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.

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

and was left with just a little to last her for a few days. She had already gone for auditions at different agencies before her parents passed

bar men were lost on what to do, so when Rex came down from the floor he was on and saw her again, he

he wanted to ask for her body like he usually did to girls

because he only stayed with her, made her feel like they were dating for a month and 5 days before they became strangers. When she called him, he asked her to stop calling him but didn’t

head around why he was still being kind

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refuse to believe it. They kept insisting that she was

she could also be blamed for her friends‘ illusion because she didn’t tell them the whole thing that transpired between her and Rex, which was why her friends keep making these things up in

their minds.

the house to see Valen by the entrance, probably waiting for

his face away and pressed the button on his wheelchair, and started

honey?” Jeslyn asked as she followed

of the moving wheelchair. She thought he would stop it but instead,

late. I know I promised you three hours. However,

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 mind. 2