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,”

didn’t tell the truth either!” her eyes

ask me!” he

know you owned Fearless?!” Jeslyn refused to

tone a tad, “Nobody knew,

you said so yourself! Not only have you been bullying me because I’m an artist under you, you put my husband and son under so much stress just to be with me!”

Celestine to defend him, but

sorry for me? Look at

you right.

brother, and a bitter smile crept up his lips as his

composed himself and smiled.

heartless husband said that

he?” she put aside the catfight and asked again with her

“H–he-”

on a mission to eradicate some enemies.”

her face

to some nosy group, so he’s out to bring them to their knees… Although they are a large 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.

should have told me about it.

to war with his phone Secondly, you might have been sleeping when he left and he didn’t

and even if he woke her up, she wouldn’t have heard a

but for some reason, Jeslyn

forget, Brother–in–law, Can you help me find

threw his face to the

you’d be so eager to refuse after I’ve set the table.”

sheepishly, “What do

we thought that he went to practice more,

mean Ruben Yu?” Rex asked.

know something?” she

me to look into him a long time ago. He is Ruben Yu, not Rubenstein, whatever.”

twin brother?” Rex

f*ck!” she grimaced. “And you didn’t

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