Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

423 Jeslyn’s position

“You’re finally awake. I thought I’d have to wait much longer.”

Jeslyn spoke simultaneously, Nightcrawler got to his feet and bowed, Boss!”

Jeslyn got up and walked to the bed. She placed a palm on Nancy’s forehead and nodded with satisfaction, “You’re fine now.”

Nightcrawler and Nancy’s gazes were fixed on Jeslyn as she did what pleased her. After she was satisfied, Nancy finally asked, “What are you doing here?”

“Huh?… You don’t remember what happened hours back?”

Nancy’s mind was still muddled. She sat up and rested her back on the headboard. A moment later,. she spoke. “Why did you save me? You hate me, don’t you?”

“Of course, I can’t allow you to die just yet because you owe me a lot.”

“What do you want as compensation?”

C

“I heard my mother was tortured; was it him?” she glanced at Nightcrawler who was standing behind

her.

“You don’t expect me to answer that, right?” Nancy threw back a question.

“Wouldn’t that make you a more horrible person? Anyway, what I want is simple. Whoever tortured my mother, sever the person’s hand!”

lingered on her for a moment before turning away, “It’s not possible.”

won’t do it,” she stared intently at

her statement. “Ask

Your life cannot be worth such a miserable condition…” She took a seat on the sofa and continued. “You talked about Ani the other day. What’s your proof that she’s from the Half–heart?” Nancy adjusted her sitting position and looked at Nightcrawler, then

it. The first page was blank and the second page had only one word,

third page had a picture of a masked woman with red lipstick. She was wearing a black dress and was dominantly sitting on a magnificent red throne that reminded her of the dream

was written beside her

she’s the

rings a bell, so she asks, “Which of the Zhu family is Doyenne from?”

your grandaunt, your grandmother’s older

but Nancy ignored her.

this about? Believing she might not get an answer from Nancy

the book almost

picture of her that Ani took on the day she attended some event was sitting there and smiling at her.

introduction, Jeslyn is said to be the heir and a descendant of the Zhu family. She immediately flipped to the next page and saw a picture of Alex, but it was crossed with a

‘An apostate and an enemy to be killed

Alice’s picture. Unlike Alex, which was crossed,

she came across an exceptionally gorgeous lady, she was

top members with the

member of the organization?” Jeslyn finally looked up from the book.

division in the organization. Before she was sent to your side, she unseated your mother’s friend as the top Analyzer, and that shot her to

mouth like a goldfish,

get rid of her before she harms you. Ani is very competitive and

other words, she would rather kill me

A little bird told me that the organization is unstable, right? Who knows, their Doyenne might be killed and your life will be

to

you take the risk?” Nancy snorted. “Your mother can’t kill her, both in a gunfight and

deal,” Jeslyn