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.

got

“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“]

you

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?

saw Brian getting his heart pierced by a knife

she dreamt that Brian is struggling to remain alive as the doctors are finding it difficult to keep

him.

she was the one in Brian’s place?

around, take me to the hospital,” she instructed

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

replied and never said

Maverick’s hospital, Jeslyn approached the counter

what room is

shyly, “Miss Jeslyn,

Brian. “Who are you to him, Ma’am?”

saw the news that he’s here. I was

nurse nodded. “Let me see,” she started to search Brian’s information on the

in the operating theater,” the nurse replied.

he doing

treated. Although it was only a bullet grazing his

to be taken care of.” Although Brian’s condition wasn’t stated clearly in the information visible

worry, if the surgery goes well,

Just as she was about to leave, the fan nurse

the pen and signed her autograph on the paper before

away.

leave. She was

back and forth, deliberating on what to do, Brian’s manager and Assistants rushed into

from the nurses

they got there, two nurses hurried out of the

them but the two nurses were in haste.

ran back into

no time, a doctor came out and removed

up from the bench and hurried to the doctor.

blood due to the operation. It seemed that he already had a shortage of blood for a while now. We got two pints of ‘O