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!”

I didn’t lie,” he

tell the truth either!” her eyes shooting

ask me!” he

you owned

tad, “Nobody

Not only have you been bullying me because I’m an artist under you, you put my

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

at me, I

you right. Hmph!”

his brother, and a bitter smile crept up his lips

he composed

husband said that too,”

catfight and asked again with her eyes darting from Rex to

“H–he-”

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

Mission?” her face scowled.

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-

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

war with his phone Secondly, you might have been

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

air somehow, but for some reason, Jeslyn

before I forget, Brother–in–law, Can you

threw his face to the

if you’d be so eager to

smiled sheepishly, “What do you

he went to practice more, but…” her voice trailed off when she looked at Celestine. She

you mean Ruben

know something?” she

to look into him a long time ago.

mean Damien’s twin brother?”

grimaced. “And you didn’t

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