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.

she stared at him in a daze, trying to convince herself that

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

away.

be tired, I brought you coffee… exactly how you like it.” He placed the coffee beside the lampstand and sat on the edge

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

she lurched forward, grabbed the mug and

dodge. 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 the

“Bang!”

Seeing she was going for another hit, Reuben grabbed her,

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

she thrashed on the bed

“Listen!!”

him. She was panting from the resistance she put up.

your husband now,

H

maniac, Jeslyn burst into a fit

left her alone and went to tend

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

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

sat up. But then, realization hit her,

here and look for her husband. Plum cannot be dead! It’s

closet. Opening it, there were clothes of all

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

her lips. She hurried into the bathroom, washed herself in less than five

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