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

as

at Valen and smiled. “Child, you must be famished. Let mommy go prepare you something delicious.” She brushed his long and uneven bangs up before placing a soft kiss

be cooking for him, he happily

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

“It’s

you should leave now.” Valen used to think

definitely cannot be his mother. It’s either his father made a mistake or Vera lied. Valen refused to believe he was related to this

tongue. He’s just 6 years old, no, almost 7 years old! Aren’t words too heavy for him to use?

I

feeling sleepy!” He lay down on his side,

CCTV cameras in the room and the emergency button

Still, she 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 no longer on the screen, so he

about these cartoons that hardly die when killed, he knew that Jeslyn likes to see him watch them, so

sitting, crying. On

silently crying before but suddenly

looked over his shoulder at Maverick. “Did you raise your hand

death glare

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