Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

183 Return to the family

“I feel tired and my bones hurt… I think I’m developing the flu?” Jeslyn replied weakly. 1

Maverick pressed the emergency button by the side of the bed. “It should be the side effect of the transplant.”

“I think so too…” she paused. “How is Valen? Is he awake yet?”

“He fell back to sleep after coming to see you yesterday.” Valen couldn’t stop asking to see Jeslyn when he woke up, so he was wheeled to Jeslyn’s ward.

“Yesterday? For how long have I been sleeping?” Jeslyn’s brows creased in annoyance.

“Some days… Don’t worry, Matt said it’s not serious.”

She sighed deeply before nodding.

The door clicked open, revealing Matt and a few doctors.

After examining her, Matt nodded and said: “You feel like you’re getting the flu, don’t you?” Seeing her nod, he smiled. “You are fine. It’s just the side effect, so don’t worry, the symptoms will go away after a few days.”

“Thank you,” Jeslyn thanked him.

Matt injected her and after he was done, he left with the team of doctors.

Maverick and Jeslyn talked for a while before she started to feel drowsy.

sleep and he remembered what Matt said

and he was given good medical care. However, Jeslyn had been a carrier for eleven years and was also eating suppression pills. I’m afraid hers won’t be easy to take care of… that aside, she has to stop taking the suppression pills. I’ll work on better pills that would rather strengthen her immune system and help fight against the Virus. Increasingly taking the suppression pills will not only damage her health, but it would also ruin her reproductive system… the pills not

said her memory

or deliberately drove her mind into having

found for her no matter what. Even if it means curbing

was Rex. He answered the call and waited to hear Rex’s words..He disconnected the call after hearing what Rex had to say. Standing up, he planted a soft kiss on Jeslyn’s forehead before

got inside his car. Code two passed him a laptop. Looking at the images. displayed on

eyes as he watched. He saw her pause a few times before

laptop and placed it on the empty

found Damien?”

be found.” Code 2 answered.

“His faction?”

is doing a good job. She tendered an apology to us and the Xu family when she took over. The Yu faction seems

“Mn.”

enemy, he would have made

a private establishment. Maverick walked

an old man standing with his back towards the door while looking out the window. His hands were folded behind

closed, the man didn’t turn around. “You kept me waiting.”

man’s voice was deep and almost scary, almost like Maverick’s. But compared to Maverick’s voice, Maverick

on it. There was food on the table but he only took a

are not afraid I would poison the food?” The man still didn’t turn but knew that Maverick

to drink

“Where is Celestine?”

never came. Your cousin was right. Snatching one of your friends would make you crawl out.” The

back blocked the sunlight penetrating the room through the window. His face couldn’t be seen as he walked energetically towards