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 aching right

Jeslyn’s eyes. She didn’t intend to cry but her husband’s

slowly and looked up at his

alone,” he said and pulled her

knew it! Whenever she’s with you, she always cries. Dad, are you bullying

shut the door before Jeslyn started

herself from the hug and quickly cleaned her tears with Maverick’s shirt before she faked a smile and turned to

with an annoyed face.

now,” Jeslyn

your nose is red, your…” he gestured for her to lower her height and when she did, he lifted her hair to see her

let go of his mother’s hair

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

to me,” she grabbed her

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

with hers. “I promise, your papa loves me the most.

future.”

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, especially when she and her son intended to bully

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

again. Tomorrow, there might be red dots on your skin and it won’t be good for your VJ Cute’s

glare at his son. “You have a

ended today,” Valen returned the

son. “I heard you bullied a

out.”

mother was right beside him and his father just revealed his secret! What else is he planning to do if not to make

mother.

Never!

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

that