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

of doing this,” he took the dryer and started working on her hair.

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

I’m scared that you’ll soon fall in love,” She sighed.

worrying too much,” he

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

“Mom!”

son is so cute!… That reminds me, that girl, what’s her name again… the one who caused a fight between

“Mia?”

How is

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

tease you anymore if you tell me what has been

she had lied, but he liked it. It’s been ages since

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

too.”

me a ‘school

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

behave like them when you were a

cute kids from both genders and wish to

a crush on anyone? If so, how did

be around those other kids and play

and Jeslyn continued to keep each other company until that evening.

had gone to the office, but it

number was unreachable. Dismayed, she tried his office number and his friends‘ numbers, but nobody saw him.

the back of her mind and went to see Lolita. Who was receiving

learned of the reason Lolita was sick, Jeslyn immediately concluded.

and Matt are

Lolita nodded shyly.

you?” Jeslyn asked again, and Lolita

are married,”