Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom novel Chapter 105

105 Lotuses in action 

Jeslyn glanced at her stepmother one lady time before she got up and took Valen’s hand to leave. “Don’t think that you have escaped this day. I will take proper care of you in the future.” 

After she left with her guards, Ray who had been watching the whole fiasco among the crowd narrowed his eyes at Jeslyn’s back. The two ladies following her from behind were the same ladies he saw on the CCTV footage, which means, the lady wearing shades, was the same person wearing the cocktail hat. 

“You must be related to Jeslyn to know so much about her,” Ray mumbled as he watched them enter another store. 

Instead of going back to the lady he accompanied shopping, Ray didn’t and instead started to trail Jeslyn. 

After the Manager was taken away, the store was closed down. 

Madam Chen took her daughter and left the store. She intended to go home due to the overwhelming sha me that was eating her up. She couldn’t believe a small girl like that would dare to force her to kneel and ordered her guards to beat her people up. Just when she was lost in thought, Chi Chi’s voice pulled her back. 

“Mummy, I- I wa- want that dr-dress!” Chi Chi hiccuped. Madam Chen was annoyed but still had to get the dress for her daughter. From one dress to another, until they forgot the time. 

Meanwhile, at another store, Jeslyn was in a battle with another ‘enemy’, one of her Celebrity friends. 

When she got into the store, Jeslyn met the lady Celebrity and her assistant buying boys’ clothing. She was just touching them with her fingers and paying for them with her mo uth. 

Jeslyn knew this Celebrity, Youan too well. Youan was the type that would decide to buy exactly what another had set their eyes on just to rub it on the person’s face that her fiance came from the number five richest family in Rose City. 

Jeslyn smirked after thinking of a perfect way to start making this girl pay. She was one of those who ruined her voice by lying to her. 

While the both of them were trailing their manicured fingers through the rows of clothes on the same line, they both spotted one cloth that looked really beautiful. 

It was an oversized round-neck polo on black shorts. It would look dashing on Valen and Jeslyn didn’t intend to go home without it. 

The Celebrity approached it first and asked for the clothes to be taken off the mannequin. Just when the salesperson was about to hand the clothes to Youan, Jeslyn came out of nowhere and grabbed the clothes from the salesperson. 

“That!… That is mine,” the celebrity said. She almost raised her voice, but after remembering she was in public, she swallowed and spoke calmly. 

This is who Youan really is. A white lotus. 

“Have you paid for it?” Jeslyn asked. 

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“I was about to,” Youan gestured for her assistant to hand the card to the salesperson, however, before the assistant could, Jeslyn stuffed her card into the salesperson’s palm. 

“I want this, that, that, that, those…” Jeslyn pointed out all the clothes she wanted, including the ones that the Youan already picked out but hadn’t paid for. 

“Ma’am, those clothes have been picked out, please choose from-” The salesperson was interrupted by the ‘confused and oblivious’ Jeslyn. 

“Who picked them out? Why are they still on the mannequin? I didn’t see a ‘sold’ tag on them, so why are you stopping me from buying them?” Jeslyn frowned slightly. 

This was a war of lotuses. She didn’t want to appear like she was at fault, just like how Youan already started to act silly before the drama even began. 

“What is going on here?” A young lady wearing the same uniform as the salesperson asked while walking over with her heels clicking against the sparkling tiles. 

“Nothing serious, Miss Joan. I can handle it,” the salesperson smiled at the other lady. 

“Oh, Miss Youan is here, I’m your biggest fan!” Joan smiled sheepishly. 

“Hi” Youan returned a forced smile at her. 

“What can I offer you? You must be thirsty… oh, please, sit down, you must be tired!” Joan was so enthusiastic that she blatantly ignored Jeslyn just for a C-list singer. 

“Oh no, I’m fine. I just want to get a few outfits for a friend’s child and an unpleasant situation happened with this lady here,” she raised her jaw in Jeslyn’s direction and pouted. She looked so innocent that you’d think Jeslyn bullied her. 

When Joan followed Youan’s gesture, she saw Jeslyn and her eyes darkened. ‘Wasn’t she the troublemaker at Manager Rita’s store a while ago?’ she thought. 

When the chaos was happening at their rival’s store, they were all happy. She was the happiest because of what Manager Rita did to her. 

She used to work under Rita’s store as the Manager, but Rita accused her of stealing and then arrested and fired her without pay.