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.”

Celestine. “I told you,

herself from him before standing up. “Mav, I’m disappointing you. I tried to

sorry for

and looked towards Matt’s office door. “Take care

right, he’s still young. When she lifted

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

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 that both of them had developed

marriage to create another chance for his brother. He did all that before he knew Matt

settle things diplomatically when they finally start

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

Celestine off Maverick while

and hugged Maverick even more tightly.

she was done, she sent a reply before pulling out the sim card. She walked

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

a blue coat and drafted it on her

to think that they would be in Jeslyn’s room but just as she

the wheels of her legs and she started to walk slowly towards the doors like she was

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

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

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Maverick’s red room? Why would her boss tell her to get inside

these were questions Vera cannot answer.