Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom novel Chapter 372

372 Restraining himself 

“Ho!” Doc Matt exclaimed in disbelief. He fanned his thee with his hands, restraining himself from punching Maverick in his annoying face. 

Maverick chuckled when he saw the hard work his friend was putting in just to hold himself back from fighting. Serves him right. Who told him to disturb Maverick’s peace? Maverick was about to hit climax when he heard Matt banging on his door like he was told that Maverick was banging his wife. About the stone… Maverick read that Rainborite stone has a magical effect on sick people but had no idea what exactly it was, so he made the stone into a ring for Jeslyn. Although he didn’t know beforehand what triggers the stone to reveal its magie, he was sure from what he read, that the Rainborite stone wouldn’t harm her. 

So later when Jeslyn started telling him about her experience with the stone, he started putting everything down, hoping to inform Matt when he had gathered enough results. 

Now that they know that it purifies the blood and heals wounds, Maverick was more than happy. “We’ll keep studying it to know its full potential. At this rate, she’d take about ten years of undisturbed healing to be whole again… but I think that the bigger the stone, the quicker she’d heal,” Matt said. while staring at Maverick. 

“You mean…” Maverick frowned slightly. 

Matt nodded, “You have to find where the Rainborite ore disappeared to… but to be sure if my assumption is right, get Damien to come over. I need to test the stone on him.” 

“Use the same method you used on my son,” Maverick refused for many reasons. 

“Your son is different. He wasn’t battling another virus except for ATOM. Damien on the other hand, was injected with ATOM a few months ago, but before then, he had something else in him.” Matt couldn’t dive deep because Jeslyn was there. It is better she doesn’t know about the existence of the virus they all had. 

Maverick understood where he was going. The Dark Age organization injected a few of them with some unknown virus that makes them go wild in bed. 

“The hearts of men cannot be trusted,” Maverick warned. 

“I know, that’s why I intend to drug him when he comes, so he won’t know about your wife’s Rainborite ring… Also, if we can experiment with him and find the cure…” Maverick didn’t let him complete his statement before he agreed. 

“Better.” 

“Isn’t he your friend now?” Jeslyn frowned as she looked at her husband. “How can you think of experimenting with someone who thinks you to be a friend?” 

“He hasn’t paid the price for what he did to you. I didn’t let you exercise your revenge on him because I wanted to punish him myself, but there’s no better way than this,” Maverick explained. 

“But he returned my property and brought Emilee to me. Isn’t that enough atonement for his crime?” 

“Is it?” Maverick raised a brow. 

Seeing that the couple was about to fight, Matt pointed at the door, “You two, leave through that door, I need some peace.” 

“This is my house,” Maverick fired back. 

“You mean, my lab?” Matt rolled his eyes and left the two, not forgetting to remind them to leave his laboratory. 

After he left, Jeslyn stared at her husband speechlessly for a long time before asking; “What is a friend to you?” 

“Someone I’d die for,” he replied. 

Jeslyn was tongue–tied for a moment. “I’m concerned about Kimberly. She loves him and would be heartbroken if anything happens to him.” 

“You were hurt too. My son was separated from you for six years. Besides, Damien knew I won’t let him off.” 

Jeslyn sighed. Indeed, she suffered the brunt of Damien’s schemes but still, she wouldn’t be able to find peace if anything happens to him Damien seems to be level–headed these days, plus he was remorseful and did all he could to redeem himself. Most of all, he wasn’t responsible for her grandfather’s death. 

Maverick flattened his lips. His wife is still very kind. But what if he tells her that he suffered the most from Damien’s schemes? 

First, he was deceived to think that his Rossa was Vera. He slept with that lady, something he never wished to do. He was deeply hurt after she left, he neglected himself and his son for years, developing chronic insomnia. Damien also helped the Xu family kidnap his son which later resulted in them injecting the child with ATOM. 

Even though Damien had no idea that the Xu family would do something so horrible, Maverick refused to forgive him. 

He sat beside Jeslyn and pulled her for a hug. “I don’t wish for him to die. If he is used for the experiment, there are two things involved. Either he is cured of all the viruses in him, which would give him an advantage over his twin brother, or he develops another incurable virus. Moreover, if he dies from the experiment, Kimberly can bear the loss.” 

Jeslyn shook her head and cupped his face. “It’s not as easy as you make it sound, Plum. I was able to bear my grandfather and mother’s death, but you and Valen, what do you think will happen to me if any of you is badly hurt?” She searched his emotionless eyes for a moment before she said; “I’d stop living…” 

Maverick flattened his lips as emotions surfaced in his cold eyes. He pulled his wife for a hug and promised; “I won’t die unless you tell me to…” 

That statement dug a hole in Jeslyn’s heart. She felt it deep down in her heart as her eyes teared up. 

“Plum…” 

“Shhh…don’t say anything. Allow me,” he brushed his palm over her long and silky black hair. “Loving 

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you is my greatest joy and giving me Valen is more than what I can ever ask for. I would do anything for you and our son, but I can’t let those who hurt you and our son go scot–free.” 

He disengaged from the hug and held her shoulders, looking deep into her hazel eyes. “I promise you, I won’t kill Damien, but he has to face the consequences of his actions.” 1