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.

eyes to sleep and he remembered what Matt said to him. after the

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

thought you said her memory was wiped?”

failed or deliberately drove her mind into having temporary selective amnesia. If not because of the

a cure would be found for her no matter what. Even if it means curbing the world

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 on

left the 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 saw her pause a few times before finally

placed it

you found

to be found.”

“His faction?”

and the Xu family when she took over. The Yu faction

“Mn.”

she wasn’t his wife’s enemy, he would have

to a private establishment. Maverick walked inside the restaurant and someone came to walk him to

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

opened and closed, the man didn’t

almost like Maverick’s. But compared to Maverick’s voice, Maverick

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

poison the food?” The man still didn’t turn but knew that

drink

“Where is Celestine?”

Your cousin was right. Snatching one of your

the sunlight penetrating the room through the window. His face couldn’t be seen