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.

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

intend to cry but

looked up at

alone,” he said and pulled her into a tight embrace.

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

entirely shut the door before Jeslyn started querying him.

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

he harrumphed with an annoyed face.

now,” Jeslyn chuckled.

you crying? Don’t lie to me. Your eyes are red, your nose is red, your…” he gestured for her

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

he stared up at his father’s face, still he

“Son, your father did nothing to me,” she grabbed her son and pulled him to the

small palm and cleaned her cheeks even though nothing was on

Jeslyn pecked his soft cheeks. She took his pinky finger and crossed it with hers. “I promise, your papa loves me the most. He has never hurt me… physically

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,

took off his shirt before heading to

there might be red dots on your skin and it won’t be good for

his son. “You have a test

today,” Valen

bullied a girl again. Your mom won’t

finds out.”

to do if not to make his mother angry at him, and then send him

mother.

Never!

already feel the heat on his head from his mother’s glare. He slowly turned back.

that pest