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.

she slowly closed her eyes to sleep and he

for your wife? Valen’s own was a bit easier to treat because the virus didn’t take too long in his body and also, 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…

her memory was

having temporary selective amnesia. If

cure would be found for her no matter what. Even if it means

disconnected the call after hearing what Rex had to say. Standing up, he planted a soft kiss on Jeslyn’s

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

as he watched. He saw her pause a few times before finally running off.

laptop and placed it on the empty

you found Damien?”

be found.”

“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 to be pleased with

“Mn.”

wasn’t his wife’s enemy, he would have made her take the

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

old man standing with his back towards the door while looking

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

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

There was food on the table but he only

not afraid I would poison the food?” The man

to drink

“Where is Celestine?”

cousin was right. Snatching one of your friends would make you crawl out.” The man

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