Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

420 Using Nancy as a weapon

Meanwhile, Rossa was in the servant’s quarters, opening the gift box. Inside it was a bracelet with a small round pendant.

She opened the pendant to reveal the inside that was half–filled with white powder. She sighed before closing it and wearing the bracelet on her wrist. This was the substance she added to the cake this morning and now, it’s useless.

Jeslyn wasn’t given the time to mull over the matter at hand before the door was pushed open. Two maids barged into the room, and from the look on their faces, it appeared as if they would kill Jeslyn if she said the wrong word. She was already in a bad mood and wouldn’t mind taking care of these ladies to ease her heart’s troubles if they weren’t careful with her. She thought.

“You are very capable. Not only did you have the old butler wrapped around your fingers, but you’ve also seduced the Young Master into giving you gifts. Wow, just wow!” one of them said with a few claps.

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“She’s not even pretty, how come this ugly duckling gets the good things, but we don’t? It’s unfair!” Rossa attempted to get up from the bed but was pushed back down.

“Where do you think you’re going?!” the other lady thundered.

“Where else?” Jeslyn giggled, “I’m leaving the room for mad people like you.”

Their eyes shot wide with rage. This fatso, who had never talked back at anyone before, is suddenly taunting them after getting a gift from the Young Master! What does she now see herself as? A Mistress of the Hwang family?”

Master gave you a worthless gift today doesn’t

has lots of them…” She raised her wrist and dangled the bracelet for a moment. “You should hurry up before he throws them away.” She said with feigned urgency,

and one gave a slight nod before they looked at Rossa again, “If you dare lie to us, watch how we’ll

as the two made their way out of the room. She fell on the bed and chuckled. Those two will surely

maids who went to get

residence and went to the hotel. On arrival, Ani ran

you are

would have returned the smile in the past,

what she heard.

is Rex?” She

bar,” Ani replied. She wanted

At the bar…

sipping from a wine glass after telling him about the

do you want to risk it all and trust

truth to what she claimed,” Jeslyn said.

“How so?”

do you see Mr. Hwang as a person who would be so obedient?” Jeslyn stared at him,

his index finger in an attempt to convey that he bought the idea. “That’s actually weird to begin with. Considering the fact that your mom told you he’s the leader of the Dark Age, it’s not plausible that

Hwang is fishy.” She tilted her head to think. “Why would he do all that? Like… I don’t understand why he would go to such lengths to make Brian hate Nancy… Or, what am I even saying? God! I’m confused as f*ck! This is stressing the shit out of me!”

with her glass of wine. “Relax your mind… How about we meet up with Nancy and ask her about it?

trust her enough to rely on her words… She said Ani is a