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.

her eyes to sleep and he remembered what Matt

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

said her memory

twice. I guess the doctor either failed or deliberately drove her mind into having temporary selective amnesia. If not because of the suppression

cure would be found for

in thought, his phone rang. Looking at the ID, it 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

house and got inside his car. Code two passed him a laptop. Looking at the images. displayed on the monitor, he frowned slightly. It was Vera trying to open his red

he watched. He

and placed it on the empty seat beside

found Damien?”

to be found.” Code 2 answered.

“His faction?”

She tendered an apology to us and the Xu family when

“Mn.”

enemy, he

car continued in silence until they got to a private establishment. Maverick walked inside the restaurant

the door while looking out the window. His

opened and closed, the man didn’t turn around.

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

There was food on the table but he only took a glass of water.

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

to drink water.

“Where is Celestine?”

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

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