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?

she saw Brian getting his heart pierced by a knife taken

she dreamt that Brian is struggling to remain alive

him.

she was the one in

me to the hospital,” she instructed

you unwell?” her Assistant, a young lady

fine,” Jeslyn replied and

Jeslyn approached the counter and

room is Brian at… superstar

shyly, “Miss Jeslyn, I-

“Who are you to him, Ma’am?”

senior… I saw the news that he’s here.

on

ma’am. Superstar Brian is in

he doing there?”

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

surgery to be taken care of.” Although Brian’s condition wasn’t stated clearly in the information visible to her, but from her experience and knowledge, she was sure of what the problem was.

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

as she was about to leave, the fan nurse stretched out her book and pen. “Miss Jeslyn… your autograph, please,” she

pen and signed her autograph on the paper before

away.

leave. She was desperate to see

Brian’s manager and Assistants rushed into the

after getting their response from the nurses

Just when they got there, two nurses hurried out of

from them but

moments later, they ran back into the

no time, a doctor came out and removed his mask. “Who is Brian’s relative?”

the bench and hurried to

due to the operation. It seemed that he already had a shortage of blood for a while now. We got two pints of ‘O negative‘ blood but that won’t