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.

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

towards the bed, while she was there, staring at him

away.

I brought you coffee… exactly how you like it.” He placed the coffee beside the lampstand and sat

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

thinking, she lurched forward, grabbed the

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

“Bang!”

hit he got from the mug. Seeing she was going for another hit, Reuben grabbed her, threw her onto the bed and pinned her down.

lost her mind at the idea that another

she thrashed on the bed beneath

“Listen!!”

furiously at him. She was panting

your husband now,

H

a maniac, Jeslyn burst into a fit of laughter without

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

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

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

sat up.

here like a weakling! She must escape from here and look for her husband. Plum cannot be dead! It’s impossible!

and hurried to the closet. Opening it, there were clothes of

the door. Jeslyn shook the thought off

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