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.

only a scratch. It doesn’t hurt like how your heart is

pool of tears settled in Jeslyn’s eyes. She didn’t intend to cry but her

slowly and looked up at

yours and yours alone,” he said and pulled her into a

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

didn’t entirely shut the door

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

harrumphed with

Jeslyn

Your eyes are red, your nose is red, your…” he gestured for

like a rock. Valen let go of his mother’s hair and walked towards his father. Took his two hands and

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

Jeslyn laughed wholeheartedly. “Son, your father did nothing to me,” she grabbed her son and pulled

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

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

future.”

Even though Maverick did nothing, her pettiness wouldn’t make her stop talking about it once

shook his head and took off his shirt before heading to

knew it, he hurt you before. Mom, I want to sleep here so he can’t hurt you again. Tomorrow, there

froze and turned to glare at his son. “You have a test tomorrow, don’t you?”

ended today,” Valen returned

his son. “I heard you bullied

out.”

is he planning to do if not to make his mother angry at him, and then

mother.

Never!

mother’s glare. He slowly turned back. As

that