Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

210 Setting the table for mummy

Collective gasps escaped their lips and they widened their eyes in disbelief. A moment later, Toria collected herself and thought. ‘It must be Rex’s card! Not only her. Her friends also believed it was Rex’s card, so their jumpy hearts calmed a little. 1

Toria paid for her things and left with her friends who wouldn’t stop bugging her.

“Toria, it’s high time you set things on another level with Young Master Rex! That lady is doing way more than any lady has done. Imagine, Rex gave her his unlimited black card! What the f*ck does that mean?!” One of them said when they got into the car.

“Toria, I agree. Don’t be a pushover and silently watch Rex throw your goodwill away. I mean, you are kind and have been patient with him even though he has broken your heart times without number.” She sighed. “Stop behaving like a good wife and speak up!” The other lady added.

Toria massaged her temple. “You two,” she hesitated, then sighed and continued. “Since when have you started getting jealous over other people’s things?” She turned to look at them. “So what if she has Rex’s black card? Haven’t I been given more than enough?” She signed again and turned her face to look outside the window. A few moments later, she continued with her eyes still looking outside. “Count your blessings and not what you can’t control.”

Toria loves Rex so much that she was ready to hide her feelings for him for years. The day she started to love him was the day she had a traumatizing breakup with her ex–boyfriend and went to a bar.

and wanted her for the night. She bluntly refused but it didn’t sit well with the person, so he called his minions to take her away. As she was being

an orphan who had her inheritance stolen by her relatives and was left with just a little to last her for a few days. She had already gone for

on and saw her again, he took her to a hotel and booked a room for her. In her drunken state, she almost ruined their reputation, but Rex being a good guy, took her to the bathroom and left her under the shower to sober up instead of taking advantage of her.

didn’t leave her alone after that, he approached her a few times and they started dating. She had thought he wanted to ask for her body like he usually did to girls he fancies. (They thought he sleeps with girls) but instead, he gave her the fame and the riches she needed.

were dating for a month and 5 days before they became strangers. When

day, Toria couldn’t wrap her head around why he was still being kind to her

broken up three

refuse to believe it. They kept insisting that she was still in a

didn’t tell them the whole thing that transpired between her and Rex, which was

their minds.

Valen by the entrance, probably waiting

button on his wheelchair, and started

asked as she followed

smiled and got in front of the moving wheelchair. She thought he would stop it but instead, he turned

I promised you three hours. However, there was so much good stuff that I lost

turned unsightly. He was mad at her for breaking her promise and instead of apologizing, she was telling him that ‘good stuff‘ was more important than him. Bad parenting! He screamed in his