Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

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

walking towards the bed, while she was there, staring at

away.

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

wrapped so tightly? Are you shy? But you

Jeslyn’s hand shook and her heart turned cold. Without thinking, she lurched forward, grabbed the mug and threw the piping hot coffee at

dodge. But as if it was within Jeslyn’s calculation, she moved again but this time, Reuben

“Bang!”

down his temple from the hit he got from the mug. Seeing she was going for another hit, Reuben grabbed

had lost her mind at the idea that another man who wasn’t her husband, took advantage

thrashed on the bed beneath him,

“Listen!!”

was panting from

had calmed down, he continued, “Maverick is dead! I’m your

H

Like a maniac, Jeslyn burst into a fit of

like the scum you are! Hahahaha!” She continued laughing until he left her alone and went to tend to the injury on his temple. The blood had rushed into

laugh stopped and tears ran down her eyes. She refused to believe anything he said. Her husband is alive and she was not reped.

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

mumbled and slowly sat

must escape from here and look for

the closet. Opening it, there were clothes of

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

deranged smile crept onto her lips. She hurried into the bathroom, washed herself in less than five