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.”

widened and he hugged the surprised Celestine. “I told you, my brother has no

you pest!” Celestine untangled herself from him before standing up. “Mav, I’m disappointing you. I tried to fight the

sorry for

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

lowered her gaze. That’s right, he’s still young. When she

at her. “You both couldn’t help it. He took his hand

Matt would. However, that 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

take their stupidity anymore, so he ruined her marriage to create another chance for his brother. He did all that before he knew

that the three of them can settle things diplomatically when they finally start to go loggerheads.

caught off guard. His eyes darted to the door Jeslyn entered through before

off his seat and started to pull Celestine off Maverick while

chuckled and hugged Maverick even more

on her phone. After she was done, she sent a reply before pulling out the sim card. She walked to the bathroom and flushed away

seen those two. Where did they go? They haven’t left the house because I have been by the window; watching outside… don’t tell me they are inside

took a blue coat and drafted it on her shoulder before

Maverick’s door, she 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 eyes involuntarily gazed at the two

and she started to walk slowly towards the doors like she was being compelled. 1

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

that was 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

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Why would her boss tell her to

these were questions Vera cannot