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.

want to 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

your cook was placed there by me, try to play smart with me and you’ll be sorry.”

she got into her

her love or care, at the

gave

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 his job to the gunmen

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 a woman who looked exactly like his

among the two look–alikes. The two women were wearing the

Alice told him she had a twin sister, so

Wales concluded that this woman who gave birth to twins was Alice, his wife! So, Mr. Wales

child didn’t die. Mr. Wales had no idea because after he sent the Male child to those gunmen, they shot him in his chest,

helped him to the nearest hospital. The bullet grazed his heart but he managed to

he stayed in the hospital for a few weeks, he didn’t allow

a female child with his wife. She

few more times but the child had a long life to live, which was why, when Emilee brought the idea of injecting

She broke into a fit

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

a quick

you promised me?!”

“Hahahah…”

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

he knew that the one coming for his head tonight