Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

185 Rejected

“M-mummy!” He called out with sparkling eyes.

Jeslyn who was standing by the door smiled with tears streaming down her face and hurried into the room to hug Valen.

“Child, mummy has missed you. You almost scared me to death”

Valen said nothing and just hugged her even though the injection was pricking his wrist. He missed her a lot and he felt the only way to get enough of her was to engrave himself on her.

Vera watched the two with envy and hatred. She was supposed to be the one getting the hugs and calling him her child. Valen didn’t even look at her twice even though she was supposed to be his ‘mother’.

Not liking what she was seeing, she coughed into her fist to break them apart but nobody cared about her.

She coughed again, a little louder than the first time but still, nobody responded. Annoyed, she finally spoke. “Jeslyn, he’s on needles. It must be hurting him. Also, he just woke up and needs some rest and fresh air.”

Jeslyn broke the hug and grabbed Valen’s left hand to check the needle on his wrist to see if she accidentally hurt him but she couldn’t see anything because a brown tape was used to secure the needle to his wrist.

said to Vera with a smile that didn’t reach

was only worried as a mother.”

for now.” She turned to look at Valen and smiled. “Child, you

wanted to stop her but when he heard she’d be cooking for him, he happily agreed with a nod and

the door, the smile disappeared in an instant and he turned sharply

“It’s

speak on my behalf next time… my daddy is not here, you should leave now.” Valen used to think that when he finally meets his mother, he would feel some connection, hate, or happiness. However, looking at

or Vera lied. Valen refused to believe he was related to this

He’s just 6 years old, no, almost 7 years old! Aren’t words too heavy for him to use? He talked like they were old-time enemies and it offended Vera greatly but she still

I didn’t mean to cause you agony. I was only worried that… fine. I was wrong. I-”

feeling sleepy!” He lay down on his side, giving

him because there were CCTV cameras in the room and the emergency button wasn’t far

suppressed it and said with a fake smile; “Ok, I’ll see you later.” She turned and hurried out. She couldn’t wait to leave. After she left, Valen sat up. He stared at the shut door for a while with lots of thoughts running through his mind before turning his gaze back to the TV. His great-grandfather’s face was

he still doesn’t understand much about these cartoons that hardly die when killed, he knew that Jeslyn likes to see him watch them, so he’ll try to understand their

the sitting, crying. On her way, she spotted Rex and

increased. She was silently crying before

at Maverick. “Did you raise your hand on a woman?”

gave him a death glare without saying

beat a woman