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.

hurt like how your heart is

Jeslyn’s eyes. She didn’t intend to cry but her husband’s words were too sweet that she

said slowly and looked up at his cold and

said and pulled her into a tight embrace.

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

entirely shut the door before Jeslyn started querying him.

with Maverick’s

with an

now,” Jeslyn

crying? Don’t lie to me. Your eyes are red, your nose is red, your…” he gestured for her to lower her height and when she did, he lifted her hair to

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. Took his two hands and scrutinized his palms,

didn’t hit her?” he narrowed as he stared up at his father’s face,

did nothing to me,” she grabbed her

he raised his small palm and cleaned her cheeks even though nothing was on

and crossed it with hers. “I promise, your papa

future.”

Vera’s case. Even though Maverick did nothing, her pettiness wouldn’t make her stop

shook his head and took off his shirt before heading to the bathroom, ignoring the two.

can’t hurt you again. Tomorrow, there might be red dots on

turned to glare at his son. “You have a

ended today,” Valen returned the glare.

on his son. “I heard you bullied a girl again. Your mom won’t be happy if

out.” 1

lips fell apart and he blinked. His mother was right beside him and his father just revealed his secret! What else 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

mother.

Never!

from his mother’s glare. He slowly turned back.

it’s that pest