Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

Chapter 455

455 Escape from the middle of nowhere

Jeslyn’s eyelids fluttered and she slowly opened her eyes. From her blurry vision, she could see she was in a bedroom. She sat up and rested her back on the headboard. With her little movement, the duvet slid off her chest, revealing her beautiful pale skin.

Her eyes shot wide and she immediately pulled off the duvet. What greeted her was her nakedness!

At first, she didn’t make sense of what was happening until she saw her reflection in the dressing mirror adjacent to her bed.

“Ahh!!”

Her scream travelled out of the house, sending the birds perching on the trees around the house into a frenzy.

A smile crept onto Reuben’s lips when he heard the cry. “She’s finally awake.” He got up and left for her room.

Jeslyn was dazedly looking at her naked body in the mirror when she heard a faint knock at the door. She snapped back to reality and hurriedly pulled the cover around herself, waiting to see who would

come in.

The door cracked open, revealing a smiling Reuben with a tray of piping hot coffee.

“You’re finally awake after three days. You scared me, love,” he smiled.

“Y–you?! What are you-” At that moment, the incident at the restroom flooded her mind.

trying to convince herself that the hickeys on her body weren’t

started walking towards the bed, while she was there, staring at him without moving her

away.

how you like it.” He placed the coffee beside the

why are you wrapped so tightly? Are you shy? But you weren’t last night.” He

her heart turned cold. Without thinking, she lurched forward,

it was within Jeslyn’s calculation, she moved again but this time, Reuben wasn’t expecting it. He couldn’t move out of the way in time

“Bang!”

the mug. Seeing she was going for another hit, Reuben grabbed her,

at the idea that another man who wasn’t her husband, took

the bed beneath him, Reuben yelled.

“Listen!!”

She was panting

calmed down, he continued, “Maverick is dead! I’m your husband now, with the permission

H

a maniac, Jeslyn burst into a fit of laughter without humour,

you are! Hahahaha!” She continued laughing until he left her alone and went to tend to the injury

down her eyes. She refused

convince herself that was what truly happened, the hickeys on her skin, plus

sat up. But then,

a weakling! She must escape from here and look for her

to the closet. Opening it, there were clothes of all types, in her size, hung in it.

around the room and stopped at the door. Jeslyn shook the thought off her

the bathroom, washed herself in less than five minutes, and ran

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