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

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… that aside,

said her

or deliberately drove her mind into having temporary selective amnesia. If not because of the suppression pills, she would have long regained

hold on Jeslyn’s hand. He was sure that a cure would be found for her no matter what. Even if it means curbing the world and turning

it was Rex. He answered the call and waited to hear Rex’s words..He disconnected the call after

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

glint flashed through his eyes as he watched. He saw her pause a

it on the

found Damien?”

be found.” Code 2 answered.

“His faction?”

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

“Mn.”

he would have made her take the seat forever.

they got to a private establishment. Maverick walked inside

old man standing with his back towards the door while looking out the window.

when the door opened and closed, the man didn’t

was deep and almost scary, almost like Maverick’s.

chair and sat on it. There was food on the table but

The man still didn’t turn but knew that Maverick

to drink

“Where is Celestine?”

with you for months but you never came. Your cousin was right. Snatching one of your friends

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