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.

him in a daze, trying to convince herself that the hickeys on her body weren’t

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

away.

you like it.” He placed

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

Without thinking, she lurched forward, grabbed the mug and threw the piping hot coffee at

to dodge. But as if it was within Jeslyn’s calculation, she moved again but this time, Reuben wasn’t expecting it. He couldn’t

“Bang!”

was going

to cave in. She had lost her mind at the idea that another

on the bed beneath

“Listen!!”

him. She was panting from the resistance she put

I’m your husband now, with the permission from

H

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

left her alone and went to tend to the injury on his temple. The blood had rushed into his eye

her eyes. She refused to believe anything he said.

though she was trying to convince herself that was what truly happened, the hickeys on her skin, plus the

sorry?” she mumbled and slowly sat

from here and look for her

it, there

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

hurried into the bathroom, washed herself in less than five

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