Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

304 Why he hated his daughter (2)

You can’t look after your wife, can’t you?” her voice came again with a tinge of anger in it.

“I-” before Mr. Wales could speak another word, he felt a hard object descend on his back.

“Ahh!” he screamed in pain.

His instinct told him he was hit with the butt of a gun and he wasn’t wrong at all.

“You don’t speak unless my Master permits you!” the same guard yelled and then kicked Mr. Wales in the side of his stomach.

Mr. Wales yelped in pain but didn’t dare to scream out loud.

With her heels taken off his fingers, Mr. Wales was able to feel relief for a while.

“You married Alice, yet she got pregnant for my husband. I have every right to believe that you are in on her betrayal, and for that, you’ll have to die“. The voice came again, this time, languid and bored. 5

Mr. Wales wanted to desperately plead for his life, or better still, tell the unknown lady he wasn’t aware of his wife’s betrayal but the fear of getting his spinal cord broken with the butt of a gun made him stay mute.

He was shaking all over and even peeing on himself from how scared he was.

waste my time on a useless man like you. That child in your wife’s womb, nurture it well and make sure it’s healthy. I’ll be back 9 months from now. When she gives birth to a boy, hand him to me but if it’s a girl,

be around you 24/7. Even your cook was placed there by me, try to play smart with me

her car and they all left.

He hid his knowledge from Alice and changed his behavior towards her. He used to be loving but stopped showing her love or care, at the same time, for Alice not to find out about Bella, he started to

gave

sedate Alice and allowed Bella to kill the child. However, after killing the child, he and Bella left the hospital but met the gunmen at the parking lot. Mr. Wales sent Bella away and hurried to report

lied.

to twins. Return to the ward and bring the Male child.” They told him. Confused, Mr. Wales went back to the hospital and was shocked to find out that

alarmed, he couldn’t differentiate who was his wife and who wasn’t among the two look–alikes. The two women were wearing the same hospital gowns, the same hairstyles, and the same peaceful expressions on their faces.

Alice told him she had a twin sister, so Mr. Wales had

gave birth to twins was Alice, his wife! So, Mr. Wales killed the female child and took the male child to

had no idea because after he sent the Male child to those gunmen, they shot him in his chest, took him far

the scene and helped him to the nearest hospital. The bullet

weeks, he didn’t allow Bella to tell Alice what happened to him.

he returned home, Mr. Wales was flabbergasted to see a female

times but the child had a long life to live, which was why, when

into a fit of laughter before tears slipped

her purse. She was about to leave when she turned and promised with

grant a quick

about what you promised me?!” Mr. Wales asked in a

“Hahahah…”

echoed in Mr. Wales’s mind. He didn’t need her to say the words, but from her reaction to

he knew that the one coming for his head tonight