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,” he defended.

tell the truth either!” her eyes shooting daggers at him.

didn’t ask me!” he

owned

his tone a tad,

and you said so yourself! Not only have you been bullying me because I’m an artist under you, you put

looked at Celestine to defend him, but

shouldn’t you be feeling sorry for me? Look at me, I got my

you right.

of his brother, and a bitter smile crept up his lips as his face turned

moment before he composed himself and

that too,”

and asked again with her

“H–he-”

a mission to eradicate some enemies.” Celestine came to Rex’s rescue.

her face scowled.

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

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

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

nodded. That was right. She was dead tired last night and even if he woke her up, she wouldn’t have heard a thing he

for some reason, Jeslyn couldn’t stop feeling weird.

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

he threw his face

be so eager to refuse after

smiled sheepishly, “What do you want,

Ruben. He went missing almost a year ago. At first, we thought that he went to

Ruben Yu?” Rex asked.

know something?” she asked.

into him a long time ago. He is Ruben Yu,

Damien’s twin brother?” Rex

she grimaced. “And you didn’t

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