Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

407 Keeping tags on Jeslyn

“You are joking… right?” he smiled nervously. A part of him wished it were true but the other didn’t want to believe that he had been living a life of lies for 26 years! (1

Pink let go of his hands and sighed before she wheeled her chair forward and started telling her side of the story.

“Your father and I met when I was sent by the Half–heart to kill him. He was level headed, intelligent, and charming that I fell for him without knowing he had a messy break–up with someone called Nancy. After dating for almost a year, some Assassins started visiting me more than usual. At first, I thought they were sent by the Half–heart until–I realized they weren’t.

“One day, a lady approached me and introduced herself as Nancy and told me that Hwang Min’s family would be facing extinction if I don’t stay away from him. At first, I thought she was bluffing until Hwang Min disappeared on me to fight the war that was started against his family. I volunteered to help but the Hwang family chased me away when Nancy told them I was the reason that Half–heart started the fight against them.

“Hwang Min couldn’t fight against his family, so I stayed back as he told me to… He said after the war, he’d come back to me and we would elope. I prayed day and night for his success.

“When I saw that things weren’t looking too good on their end, with my influence, I sent them, manpower, money, and also doctors to help out. Except for Hwang Min, no one else knew the help that came out of thin air was from me, because the Hwang family might turn it down.

“When my aid arrived, the tables turned but somehow, Nancy found out it was my doing and she rallied more enemies against the Hwang family.

“Left with no other choice, I went and bowed to your grandmother’s family (The Zhu family in Country M). I endured humiliation for seven days before they gave me a thousand troops with top–notch ammunition, but by the time I arrived, the Hwang family and Half–heart had come to a treaty. Not just that, it was Hwang Min and Nancy’s wedding.

“I was enraged, I wanted to disrupt the wedding, but found out they already did court wedding two days before, meaning they were already married…” she paused to look at her son who had tears in his eyes. Pink smiled bitterly before she continued.

“I left Sin City and returned to Rose City to be with my family but the humiliation I endured in my maternal family was made known to my parents, to mock them. With that, your grandmother got a heart attack and your grandfather was very angry at me. As for my sister, she didn’t blame me that much because she was also in love and knew how stupid one can be.

before I could rejoice and take time to care for myself, the Half–heart and Nancy came after me, so my life became a race for survival. I fought my family and made my father disown me so they don’t

I could right my wrong. Who would have known that Nancy didn’t give up on her chase?… she

“Was she killed?”

cousin who was also born on that day was killed in her place by mistake.”

is my

“…Jeslyn!”

Brian’s

sister? Wow! So those unsettling feelings and excitement he had been

Incredible! Just unbelievable!

father

“I doubt

“Now, I do!”

behind them. The two were startled and when

me all these years?” he frowned while walking towards them. He had been there for a long time but

me when my family was losing the war…that was what that witch told my father and me which caused me

now. I hope from now on, we won’t be separated again.” she glanced at Brian, he

first, what happened to you? Why are

when I felt the smell of something burning. When I opened my eyes, I saw smoke seeping into my ward through

eight–story building?!”

determined to survive,

to was burnt to a crisp by that evil woman. Brian’s face changed and

you aren’t badly injured?” he asked.