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.

in a daze, trying to convince herself that the hickeys on her body

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

away.

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

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

moment, Jeslyn’s hand shook and her heart turned cold. Without thinking, she lurched

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

“Bang!”

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

to cave in. She had lost her mind at the idea that another man who wasn’t her husband, took advantage

bed beneath him,

“Listen!!”

furiously at him. She was panting from

calmed down, he continued, “Maverick is dead! I’m your husband now, with the permission from your father! You better-

H

burst into a fit of laughter without

and he’d kill you like the scum you are! Hahahaha!” She continued laughing until he left her alone and went to tend to the injury on his temple.

eyes. She refused to believe

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

she mumbled and slowly sat up. But then, realization

here and look

to the closet. Opening it, there were

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

at the curtains and a deranged smile crept onto her lips. She hurried into the bathroom, washed herself in less than five minutes, and