Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

346 Rejecting the princess

His helmet broke into pieces and he got some serious injury on his head, prompting blood to cover a part of his injured face.

While Rex was battling between life and death from the gunshot wound and the heavy fall that probably dislocated or broke a few bones in his body, he heard a shrill sound coming from a lady.

Soon, the owner of the crying voice appeared and knelt in front of him, trying to carry him off the group but Rex believed she wasn’t strong enough to, so she started crying and begging for help. That was all that Rex could recall before he lost consciousness.

When he woke up after a few months, he went in search of his savior and discovered that she was going through tough times at the hands of her relatives.

To pay her back for saving his life, Rex went after her but realized she didn’t know him. So without telling her who he was, Rex became her knight in shining armor and blessed her beyond imagination.

“So, it was her?” Celestine asked. She was also aware of this matter. However, she had no time to care about who saved Rex because she was more than worried about him.

Celestine spent all her free time in the hospital with Rex when he was in a coma. She didn’t allow nurses to watch over him whenever she was around.

“Yes, she was,” Rex replied with a distant look in his eyes.

When he woke up from a coma, he was told that he was shot by an assassin who was adept at snipers. Nobody offends Maverick and goes scot–free.

when she found out what he

So what’s up with

face before smiling. “Nothing; I just had fun riling you

from just having

course, she would. I’m incredible

mind and stopped speaking. If there should be any trouble arising because of

and Rex were invited for an after–party hangout.

large hall with Celestine, hand in

that everything will

through the party, the King called everyone’s attention to his

you all grace my birthday party, even the second branch of the Lu family

to see it as a process to finally get Alpha Chaos‘ attention.” He and others laughed over the ‘joke‘ that wasn’t far from the

the laughter had died down, the King continued. “This birthday was also a means for our oldest princess to look through the young men that would be present and make her pick. She’s already 25 and should

the King was about his oldest daughter, so what he just said was undoubtedly a joke.

to the throne, but in Country X, a

there are many suitors lined up to marry

any.

this day before an outstanding man stole her heart. She was delighted when she informed me about the matters of her

Rex. From how cozy he and the princess were yesterday, it was obvious he is that man. Most people

heard that, she tightened her hold on Rex. Feeling the strong hold on his arm, smiled and glanced

how he loves that feeling of