Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

387 Oblivious wife

Once the light disappeared, he slowly opened his eyes to the large screen and computer equipment in front of him. He looked around; all his men had the same equipment, just that Maverick’s own was more significant with additional gadgets.

“Once you put on the headset, your consciousness will travel into another world. If you died there, you are dead here. Are you ready?”

“Yes, boss!” they chorused.

“One more thing, abort the mission if you can’t protect your life… Matt will give you the antidote to the poison in you.”

“We will live and die for the boss!!” their thunderous voices almost shook the roof.

Maverick didn’t speak after that and put on his headset. He took out the chip he collected from Damien and inserted it into its plate before his fingers started flying across the keyboard, and a series of codes began appearing on all the screens in the room.

It took more than three hours of unending coding before he got what he wanted and soon, fifty–one of them suddenly went dead…unresponsive! (1

Jeslyn stirred awake with a smile on her pale face. She moved her hand and patted the space beside her. Her hand touched someone, and her smile brightened before she went back to sleep while cuddling the person.

Valen’s heart ached even more at his mother’s action. But what can be done? He snuggled into her

embrace and hugged her tightly.

Today’s Thursday and they have a school test, but he decided not to attend and spend the day with his

mother.

By noon, Jeslyn woke up and stretched. Her body was aching very badly, but she knew she had to get up. She left for the bathroom and when she returned, Valen was setting the table for her in her room.

“Valen? No school today?” she asked while drying her hair with a towel. Good thing that she wore a bathrobe before coming out.

“They have another boring test today, and I don’t want to participate,” he replied without looking at

her.

that an excuse?” She picked up the dryer and wanted to blow her

this,” he took the dryer and

in the mirror. After a long while, she

I’m scared that you’ll soon fall in

not true. You’re worrying too much,” he

ho, I saw a sly smile flicker past. Have you started seeing

“Mom!”

what’s her name again… the one who caused

“Mia?”

How is she?”

talking about.” He put away the hand dryer and took a little amount of hair cream in his palm, robbed them together, and applied it on her hair. Even though his small hands couldn’t do much, he tried to make sure the cream got to the critical

won’t tease you anymore if you tell me what has been happening in

It’s been ages since he last

stopped bothering me, but I ignore her each

too.”

giving me a ‘school heartthrob vibe,” she laughed out

and shook his head. Every day, he gets to see a different side of his mother.

when you were a kid?”

like cute kids from both genders and wish to befriend

a crush on anyone? If

We only wanted to be around those other kids and play around. Sometimes,

Jeslyn continued to keep each other company until that

the office, but it was getting late and

Dismayed, she tried his office number

Lolita wasn’t well. Jeslyn kept her husband’s matter to the back of her mind and

of the reason

and Matt are together

Lolita nodded shyly.

wasn’t easy on you?” Jeslyn

are married,”