Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

181 Finding out the truth (3)

Eat tears pulled out of Alex’s eyes. She could feel the stabbing pain in her chest. She slowly clawed her chest. Her daughter and sister suffered so much, yet her sister told her nothing about it. 1 On that day, while they were fighting the enemies, Alex saw her sister bleeding from the stomach and it wasn’t a bullet wound, so Alex thought it was the enemies‘ blood. After all, they were using anything dangerous- that included guns and surgical tools. If she knew that the blood on Alice’s stomach was from Alice’s injury, she wouldn’t have allowed her to continue fighting.

Coming to that realization, Alex couldn’t contain her sorrow anymore. She cried so hard that her voice broke.

All these while, Diana was looking at her without consoling her. That was how she cried too. Everything was Alex’s fault, so I’ll let her cry blood! She thought.

After a while of Alex’s silent sobbing, her mind jolted and she quickly asked; “Th- the child?” She already knew who the child her daughter gave birth to was.

If the stillborn Vera gave birth to was switched with Jeslyn’s son, then does Alex need a soothsayer to tell her who the child was? However, she was hoping it wasn’t what she was thinking.

“Valen Lu…” Diana paused to watch how Alex broke down even more.

her grandchild for so long but had no idea. She saw how Mulan almost

her but still patted her shoulder anyway. Alex’s heartfelt pain was rubbing off on her. She didn’t want to cry because

already living with him while she was pregnant. She should have given birth with Matt being the

Vera was supposed to give birth, Maverick was caught up in a life and death battle with the Dark Age organization. Weird

teeth and balled her

the glass cup. Telling Alex everything in detail was so that Alex would hate herself even

looked at her, urging her to continue. It was better she knew everything at once than to get them bit by bit. She doesn’t like such things.

cover up, Vera went to Country G and after the deed was done, she was transported to Rose City before Maverick’s men that escorted Vera around finally got through to Maverick, Ruben was able to carry

Code four was killed for betrayal. Maverick hates betrayers and wouldn’t spare anyone even if they were his trusted subordinates. However, what she cared about at the moment was why the other guards

so the men couldn’t get through to Maverick and at the same time. Vera was able to run away from the hospital thanks to Code 4 and

Damien?” Alex wiped her

“Ruben.” Diana frowned.

“How so?”

what I know Is that Damien never intended for Jeslyn to hold on to Maverick’s child. He wanted Jeslyn to give birth, snatch the child and send him to Maverick, then when Maverick starts to look for

in confusing his brother?” Alex asked in a weak voice.