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.

like how your heart

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

she said slowly and looked up

and pulled her

always cries. Dad, are you bullying

didn’t entirely shut the door before Jeslyn started

Jeslyn freed herself from the hug and quickly cleaned her tears with Maverick’s shirt before she

with an

Jeslyn chuckled.

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 see her right

Your car is 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

you 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

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

Mom,” he raised his small palm and cleaned her cheeks even though nothing was

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

future.”

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, especially when she and her son intended to bully

his head and took off his shirt before heading to the bathroom,

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

turned to glare at his son. “You have a test tomorrow,

today,” Valen returned

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

finds out.” 1

he planning to do if not to make his mother angry at him, and then send him to his room? This means

mother.

Never!

on his head from his mother’s glare. He slowly turned back. As expected, she

it’s that pest again-”