Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom novel Chapter 98

98 Making a life changing decision 

Valen snorted in response and Jeslyn looked away. Only Maverick was an exception. He continued to eat his food slowly in silence without making a noise with his cutlery or chewing. 

A few moments later, Jeslyn patted her dry lips with a wh ite napkin and got up from her chair. “I’m done eating, please excuse me.” 

Valen and Rex simultaneously shifted their gazes to Jeslyn’s plate. She only ate a few bites and now she’s full? 

Maverick nodded without raising his head. Valen bit down on his lips while looking at Jeslyn’s back. Did he do something wrong by speaking the truth? 

Inside the room, Jeslyn lay on her bed, thinking of what to do. It would be hard to start afresh, however, she was already 26 and the music industry is being dominated by youngsters. Or should she change careers? She knows about acting but doesn’t know if she would do well. 

But then again, she had spent 4 months doing nothing, and she really needed to start doing something because whatever she decides to do now needs a lot of money…but what? 

She was a good writer when she was in school. She used to top her class and her English teacher used to sing her praises. How about she writes novels online for the remaining 8 months while also thinking about what to do? 

Jeslyn nodded at the decision she arrived at and pulled out her phone to make some research about light novels. She heard that light novels were slowly gaining ground now as people no longer read hard copies but preferred to read online. 

Surfing through the internet, she got the three best writing and reading platforms and downloaded them before logging in to see what kind of novels they accept. 

In her library, she added a few best-selling books and thought to just skim through the pages to get an idea of what works best for the platform but unknowingly got hooked reading ‘the Assassin Empress; wbyp’. 

Jeslyn didn’t know when she read three hundred chapters of the book. She only stopped when she felt her eyes growing dim. She decided to check the author’s name. 

“Poor author, I was too carried away to remember checking your name and giving you credit. Hahaha..” she laughed while searching for the author’s name. 

“Oh, Hassy_101… Nice name… So, what can I do to support this fine book of yours?” Jeslyn continued talking to herself while navigating the app to see how it worked. 

“Hmm… So, this is how it works. How do I… Ah, it needs a payment method. But I have no bank account.” She sighed. Another reason she really needs to start making money. Here, she needed to support her favorite author but got no money, 3 

Jeslyn rubbed her temple and yawned. “Why am I feeling sleepy? Isn’t it afternoon?” She hardly feels sleepy at noon, so what was going on with her body? Is she growing weak now? 

Jeslyn looked at the time and blinked. She rubbed her eyes and blinked again and again. 

1/3 

“12? That’s weird-” her lips fell open when she realized it was midnight. 

“So, I spent… How many hours of reading?” Jeslyn calculated in her mind. From 11 AM to 12 AM. 

“13 hours???!! Who sits and reads for 13 hours?!” Jeslyn thought. 11 

Well, if she had seen avid readers on platforms, she wouldn’t be asking that. 

“Click,” 

Jeslyn raised her head to look at her door when she heard the clicking sound. She knew who would be entering her room by this time, so she didn’t bother to get alarmed. True to her thoughts, Maverick walked into her room in his black outfit… No, it seemed he changed from the earlier one because this one was plain, unlike the one he wore earlier that had gold buttons, this one has black buttons. 

Maverick’s clothes are almost identical unless one pays attention to little details. 

“Why- You came,” Jeslyn blurted out. That wasn’t what she wanted to say but the words got changed on the tip of her tongue. She wanted to ask him why he wasn’t sleeping. 

“Hmm…” He answered and sat in the bed to remove his shoes. “I heard you didn’t eat anything.” He turned his head in her direction. 

“Oh, I forgot.” She touched her stomach and shook her head. “I don’t seem to be hungry,” she smiled. 

Maverick nodded. He got up to take off his clothes. 

Looking at him as he took off his clothes reminded him of how Su Yue, the female lead in the book she just read, took off the Emperor’s clothes. The activity they did flashed through her mind and butterfly feelings swept through her stomach.