Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

Chapter 124

124 Different Maverick

She drank the wine even though she didn’t want to and the party continued until she started to sway. Two girls who had been really close to Jeslyn offered to take her into her room, after all, the party was over. They were just having after-party fun.

The two girls took the drunk Jeslyn to her room and left, but after a while, a room service pushed a cart into the room.

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“Young Miss, is your party over? I brought the hangover soup Miss Christine asked me to prepare…’ While she was talking, the door burst opened and two hefty men entered the room. One dragged the waitress out and the other carried Jeslyn.

The waitress was taken to the top of the building. While she was scared and didn’t know what the st oic-f aced looking man wanted with her, she heard him say:

“You did nothing wrong, blame your misfortune for being at the right place at the wrong time.” Then he grabbed her and pushed her down the roof.

The waitress’ scream was heard but before the people who saw her falling while screaming could do anything, she fell on top of a parked car and left her life behind.

Inside a dark room, Jeslyn was placed on the bed, beside a body whose figure wasn’t clear. The person touched her all over and she couldn’t help but respond with moans.

The imaginary Jeslyn tried to see who the man her younger self was having s3x with was, but she couldn’t see through the darkness surrounding him.

Jeslyn woke up to a white ceiling. When she turned to her right, Maverick was sitting on a couch with his eyes closed and head resting on the headrest.

Jeslyn sat up and fixed her gaze on him. She didn’t think much of the dream. After all, this wasn’t the first time she was seeing it. That’s where the dream always ends. Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

Looking at the devilishly dashing man, everything Ray told her came running back into her mind.

‘Is he really Alpha Chaos? Did he do that to the Zhou family?’ the more she thought about all that, the more confused she became.

“Should I ask him?” She murmured to herself. Jeslyn was shocked when he opened his eyes. Her heart thumped faster when he got up and walked in her direction. His eyes were bloodshot and his face was filled with a murderous look.

This was not the Maverick she knew. She shook her head in her mind. She was never this scared of this man, but right now, she just wanted to run away.

On a second thought, he had never hurt her before, he showed her kindness and followed her with goodwill. So, why was her heart rejecting him? Was it because he is Alpha Chaos?

Alpha Chaos’ reputation is known far and wide to be bad. So was that why?

“Are you okay?”

Jeslyn flinched when she heard him ask and instead of answering, she nodded slowly.

“Is your ear still hurting? How did it happen?” He already knew what happened but wanted to hear it from her.

Jeslyn’s mind snapped and she gazed at him intently while reminding herself that he won’t hurt her. “Was it you?”

“What?”

“Ray, what happened to him?”

“Died in a car explosion.”

Jeslyn swallowed the lump that was forming on her throat with difficulty. “Wa- was it your doing?” Maverick shook his head but Jeslyn was skeptical. She didn’t know if she should believe him or not but why would he lie to her? He has no reason to, right?

“Th- then, did you… did you k ill his family?”

Maverick shook his head again.

“Wh-”

“Did he tell you who I am, and now you are scared of me?” Maverick raised a brow.

Jeslyn kept swallowing without answering. Wasn’t it obvious that she was scared?

“I- I… when did you… When did you intend to tell me?” She looked into his eyes, trying to find the warm Maverick she have known over 4 months but all she was seeing was a stranger.

“Are you scared of me, Rossa?”

Jeslyn lowered her gaze to the blanket that was half-covering her. After a long while of deaf silence in the room, she finally looked into Maverick’s eyes again and responded. “I’m not scared.”

Maverick stared back into her eyes. She was lying but he liked it. He preferred she told him that lie

than the truth.

He sh ut his eyes and after a while, he opened them again and the eyes became more clearer and less imposing than earlier.

“Why do you care about Ray? Do you still like him?” He suddenly asked.

“I – I thought you did those things to him and his family, so I wanted to confirm.”

“My question hasn’t been answered, Rossa.”

Jeslyn opened her mo uth and closed it a few times like a goldfish. “That question is weird,” she finally . found an answer.

“Why?”

“Why not? He caused the death of my grandfather, he was helping my enemy.”

“What if I turned out to be worst than him? What if one day I ki ll someone dear to you, will you push me away?”

Jeslyn looked speechlessly at him. She doesn’t have anybody like that except … wait, Pink and Yellow…. She looked skeptically at him and her brows creased.

“Pink and Yellow might be your subordinates but I consider them my older sisters.”

“Will you push me away if I kil led them?” He asked again.

“If I mean something to you, you won’t hurt those I fancy. Unless they mean me harm.”

“And if they break my rules?”

“Then, I’ll beg for their pardon, or buy them from you.

“I don’t lack money. What can you offer?”

“Name your price, I’ll do everything in my power to give it.”

Maverick flattened his lips before he nodded. “Fine. When the time comes.”

What kind of a person doesn’t have a trusted subordinates? Thinking of subordinates, Jeslyn remembered the Lee Butler and Nanny.

“Ehm, Maverick, can you help me find Butler Wong and Aunt Martha? They were the oldest workers in the Lee mansion. Ray said that those two didn’t betray me but were instead, protecting me. Please help me find them and send them over.

“Hmm.”

“So… how is Valen? Has he woken up?”

“He’s fine. He drifted back to sleep after receiving treatment.”

Jeslyn nodded and a smile finally settled on her lips. “Then- Vera? How is she doing with her

memories?”

“She’ll get her memories back if she wants to. Worry about me. I’m your husband.”

Maverick stayed with Jeslyn for two days before he returned to Valen, then sent Yellow and Nanny Martha to stay with her.

Jeslyn and Nanny Martha bonded and talked about lots of things, including what happened over 4 months ago.

“We kept receiving pictures and videos of you in danger. There was a time you went shopping, a snipper was right at the next building and the video was sent to us.

Another time, a bomb was placed in your car and it almost ki lled me with anxiety.

Jeslyn, do you still remember that day I threw away your facial product and you went crazy? That was. a few days before your wedding.”

Jeslyn nodded. That day, she was checking the make up kit and facial product she bought for her wedding when Aunt Martha ran over and swept everything inside a bag. Jeslyn didn’t understand what was happening until the new product were trashed right in front of her.

She was angry because she got no explanation, so she went to the trash can to get them but Nanny Martha ordered the guards to lock her in her room.

That was the first time the woman was mean to her, so Jeslyn was shocked and couldn’t react.

When her grandfather found out, he asked Aunt Martha what the problem was but the woman wouldn’t say, so he chastised her.

It was a bad experience that she didn’t want to think about.

“You did that because…”

“Yes. The products were poisoned. A video of how the chemicals were mixed into the products was sent to me, so I had to do something without alerting you of what was happening”

“I’m so sorry, Aunt Martha. I didn’t know any better. Jeslyn apologized.

“I was never mad at you. You are like my granddaughter. Your family treated me with so much respect and dignity, especially your mother and her…”

Jeslyn picked on that. “And her who?”

“Not who. It’s not a person. Your mother’s cat.” The woman chuckled making Jeslyn smile.

Her mother disliked furry animals, especially cats, so what was Nanny Martha saying? She knew the woman was hiding things from her but she’s not eager to know. She will conjole her to spill it soon.

“What about Uncle Wong?” Jeslyn asked.

Nanny Martha sighed. “He died a few days after your grandfather passed away.”

Jeslyn was stunned, “how?”

“He couldn’t bear the loss and died.” Nanny Martha sighed sorrowfully