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 convince herself that

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

away.

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

you shy? But you weren’t last night.” He

thinking, she lurched forward, grabbed the mug and threw

moved again but this time, Reuben wasn’t expecting it. He

“Bang!”

trailed 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 of

on the bed beneath

“Listen!!”

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

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

laughing until he left her alone and

ran down her eyes. She refused

was trying to convince herself that was what truly happened, the

slowly sat up. But then, realization hit

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

bed and hurried to the closet. Opening it, there were clothes of all

gaze traveled around the room and stopped at the door. Jeslyn shook the thought off her mind. If she must escape, going through the door

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