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.

to convince herself that the hickeys

towards the bed, while she was

away.

it.” He placed the coffee beside the lampstand and sat on the edge of the

you shy? But you weren’t

and her heart turned cold. Without thinking, she lurched forward, grabbed the mug and threw the piping

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

“Bang!”

got from the mug. Seeing she was going for another hit, Reuben grabbed her, threw her onto the bed

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

on the bed beneath him, Reuben yelled.

“Listen!!”

panting from the

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

H

Jeslyn burst into

Hahahaha!” She continued laughing until he left her

the door, Jeslyn’s laugh stopped and tears ran down her eyes. She refused to believe anything he said. Her husband

the hickeys on her skin, plus the wetness

I’m sorry?” she mumbled and slowly sat up. But

She cannot stay here like a weakling! She must escape from here and look for her husband. Plum cannot be dead! It’s impossible!

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

thought off her mind. If

curtains and a deranged smile crept onto her lips. She hurried into the bathroom, washed herself in less than five minutes, and ran back out. She picked out black trousers,