Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

Chapter 388

388 Catfight- where is Maverick?

Jeslyn returned him from seeing Lolita, yet her husband wasn’t back. Worried, she went in search of Rex and finally found him in the laboratory. 1

“You unreliable f*ck! Why haven’t you been answering my calls-!” Jeslyn immediately interrogated the minute she forcefully pushed the door open.

She held back her tongue after seeing the person in the ward… Celestine was sitting beside the gloomy Rex.

“Sister–in–law, you’re here.” Rex said, trying to forge a smile.

Jeslyn glared at him but still walked into the room. “Teacher,” she bowed slightly.

“Hm, you’re here… have a seat,” Celestine said.

Jeslyn did as told before asking, “I didn’t see your brother all through the day; where did he go?”

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“My brother? Isn’t he with you? He was here to mock me last night.” Rex immediately uttered with a sad face. He gave nothing away, and he was just like himself.

“He was here? When was that, and what was I doing?” Jeslyn raised a brow and folded her arms on her chest. Obviously, she didn’t believe him.

“I bet you were sleeping at the time or probably in Valen’s room… wait, how would I know what you were doing?!” he snorted.

“Don’t you dare give me that attitude, you…” Jeslyn remembered Celestine was still around, so she

swallowed the insult she wanted to rain on him.

Rex sighed, “Sister–in–law, it’s been a while; isn’t it time to forgive me?”

“No way! I won’t forgive you for lying to me!”

lie,”

her eyes shooting

ask me!” he

would I know you owned Fearless?!” Jeslyn refused to

tad,

‘nobody!‘ I’m your favorite sister–in–law and you said so yourself! Not only have you been bullying me because I’m an artist under you, you put my husband and son

to defend him, but she just ignored him and continued massaging his fingers.

at me, I got my head

right. Hmph!”

smile crept up his lips as his face turned sour for

composed himself

said that too,” he chuckled.

aside the catfight and asked again with her eyes darting from Rex

“H–he-”

out on a mission to eradicate some enemies.” Celestine came to

her

group, it should take less than a week to take care of them… unless he finds the lead to the rainborite Ore, then he’d take longer to return.” Celestine clarified, making it sound unimportant- like Jeslyn was overthinking. Celestine knew she lied but she dismissed it as a white

he should have told me about it. Also, his number is unreachable.”

phone Secondly, you might have been sleeping when he

nodded. That was right. She was dead tired last night and even if he woke

explanation clears the air somehow, but for some reason, Jeslyn couldn’t

Brother–in–law, Can you help me

unwell,” he threw his face to the side.

so eager to refuse after I’ve

and smiled sheepishly, “What do you

first, we thought that he went to practice more, but…” her voice

you mean Ruben Yu?” Rex asked.

know something?”

a long time

Damien’s twin brother?”

“And you didn’t tell me?!”

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