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.

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

got into her car and they

be loving but stopped showing her love or care, at the same time, for Alice not to find out about Bella, he started to pretend he cared

gave

it was a girl, he paid the doctors to sedate Alice and allowed Bella to kill the child. However, after killing the child, he and Bella left the hospital but met

lied.

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

wife and who wasn’t among the two look–alikes. The two women were wearing the same hospital gowns,

had a twin sister, so Mr. Wales

wasn’t very smart, Mr. Wales concluded that this woman who gave birth to twins was Alice, his wife! So, Mr. Wales killed the female child and took the male child to the

because after he sent the Male child to those gunmen, they shot him in his chest, took him far away from the hospital, and

passerby was quick to pass through the scene and helped him to the

a few weeks, he didn’t allow

home, Mr. Wales was flabbergasted to see 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 Jeslyn with ATOM, he didn’t think twice but to agree.

confession. She broke into a fit of laughter before

a wicked soul, Mr. Wales!” She got up from her seat and grabbed her purse. She was about to leave when she turned and

death but none, shall I grant a

what about what you promised me?!” Mr. Wales

“Hahahah…”

laughter still echoed in Mr. Wales’s mind. He didn’t need her to say the words, but from her reaction to the story, Mr. Wales believed that Jeslyn was coming back for his head.

that the one coming for his head tonight wasn’t