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.

him in a daze, trying to convince herself that the hickeys on her body weren’t from

bed, while she was there, staring at him without

away.

you like it.” He placed the coffee beside the lampstand and sat on

tightly? Are you

that moment, Jeslyn’s hand shook and her heart turned cold. Without thinking, she lurched

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

“Bang!”

mug. Seeing she was going for another hit,

cave in. She had lost her mind at the idea

bed

“Listen!!”

at him. She was panting from the resistance she

had calmed down, he continued, “Maverick is dead! I’m your husband

H

Hahahaha-!” Like a maniac, Jeslyn burst into a fit of laughter

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

and tears ran down her eyes. She refused to believe anything he said. Her husband is alive and she was

truly happened, the hickeys on

I’m sorry?” she mumbled and slowly sat

like a weakling! She must escape from here and look for her husband. Plum cannot be

it,

thought off her mind. If she must

deranged smile crept onto her lips. She hurried into the bathroom, washed herself in less than five minutes, and ran back

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