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.

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

walking towards the bed, while she was there, staring

away.

He placed the coffee beside the lampstand and

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

cold. Without thinking, she lurched forward, grabbed

dodge. But as if it was within Jeslyn’s calculation, she moved again but this time, Reuben wasn’t

“Bang!”

going for another hit,

her mind at the idea that another man who

on the bed beneath

“Listen!!”

was panting from the

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

H

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

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

tears ran down her eyes. She refused to

that was what truly happened, the hickeys on her skin, plus the wetness between

slowly sat

like a weakling! She must escape from here and look for her husband.

it, there were clothes of all

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

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,

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