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?”

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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?”

unto Rex’s lips. That’s a good idea! Why

guilty for everything she had done

cleared his throat. Like he was being forced, he said begrudgingly, “On the condition that you’ll come home and cook me something delicious.”

“Deal,” Jeslyn responded.

ended the call and laughed out loud, then he raised his nose in the air with so much pride

uniform.

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fright. He patted his chest and yelled, “Do you want to give

my fault that your heart is weak?” Valen

deep breath, then looked from Maverick to Valen a

out without dropping

asked with a smile. He had been laughing since.

him come for it.” he stormed out after

going to do now without your phone? Your brother thinks you’ll be phoneless for some days.

cares if their phones go missing or abandoned? They all have backup phones, so what Rex did was no way

too but he just wanted to collect the phone and add it to his collection of things he had taken from Maverick.

pride. He shook his head and sighed before heading upstairs with

Damien,” he greeted while going up the

uncle!” Damien yelled. He had told this little child time and time again to stop calling him neighbor, but still….

as he climbed the stairs with

“Pttf! Cough! Cough!”

the guards standing around tried

talk, Maverick butted in, “Kimberly will be

stare

been that this demon didn’t allow him to see Kimberly for once? He has missed her so