Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom novel Chapter 182

182 I want your life 

“Thank you for the information, I owe you one.” Alex got up to leave. (1) 

“Hehe…” Diana chuckled. “You don’t owe me just one favor, Alex. I can’t count how many times I’ve helped you, so if you want to pay me back, you’ll have to pay all the favors you owe me.” 

Alex took a deep breath. “What do you want in return?” 

Diana looked at her for a while before she turned her eyes to the wine in her hand and took a sip. “Everything you took from me… but you can’t return them, so… I want your life.” She enunciated slowly. 

Alex stayed silent for a long time with her gaze on Diana. Seeing that she didn’t look like she was joking, Alex nodded. “That’s fair, but give me some months to set things right for my daughter and her family.” With that said, she walked out through the door. 

After Alex left, Diana threw the glass of wine to the wall in front of her in a fit of rage. “She’ll rather die than explain herself or sincerely beg for forgiveness!” 

Alex did a lot of bad things when they were friends, yet she wouldn’t explain or clear the air no matter what they said and how much they insulted her. They were best of friends, yet she knew almost nothing about Alex. It makes her feel that Alex doesn’t trust her. It hurts her feelings! 

While she was trying to calm her raging heart, her phone rang. She answered the call and put it on speaker. A sweet voice of a lady drifted from the other end. 

“Hey, I was passing by and saw a familiar face leaving your residence. Seems you had a visitor,” the person said. 

“None of your business,” Diana replied curtly. 

“It would be when Doyenne finds out you’re still in contact with one of the twins.” 

“Dare me and see how I rip out your tongue!” Diana threatened. She was already annoyed and hearing such a threat got her even more irritated. 

“Chill, we aren’t fighting. I’ll keep shut if you allow me a night with the chairman. If goodness is on my side and I get a child from him, I can become the next helpmate. What do you say? It will be of greater good to you if I become the next helpmate instead of that bitch.” 

Diana stayed silent for a while, thinking. Jacy was right. Even though her approach was wrong, message was indeed to Diana’s benefit. 

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The half-heart organization has a hierarchy they abide by. One gets more opportunities, respect, and privileges depending on their rank. 

From the Doyenne (Queen) down to the trainees, fight every day to either keep their positions or climb higher. 

Diana had the chance to be a helpmate- the position below the Doyenne, yet she didn’t fight for it because she didn’t want to give birth. 

Giving birth to a child for one of the most powerful men in the world elevates one’s status and gets 

one a high position under the Doyenne. In addition, giving birth to a very beautiful daughter also helps the mother and child get more privileges and secure a high position. 

If Diana wants, she could get pregnant for the chairman- a higher-up in the Dark Age organization, but she had removed her womb after Alex betrayed her, so she can no longer have a child. 

If she allows Jacy to get pregnant for the Chairman, it means that her faction would still be relevant. 

To survive in that weird organization, one has to tag themselves with friends and families to create a small faction. 

Diana might be the most sought-after analyst in the organization, but that doesn’t mean that there. aren’t others too. The sisterhood is even breeding more analysts for the future as we speak. 

“Alright.” Diana agreed. 2 

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“That’s so sweet of you. I promise I won’t snatch him like one of the twins did to you in the return him to you.” Jacy doesn’t think that the Chairman would reject her because the half-heart organization is full of top-notch seductresses. They don’t have to do anything fancy for men to go crazy. To the half-heart organization, men are too weak. 

There has never been a failed case reported in the sisterhood unless some sisters go ‘astray’ by falling in love with their clients, which would warrant such person a death sentence. 

“Whatever the twins did to me in the past had nothing to do with you. Hacking too much on that issue would make me throw you to the wolf’s den one of these days.” Diana threatened. 

The sisterhood kept making fun of her after what Alex did to her. Because Alex and Alice were too identical, the sisterhood couldn’t differentiate them… except for the Doyenne who knew them from childhood. Everyone else chose to call them ‘the twin, after all, they were the only twins the organization had gotten in centuries. 

For some weird reasons, giving birth to twins is as difficult as a layman knowing the difference between an ocean, sea, and beach.