Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

361 Rude Customer

Rex took a step forward to close the distance and touched her shoulder. “The life of the young boy you saved seven years ago.”

He watched her try to remember with great difficulty.

“I can’t seem to-”

“A boy who was riding a bike and got hit by a bullet and-”

“That ghastly accident?!” She almost screamed.

Rex nodded.

“That was you?!”

He nodded again and asked, “So, do you still think that you don’t deserve everything you’re getting right now?”

“No,” she shook her head. “You’ve given me more than enough.” A line of tears slowly dropped on her cheeks. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

So all this while, he was only repaying her for what she subconsciously did seven years ago. She thought it was because he had fleeting emotions for her in the past.

“My life is worth more than all the wealth in the Country, so what I’ve given you is never equivalent to saving my life.” Rex patted her shoulder.

Toria couldn’t control herself anymore and hugged him.

“R–Rex, I don’t want the money, I don’t want the luxury, but…” Toria couldn’t continue. She knew she would be rejected but if she didn’t say it, her heart might explode, still, her mouth couldn’t let the

words out.

but didn’t hug her back. He knew from the start that she felt something for him but giving her a sliver of hope was

under the

Celestine is his fiance. If those poke–nosing paparazzi caught

and bowed slightly, “I- I’m sorry… It-” She was

nodded, “I understand.”

what? That she’s desperate to be with him or… what exactly

something Toria will never know.

credit card, then handed it to him,

She had been meaning to

for a long time before he accepted the card while saying, “True, my name is

“Thank

Master Rex. You

say.” His face turned serious. “If you don’t want what I’m

tears but no matter what she did, the tears kept falling. She couldn’t stay back there to let

paparazzi who had been following Jeslyn around for a long time was taking

most stubborn but professional shutterbugs there is in his generation. He doesn’t mind becoming a farmer or a

doesn’t work for any agency but once he’s gotten a perfect picture, he sells them to

was dressed as a gorgeous woman while stylishly taking pictures of clothes but didn’t exclude that of

collecting stuff for her son and herself when she

with them.

what do I get for him?‘ she thought.

shirts. What else would he appreciate? While thinking of it, she caught sight of cufflinks and black

curled up happily before skipping there.

see those,” she pointed at them.

salesperson she met smiled and brought the items out for

cufflinks had a touch of pink. It wouldn’t look domineering on her husband. Just when she was about to ask the lady to