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.

He passed the order before entering

the gate and a guard

red car, Emilee received a call from one of the black cars behind her. Her Assistant told her the meeting has

here, should she return

sitting beside her sister, so she said;

as she flipped the magazine

“How?”

thirty minutes left.” There was still half an hour left before the meeting which was enough for anyone to cancel an

are already here, shouldn’t they

A or Rose City. You don’t get

Christine lowered her head while fidgeting with her

still doesn’t know much about the dos and don’ts. of the Country. This was her first time

but before they could drive in, a black car drove out.

Yu family’s head is here,”

the headrest with his eyes closed. He didn’t

moved out of

window until

him.” Emilee

Christine nodded but her heart said

looked calm and peaceful like always. Vera walked in awkwardly, thanks to

looking at her. She didn’t find it odd because the servants had always been like that, so she walked to their room.

forgot to breathe for a long time until she felt she was suffocating, did she let herself release the breath

that she couldn’t

a stool.

bulletproof window was broken and the

knew who did it. Only that cursed child would do this!