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.

she slowly nodded to confirm

spelt the name in anger. She slapped the table and slowly balled her hand in a tight fist. Pink must have forgotten that Jeslyn was right beside her because at this moment, Pink’s mind seemed to have traveled far at the mention of

it seems you

snapped back to reality and slowly

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

as easy as

“Why?” Jeslyn asked.

back from her,

Jeslyn asked.

her before she smiled. “What

If she won’t return my brother, then

easy to kill her, do you think I would have let her live to this day? I

me what she is“.

wine and laid her back on

hidden families in the world. She didn’t go

heard of that

who is one of the best hackers in the Country couldn’t manage to break into her hidden information after trying for three years.

idea of the Dark- Age organization and that made her so powerful that no one dares to make her

unfathomable. No one has been able to link her family members to

true President. Whatever she goes. But

“Why?” Jeslyn frowned.

says

the higher–ups thinks that Nancy is submissive to her

sham“.

a hard nut to crack, but I’m sure if my twin wants to return, Nancy or whatever won’t object“, Jeslyn thought out loud.

her head, “She would“. She

death has gotten to Country M but instead of feeling sad like every child would