Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

290 Maverick’s plans for Damien

“Channeling the anger you feel for your mother to your sister is a sign of weakness and my son isn’t supposed to have such an unreasonable weakling as an uncle!” 1

Jeslyn’s voice sounded from Maverick’s phone.

Rex was startled, he immediately hurried towards his brother and grabbed the phone from him, and started. He looked at the caller ID before talking pitifully.

“Sister–in–law, you all are bullying me emotionally! That girl has done a lot to me from the day she was born. She schemed against me countless times and also got me in trouble multiple times. I am aggrieved!” he lamented.

“The brother–in–law I know must have sought his revenge by now… Piper must have eaten a lot of losses from you, so you both are even…” Jeslyn said.

“Hehe, of course. I won’t be Rex if I don’t teach her a life lesson.” Rex chuckled, remembering what he did to Piper in return.

Jeslyn continued, “Do you know the feeling of protecting a sibling? What about the feeling of being a prince saving the damsel in distress? You don’t, right?”

good

Rex sighed, this sister–in–law of his has too mubbish in that small head of hers. Of course, he has saved some damsels in distress and knows how it feels to be the hero in their hearts, but as she said, he has never saved a sibling before. He’s the only one getting his ass saved by Maverick all the time.

Her voice came again;

“Here’s the thing, why don’t you steal Piper’s heart and let her be consumed by guilt instead?”

a good idea! Why

he hates her would mean that she’ll feel guilty for everything she had done to him in the past. Also, it would make her feel inferior to

his throat. Like he was being forced, he said begrudgingly, “On the condition that you’ll come home

“Deal,” Jeslyn responded.

loud, then he raised his nose in the air with so much pride and arrogance that he missed

uniform.

did you make my mum

jumped in fright. He patted his chest and yelled, “Do you want to give me a heart

heart is weak?” Valen rolled

breath, then looked from Maverick to Valen a couple of

dropping Maverick’s phone.

back?” Damien asked with

him come for

“Chaos, what are you going to do now without your phone? Your brother thinks

phones, so what Rex did was no

the phone and add it to his collection of things he had taken from Maverick.

back as he was walking away with pride. He shook his

while going up the stairs. 2

little child

looking back as he climbed the

“Pttf! Cough! Cough!”

his drink and the guards standing around tried to stop themselves from

could talk, Maverick butted in, “Kimberly will be discharged

stare at Maverick, “Re- really?!” his lips quivered.

allow him to see Kimberly for once? He has missed her so much that he no longer feels