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.

as she stared at him in a daze, trying to convince herself that the hickeys on her body weren’t

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

away.

you like it.” He placed the coffee beside the

so tightly? Are you shy? But you weren’t last

that moment, Jeslyn’s hand shook and her heart turned cold. Without thinking, she lurched forward, grabbed the mug and threw the piping hot coffee at his face.

quick to 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 way

“Bang!”

from the hit he got from the mug. Seeing she was going for another

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

on the bed beneath him, Reuben yelled.

“Listen!!”

She was panting from the resistance she

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

H

burst into a

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

ran down her eyes. She refused to believe anything he said. Her husband

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

sorry?” she mumbled and slowly sat up.

a weakling! She must escape from here and look for

and hurried to the closet. Opening it, there were clothes of all types, in her size, hung in

the room and stopped at the door. Jeslyn shook the thought off her mind. If

the bathroom, washed herself in less than five minutes, and ran back out. She picked out black trousers, a tank top and wore black