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.

a daze, trying to convince herself that the hickeys on her body

she was there, staring

away.

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 mug and threw the piping hot coffee at his

time, Reuben wasn’t expecting it. He couldn’t move out of the way in time to avoid the fierce blow.

“Bang!”

down his temple from the hit he got from the mug. Seeing she was going for another hit, Reuben

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

thrashed on the bed beneath

“Listen!!”

him. She was panting from the resistance

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

H

Jeslyn burst into

will come for you both and he’d kill you like 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 into his eye and blurred his vision.

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

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

sorry?” she mumbled and slowly sat up. But then, realization hit her,

must escape from here and look for her husband.

closet. Opening it, there

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

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, a tank top and