Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

320 Scheming competition.

“Who sent them?… Emilee, Christine, who?” She got up and walked towards her husband who was standing by the door.

“You already guessed,” he replied.

“Emilee won’t try to kill me just yet because she knows she’d lose more. It’s none other than Christine.” Jeslyn shut her eyes witli her fingers on her husband’s buttons, slowly opening them.

“You still like her?” he asked.

“It’s a little hard to kill her,” she replied with her eyes still shut in pain. She gave Christine so much time, thinking that girl would cultivate a redeeming quality; just one would have been enough to forgive her but now….

“Should I kill her for you?”

“No,” Jeslyn shook her head and slowly opened her eyes. “I’ll take care of her myself.”

Maverick nodded. “I’ll go with you…you can’t say no, he shut back the objection that was about to escape her lips.

“Fine. How is Lolita?” She looked up at Maverick.

Seeing the look of pain still in her eyes, Maverick immediately answered, “I haven’t received a call from Matt. He’s still in the theatre.”

Jeslyn subconsciously gritted her teeth. Her face turned dark and her hands gripped her husband’s shirt tightly.

Maverick didn’t disturb her, nor did he tell her that she was scratching his chest with her long nails. He endured even when his chest was starting to bleed from her scratches.

“If anything happens to Lolita…” she paused when she caught sight of the wound on her husband’s chest. She quickly let go of his chest but before she could pull back her hands, Maverick held them to

his chest.

scratch. It doesn’t hurt like how

intend to cry but her husband’s words were too sweet that she couldn’t help the tears.

looked up at his cold and handsome

yours alone,” he said and pulled her into

she’s with you, she always cries. Dad, are you bullying her again?” Valen’s small voice boomed

the door before

her tears with Maverick’s shirt before she faked a smile and turned to

with an

now,” Jeslyn

gestured for her to lower her height and when she did, he lifted her hair to see

red.” Valen shifted his eyes to his father who was standing there like a rock. Valen let go of his mother’s hair and walked towards his father.

hit her?” he narrowed as he stared up at his father’s face, still he wasn’t able to release the ‘manly‘ air he

wholeheartedly. “Son, your father did nothing to me,” she

are covering for him, Mom,” he raised his small palm and cleaned her cheeks even though nothing was on them.

finger and crossed it with hers. “I promise, your papa loves me the most. He has never hurt me… physically before and

future.”

had never hurt her before until she remembered Vera’s case. Even though Maverick did nothing, her pettiness wouldn’t make her stop talking about it once in a while,

and took off his shirt

so he can’t hurt you again. Tomorrow, there might be red dots on your skin and

at his son. “You have a test tomorrow,

today,” Valen returned the glare.

narrowed his eyes on his son. “I heard you bullied a girl again. Your mom

finds out.” 1

is he planning to do if not to make his mother angry at him, and then send him to his room? This means Valen would sleep alone again today and

mother.

Never!

mother’s glare. He slowly turned back. As expected, she

that