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.

watched as she slowly closed her eyes to sleep and he remembered what Matt

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.

said her memory

attempt was made twice. I guess the doctor either failed or deliberately drove her mind into having temporary

hand. He was sure that a cure would be found for her

Rex’s words..He disconnected the call after hearing what

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

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

closed the laptop and placed it on the empty seat

found

found.”

“His faction?”

and the Xu

“Mn.”

a pity. If she wasn’t his wife’s enemy, he would have made her

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

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

the door opened and closed, the man didn’t

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

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

afraid I would poison the food?” The man still didn’t turn but

to drink

“Where is Celestine?”

came. Your cousin was right. Snatching one of your friends would make

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