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.

the dryer and wanted to blow her hair, but Valen hurried to her and helped her to the

of doing this,” he took the dryer and started working

as she observed her handsome son in the mirror. After a long while,

grown taller, stronger, and more handsome. I’m scared that you’ll

true. You’re worrying too much,” he dismissed her.

saw a sly smile flicker past. Have you started seeing a girl?”

“Mom!”

reminds me, that girl, what’s her name

“Mia?”

is she?”

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

you tell me what has

it. It’s been ages since he last sat

her each time… other annoying girls have joined

too.”

me a ‘school heartthrob vibe,” she laughed out

head. Every day, he gets to see a

like them when

kids from

anyone? If so, how

was. We only wanted to be around those other kids and play around. Sometimes, they reject us…

to keep each other company until

to the office, but it was getting late and he hadn’t arrived.

called him numerous times already, but his number was unreachable. Dismayed, she tried his office number and his friends‘ numbers, but nobody

wasn’t well. Jeslyn kept her husband’s matter to the back of her mind and went to see Lolita. Who was receiving

of the reason Lolita

and Matt are together now?!”

Lolita nodded shyly.

you?” Jeslyn asked again, and Lolita

married,” she whispered..