Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

392 Toxic family

Today was the third day Brian returned home feeling relaxed, calm, and happy. The servants knew he must have encountered something interesting because he had never been this content for a long while. 1

The young man entered the house and blessed all the workers with a smile. The servants were scared to get accustomed to their young master’s new behavior for fear that he might just be having mood swings.

Brian’s new behavior didn’t go unnoticed by his parents. Mr. Hwang was quite excited about his son’s happiness but not his wife, Nancy.

She felt that Brian had started communicating with Piper behind her back, and so she sent out people to monitor his every move… her belief wasn’t unfounded. Three days ago, she received a phone call from the communication department stating that someone had made a call out of the city with a burner phone that couldn’t be traced.

She had been keeping watch to know who that person was but failed, so now that her son was unnecessarily happy, it has to be connected, She thought.

Sitting at the dining table and eating breakfast, Mr. Hwang’s hardened gaze was on his wife after she made a statement that didn’t go down well with him.

“Ok,” unlike before, Brian didn’t argue or refuse. His response not only shocked his mother but also left Mr. Hwang feeling uncomfortable.

“Are you

sure about that?” he asked his son.

“I’m cool with it,” Brian declared.

“Don’t do something you’ll regret, son.” The father was skeptical. He knows his son and understands

him well.

“I’d be ok, Dad, I got this,” he smiled faintly at his dad and continued eating.

Madam Nancy cleared her throat and waved the servants away. “I don’t know what you’ve been up to lately, but it better not be a scheme to humiliate your bride and her family!” she warned.

Who am I

that. I sent your retirement letter

unrepentant woman

pushed his plate of food away, and

are you going? You just

means for business deals and a puppet to be controlled,” He stopped by his

spirit was obviously down.

must be very excited,” the

my son has agreed to go on a date with his fiance, and he didn’t throw a tantrum when I broke the retirement news to him. So why won’t I be excited?” She

grilled turkey bacon.

the table

gaze from

up at him and smiled faintly, “You are losing it. Do you need

“You-”

to his ear. “You know I can stop this marriage from happening. I can quell interfering

whispered.

a prostitute than come to you. You’ll forever be rusty down there without me to make you feel like a woman,

changed, and she moved

mistake you know too well… Nancy, you thought only my life would be ruined when you created

delicious after breaking her with his

her palm. “I’ll make you beg to have me but then, it will be too late.” She turned and stormed out

was gone, the man stopped eating and looked in the direction she left. He picked up his phone and called

you found her?”

has entered the city,” came the fearful voice of

he immediately bounced up from his

on it. She is hiding

wife’s people do… be discreet.”

“Yes, sir!”

left the dining room

years ago when she approached Christine’s father and demanded that Jeslyn be killed, slammed her phone on the bed after making a