Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

191 Maverick’s fear

Jeslyn had questioned him about his manner of bringing Valen up when she first met the child. He didn’t defend himself but allowed her to vent. What would he say when the child was the smaller version of him? Would he say he had no good upbringing too? (1)

His mother might have been the most worthless mother to ever exist but his father was the best dad. anyone could ever have.

Lu Hao was kind, gentle, loving, and an extrovert who makes people happy. Lu Hao single–handedly raised him, yet Maverick turned out to be another version of his grandfather.

All these years, Maverick seemed not to care about his son and allowed Mulan to do what she did, it’s

not because he didn’t care, but because he knew Son like he knew himself. He knew that no

matter what morals are taught to him, Valen would end up becoming another Maverick.

Valen is like a rubber band. No matter how far you stretch it, it returns to its normal size.

That was why he married Jeslyn. Firstly, he didn’t know why he went soft on her and her grandfather on the first day they met. However, now, he understood it was because of the love he had always had for her.

Secondly, his intuition told him that Jeslyn would be able to make his son more humane than himself.

“The love and care of a mother work wonders, so he heard, but it seems he gave birth to another Maverick, and Jeslyn can’t do much to change him.

That child is only compassionate to his mother and no one else.

Maverick got up from his office chair and dipped one hand in his trousers pocket as he headed out with the phone still on his ear.

the order before entering the elevator with Code 2

company which stood tall like it was determined to reach the heavens, a convoy with a red car in the middle was parked outside the gate and a guard wearing the Yu family’s uniform was talking to the security men by the gate who seemed to be

Emilee received a call from one of the black cars behind

here, should she return just like that?

was sitting beside her sister, so she

my fault,” Emilee replied as she

“How?”

left.” There was still half an hour left before the meeting

here, shouldn’t they allow us

her sister. “This is not Country A or Rose City. You don’t get to do as you

understand.” Christine lowered her head

the Country for three days now but still doesn’t know much about the dos and don’ts. of the Country.

but before they could drive in, a black car drove out. The road was blocked, so Code 2 couldn’t

Yu family’s head is here,” he

with his eyes closed. He didn’t reply when he heard that. Meaning, there was no turning back.

when the convoy moved out of

the window until she could

covet him.” Emilee sounded nonchalant.

Christine nodded but her

peaceful like always. Vera walked in awkwardly, thanks to the

doing their chores without looking at her. She didn’t find it odd because the servants had always been like

stood in utmost shock! She forgot to breathe for a long time until she felt she was suffocating, did she let herself release the breath all at once, like someone who was drowning…

badly that she couldn’t differentiate

or a

the tiled floor couldn’t even be

she knew who did it. Only that cursed