Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

368 Acting a play for the world

“I did say that on the island,” he defended himself.

“Island…” she paused to think and then glared at him. “That was 21 years ago. I was six!”

“Who told you to break up with me and leave our son for me alone to take care of? You had no idea how difficult it was.”

“I know, I know, I just wanted to protect you and our son. Our enemies were too much then.” She rested the side of her face on his chest. “Plum, from now on, things will be fine, right?”

“You’ve been worrying over nothing for so long. No one would have caused you trouble if you announced your status from the beginning, but you didn’t and wanted to work up the ladder with your strength.”

Everyone was left in a daze. Hearing the conversation was like they were eavesdropping. Really?! These two have been together since childhood?! Not only that, Jeslyn is Valen’s mother?! And she only wanted to become a celebrity with her talent and not use her husband’s influence? Really?! That is extremely rare!

Set aside the big news on Jeslyn’s status, they’ve not seen a person who had completely hidden their identity like Jeslyn did. Not only did she win over millions of fans with her capability, but she was also considerate of other Celebrities and allowed them to breathe. 2

Had Jeslyn used her status from the beginning, first of all, no one would have dared to make an enemy of her, secondly, no matter how good she was, people would have said she got to where she was because of her husband’s name. Thirdly, companies would have focused on her alone, either for advertisements, ambassadorship, and so on. Just because they want to be close to her husband through her.

of someone who is rumored to be a Quadrillionaire to bring herself so low and act like a normal human would,

cared anymore about the rumors, nor did they care about the flaws in this whole story. Alpha Chaos has come

you done here? Your son is waiting in the

everyone like she forgot they were there in the first place. “Hehe, I’m

behind the podium. Behind him, the flat screen lit up with the

some of you won’t cry

gave birth to Valen were also shown. The CCTV footage of Jeslyn being taken from her room to Maverick’s room after she celebrated her 18th birthday was presented. Then, the marriage certificate of Maverick and Jeslyn also

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audience as he took Matt’s place; standing behind the

saying, don’t dig your own graves. Before pitching yourself against someone, try to know who they

own business ever since she entered this industry. Each time, she tells me not to get involved but this time around,

people’s downfall, you poked her sore. If not that Madam is a strong woman, she would have fainted due to how you all were shoving accusations in her face, guess what would have

That’s why you’ll be coming with me to court. Make sure to get a good

deep regret washed over them. When Jeslyn’s report came to them, they were

and continued, “As I said earlier, the fault is not entirely yours, so don’t cry yet. Your companies will be

from the door.

was bullied in my company. As the owner, shouldn’t I be here?” Everyone gasped, including the executives. So their CEO was Rex

couldn’t help