Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

296 Jeslyn’s restlessness

Madam Caroline was at a spa, having her skin and nails tended to when she heard the reporter on the TV, placed in the VIP room. 1

[ “Famous actress Piper and the Superstar Actor, Brian who had gone missing for a week has been rescued. Both of them are in intensive care as Piper is terribly sick from the mistreatment she from those people.

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“There’s a speculation going around that the main cast of LOVE IS TIMELESS was kidnapped by rival companies to obstruct the movie’s scheduled promotional campaign.

“Even though some fans believe that we can’t come to that conclusion just yet. Let us know what think after seeing the victims‘ outcome“]

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A video of Piper, lying on the bed with tubes and Injections fixed on her was displayed on the TV. Madam Caroline froze when she saw her daughter in such a horrible state. After a while, she relaxed and commanded:

“Hurry up, my daughter needs me,” with that, the ladies continued with her nails.

Madam Caroline believed that the people were making a mountain out of a molehill.

‘Is it not the entertainment industry? They are using everything including Piper’s health as a means to gather sympathy to promote their movies and make more money! she thought and snorted.

Yesterday, she called Feng Long and he assured her that Piper was fine, so what’s the fuss about?

Meanwhile, Jeslyn was in her company car, sleeping when she suddenly jolted awake with a teardrop trailing down her right cheek.

Her heartbeat was thumping faster than necessary. She sniffed and wiped her tears.

What was going on?

getting his heart pierced by a knife taken from

struggling to remain alive as the doctors are

him.

is her heart arching like she was the one in Brian’s

me to the hospital,” she instructed the driver.

are you unwell?” her Assistant, a young lady with a small stature, asked.

and never said

to Maverick’s hospital, Jeslyn approached the counter and asked the nurses

is

“Miss Jeslyn,

roaming everywhere looking for Brian. “Who are you

who is he to her? “My senior… I saw the news that he’s here. I was close by, so I came to

information on the computer before she saw that he had

is in the operating

is he doing there?” Jeslyn frowned.

gunshot wound that wasn’t treated. Although it was only a bullet grazing his abdomen,

The wound is infected which caused built–in pus that required surgery to be taken care of.” Although Brian’s condition wasn’t stated clearly in the information visible to her, but from her experience

the worry on Jeslyn’s face, she continued. “Don’t worry, if

fan nurse stretched out her book and

the pen and signed her autograph on the

away.

to leave. She was desperate to see

to do, Brian’s manager and Assistants

the counter and after getting their response from the nurses there, they ran towards. the

they got there, two nurses hurried out

assistants and Manager tried getting information from them but the two nurses were in haste.

moments later, they ran back into the theater.

and removed his mask. “Who is Brian’s

the bench and hurried to the

blood for a while now. We got two pints of ‘O negative‘ blood but that won’t be enough. We need three in case -something unexpected