried to fight the feelings but

sorry for

trousers and looked towards Matt’s office door. “Take care of him… he’s ” still young.”

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

with what you two do.” Maverick turned his head to look at her. “You both couldn’t help it. He took his hand off his trousers‘ pocket and patted

has 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 reckon with. He found out a few years ago

so he ruined her marriage to create another chance for

things diplomatically when they

off guard. His eyes darted to the

Celestine off Maverick while saying, “Stay away

chuckled and hugged Maverick even more tightly.

room, reading a text on her phone. After she was done, she sent a reply before pulling out the sim card. She walked to

window; watching outside… don’t tell me

a blue coat and drafted it on her shoulder before heading out. 1

think that they would be in Jeslyn’s room but just as she turned, her eyes

to walk slowly towards the

the knob but held it back and balled the hand. She looked right, then

be difficult but the way her heart was hammering her chest, like it was going to explode, told her that today wasn’t a

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Why would her boss tell her to get inside it? What would

of these were questions Vera