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

while she was there, staring at him

away.

how you like it.” He placed the coffee beside the lampstand

are you wrapped so tightly? Are you shy? But you

shook and her heart turned cold. Without thinking, she lurched forward, grabbed the mug and threw the piping

Jeslyn’s calculation, she moved again but this time, Reuben wasn’t expecting it. He couldn’t move out of the way in time to avoid

“Bang!”

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

in. She had lost her mind at the idea

bed beneath him,

“Listen!!”

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

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

H

Hahahaha-!” Like a maniac, Jeslyn burst into a

her alone and

She refused to believe anything he said. Her husband is alive and she was not

though she was trying to convince herself that was what truly happened, the hickeys on her

and slowly sat up. But then, realization

She cannot stay here like a weakling! She must escape from here and look

and hurried to the closet. Opening it, there

around the room and stopped at the door. Jeslyn shook the thought off her mind. If she must escape, going through the door would be a bad

bathroom, washed herself in less than

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