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.

wanted to blow her hair, but Valen hurried to her and

took the dryer and started working on her hair.

in the mirror. After

and more handsome. I’m scared that

You’re worrying too

past. Have you started seeing a girl?” she

“Mom!”

name again… the one who caused a fight between you

“Mia?”

is

you are 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

you tell me what has

lied, but he liked it. It’s been ages since he last sat with his mother to talk about silly things.

has not stopped bothering me, but I ignore her each time… other annoying girls have

too.”

are giving me a ‘school

head. Every day, he gets to see a different side of

you behave like them when you

cute kids from both

crush on anyone? If so, how did you do it?”

crush was. We only wanted to be around those other kids and play around. Sometimes, they reject us… not me

each other company

but it

number was unreachable. Dismayed, she tried his office

well. Jeslyn kept her husband’s matter to the back of

she learned of the reason Lolita

Matt are together

Lolita nodded shyly.

Jeslyn asked again, and

are married,” she whispered..