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?”

smile ran unto Rex’s lips. That’s a good idea! Why didn’t he think

feel guilty for everything she had done to him in the past. Also, it would make her feel inferior

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

“Deal,” Jeslyn responded.

his nose in the air with so much pride and arrogance that he missed the demi devil who just walked in through

uniform.

did you make my mum

He patted his chest and yelled, “Do you want to give me a heart attack?!”

fault that your heart is weak?” Valen

deep breath, then looked from Maverick to Valen a couple of times before he turned

out without dropping Maverick’s phone.

the phone back?” Damien asked with a smile.

it, let him come

now without your phone? Your brother thinks you’ll be phoneless for some

their phones go missing or abandoned? They all have backup phones, so what Rex did was no way at all to punish Maverick.

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

as he was walking away with pride. He shook his head and

neighbor Damien,” he greeted while going up the stairs.

had told this little child time and time again to stop

or looking back as he climbed the stairs with one hand in his pocket and the other hand

“Pttf! Cough! Cough!”

choked on his drink and the guards standing around tried to stop

could talk, Maverick butted in, “Kimberly will be discharged soon…”

turned to stare at Maverick,

him to see Kimberly for once? He has missed her so much that