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?”

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

Piper who also hates him as much as he hates her would mean that she’ll feel guilty for everything she had done to him in the past. Also, it would

being forced, he said begrudgingly, “On the condition that you’ll come home and cook me

“Deal,” Jeslyn responded.

nose in the air with so much pride and arrogance that he missed

uniform.

you make my mum your

patted his chest and yelled, “Do you

that your heart is weak?” Valen

then looked from Maverick to Valen a couple of

without dropping Maverick’s

giving the phone back?” Damien asked with a smile. He

if he needs it, let him come for

do now without your phone? Your brother thinks

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

collect the phone and add

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

Damien,” he greeted while going

call me uncle!” Damien yelled. He had told this little child time

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

“Pttf! Cough! Cough!”

around tried to stop themselves from laughing out loud. 1

butted in, “Kimberly will

to stare at Maverick, “Re-

allow him to see Kimberly for once?