Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

308 Accepting her mother (2)

“Thank you for your understanding child“, Pink placed the other palm to cover Jeslyn’s hand. 1

Jeslyn smiled with her lips sealed. She hasn’t fully accepted Pink yet but Pink is hurting as much as her, so she didn’t want to add to her heartache.

“I’m a mother too, I won’t be able to bear it if Valen hates me,” Jeslyn explained.

Pink smiled sadly and nodded. She knew that accepting her would take more than just an emotional cry and bonding.

An awkward silence filled the room for a while before Jeslyn clicked her tongue and exclaimed softly, “Ah, Mr. Wales told me I had a twin brother whom he gave out, do you know about it?” Jeslyn diverted the topic. The awkward moment was getting uncomfortable and she needed to change the atmosphere.

Pink froze when she heard that. “Tw- twin? Twin brother? W- wh- what are you talking about?!“.

“Ah, it seems your spy didn’t tell you that Mr. Wales said you gave birth to twins. He ‘killed‘ me and took away my twin brother-”

To where?!” Pink panicked and grabbed Jeslyn’s arm. “Wh- where did he take your twin brother?!” Her tears that had dried off a while ago started gathering in her eyes again.

Jeslyn stared at Pink for holding her arm tightly. She took a deep breath and said, “our relationship is still awkward. Do you want my husband and child to be mad at you for bruising my arm?“.

Pink realized what she had done and immediately let Jeslyn go, “So- sorry, it wasn’t intentional.” she hurriedly apologized.

“I understand.” Jeslyn rubbed her palm before she started to explain. “Mr. Wales didn’t know the woman but from the story he narrated to me, the woman is an epitome of shrewdness. She had men that went everywhere with machine gu-”

“Machine guns!?” Pink instantly completed the words in a loud voice with a mixture of fear and disbelief.

but she slowly nodded to confirm

hand in a tight fist. Pink must

you know her really

snapped back to reality

my brother can be found. I’m relieved“. Jeslyn said but Pink shook her head.

not as easy as you

“Why?” Jeslyn asked.

To get your brother back from her, it would

dies?” Jeslyn asked.

before she smiled. “What are

return my brother, then she dies. Isn’t

kill her, do you think I would have let her live to this day? I would have killed her 27 years ago“.

Tell me what

filled her glass of wine and laid her

in the world. She didn’t go to school but is extreinely intelligent that she holds the world’s record for the highest

“I’ve heard of that

of the best hackers in the Country couldn’t manage to break into her hidden information

mastermind behind the idea of the Dark- Age organization and that made her so powerful that no

has been able to link her family members to her, except her step–sister who married the

Nancy is the true President. Whatever she

“Why?” Jeslyn frowned.

says

Nancy is

sham“.

hard nut to crack, but I’m sure if my twin

She replied

of Mr. Wales’s death has gotten to Country M but instead of feeling sad like every child would do after their parent’s death, Emilee and Christine didn’t feel