Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom novel Chapter 244

244 Interrupting a loving moment 

Jeslyn was sleeping when she felt a soft touch. She stirred but didn’t open her eyes. Her day was hectic and she was dead tired. What she needed the most at the moment was a good sleep. 1 

She snuggled into Valen and held the child closer to herself. 

Looking at the child that was occupying his space, Maverick clenched his jaw. He waited for a while before peeling Jeslyn away from Valen but the moment he did, Valen mumbled some inaudible words in his sleep and drew closer to Jeslyn again, making Maverick’s effort of separating them to be in vain. Maverick took a deep breath. He glanced at the two and suddenly curled his lips. He roughly picked up Jeslyn and headed to the door, leaving Valen alone to sleep on Jeslyn’s bed. 

His intention was to join them in bed but since they didn’t want him in their midst, he’d gladly be the villain who separates him. 

Walking along the corridor with Jeslyn in his arms, he lowered his face and kissed her on the forehead. “I missed you,” he whispered. 

Jeslyn turned in his arms, her eyes opened slightly but when she perceived the masculine smell of her husband, she held tightly onto him like her life depended on it. 

“Maverick?” she murmured as she tried to make sense of where she was. 

“Mmm,” he responded. 

Her eyes flew open and an overwhelming feeling of happiness coursed through her veins. “Maverick!” she called a little loudly. “Is this really you?” She touched his cheek and squeezed it a little. He was 

real! 

“You are back!” She screamed. 

“Did you miss me?” 

“Of course! I missed you so muc-” Before Jeslyn could finish her words, he sealed her lips with his as he fumbled with the lock on his door and carried Jeslyn in. 

Valen awoke to the 6:00 alarm clock. He looked around but his mother was nowhere in sight. He slowly got off the bed and walked to the bathroom. After washing up, still wearing his pajamas, he headed to the door and left for the sitting room. Hoping his mother would be in the kitchen, Valen went there but instead, he met Chief May and her team preparing food. 

“Good morning, little Master, they greeted. 

“Where is my mother?” 

“We haven’t seen her this morning” Chef May replied. 

Valen turned around and left the kitchen. Today is Saturday, no school but he made an appointment… no, Jeslyn made an appointment with him to visit the playground, so where did she go? 

As he left the kitchen, he saw a familiar face, Code 10 speaking to another guard by the window. 

If Code 10 is here, then his father is back. So in that case, Jeslyn must have been taken away by his father! 

Valen stamped his feet on the tiled floor and started to pace about in the sitting room while darting his eyes to the stair landing every now and then, hoping that his mother would remember she has a little child like him to cater for. 

Some moments later, Valen had changed a few sitting and standing postures and his patience was running thin. Just when he was about to lament again for the umpteenth time, realization struck him. His parents were together, meaning they might be getting another child soon!! 1 

The bell of urgency rang in his mind and he immediately dashed to the stairs, like someone who was fleeing from disaster. 

“Not right now! Not right now… I’m still very young, I don’t need siblings, I don’t want a cute sister!” While his two little legs were helping him through the stairs, albeit, with little difficulty, Valen failed to see the stranger that just walked into the sitting room from the front door. 

“As expected of a cold and heartless person. His living room speaks volumes.” Damien voiced out as he took in Maverick’s sitting room. He sat on the couch and picked up a magazine that was placed on the coffee table. 

Flipping through the pages, he saw Emilee. “Oh, she’s become more pretty. How can people look pretty for death? Randy, don’t you think that’s irrational?” 

“What is irrational is living in your enemy’s house, Master.” 

“What are you afraid of?” 

“Master, Alpha Chaos might wake up one day and decide to kill you.” 

“Then why do I have you around me? If you can’t even protect me, why are you here…” With his eyes still on the magazine, he read something that made him pause his words. 

[ “Damien is a coward, he went into hiding when he couldn’t receive all he dished out. The new Faction we see building will cooperate with the police to bring Damien to Justice for all the atrocities he committed. Thank you, everyone for your understanding“]