Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

195 Madam Caroline’s punishment

Madam Caroline looked from the check to Maverick. Her palm felt itchy, pushing her to write the amount of Zeros she wanted but she stopped herself with difficulty. She loves money, but money is not the only thing she wants. 1

“Renren, what do you mean by this?”

“The relationship broke the day you‘ left. However, you were not compensated enough. I guess that’s why you feel the need to… poke your nose into our lives. On behalf of my dad… I’m here to pay you

off.”

“Brother, that’s too much! She made away with $500,000,000… half of dad’s assets when she left. Because of that money, dad’s company almost went bankrupt and you had to step in at such a tender age. How can you pay her anymore?!” Rex was vexed. He glared at Madam Caroline like a demon would a more powerful human. He wanted to kill this woman but he knew he can’t bring himself to… just like Maverick can’t see himself killing his mother.

Even if she is a bad woman, at least she was decent enough to suffer through nine months and push them out instead of going for CS. She breastfed Maverick forsix months and Rex for three months, so the two owe her a debt of gratitude for that. 1

She had done lots of horrible things to them, but still, they couldn’t touch her. Rex had vowed to kill her if he finds out she was connected to what happened to Maverick, Valen, and Jeslyn but as of now, nothing points to her. He just hopes that if she was truly guilty, he’d be able to carry out his vow without thinking of kinship.

Maverick patted Rex’s shoulder and said; “call it… Charity”

Madam Caroline swallowed the insult and took a deep breath. “I can’t accept your offer. All I want is for us to reunite as a family. I’m ready to make amends.”

Do you still see us as children? Do I look like that child you almost drowned

Do I?!”

Rex to stop talking and look at

that. He understood that his brother didn’t want him to reveal his vulnerability, else this conniving

ever!

and last offer,” Maverick

shook, her thoughts conflicting with

she saw the two men. She was called by her personal servant that Maverick

was, he almost threw a knife at her. If Rex

due to a child’s instinctive

she found out he was her older brother. She would rile up bullies to bully him and then call the teachers on him when he

at the station with evidence, he would

he cannot speak

still detests her.

lost with the

as a mother.” She

brother, don’t you think you are going too far?”

speak?” Maverick gave her a side–eye.

while fidgeting with her fingers. “I-

her and picked up the checkbook. “This is your last chance.” He said and turned out to leave. However, he paused after a few steps and looked over his shoulder. “I took back what you owe me.” With that