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.

gasped as she stared at him in a daze, trying to convince herself that the hickeys on

while she was there, staring

away.

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

are you wrapped so tightly? Are you

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

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

“Bang!”

down his temple from the hit he got from the mug. Seeing she was going for another hit, Reuben grabbed her, threw her onto the bed and

at the idea that another man who wasn’t her

she thrashed on the bed beneath him,

“Listen!!”

panting from the resistance she

continued, “Maverick is dead! I’m your husband

H

Like a maniac, Jeslyn burst into

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

Jeslyn’s laugh stopped and tears ran down her eyes. She refused

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

slowly sat up.

escape from here and look for

got down from the bed and hurried to the closet. Opening it, there were clothes of

thought off her mind. If she must

gaze stopped at the 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