Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom novel Chapter 122

122 Ray’s message 

Emilee couldn’t be found. She even had Rex check Chen’s family record but didn’t find Emilee and her pictures. 

What Jeslyn found was a blank space before her name. She believed the blank space was supposed to hold Emilee’s information. 

Jeslyn also found it strange that her name was written twice in a weird fashion. 

The first was ‘Chen Jeslyn Lee’ and the second was ‘Rossa Lee’ before Christine’s name appeared. That’s not the point at the moment, so she returned her mind to the conversation. 

“Ray, I’m listening.” She called his attention. 

“Emilee was a bad child right from when she was little. We started dating when we were In high school and she was madly in love with me. At a point… I got suffocated because the relationship was… choking me. But my sister, who was Emilee’s best friend, kept pushing me. 

Emilee was a bu lly in school and didn’t hesitate to ki ll the girls that showed signs of liking me. Because of that, I broke up with her… but she ki lled… hic!… Sorry. 

She ki lled a politician’s daughter, thinking she was the reason I broke up with her… The matter became big and the politician refused settlement, Just like the Chen family had always done to cover up Emilee’s bad behavior. 

Emilee ran away when she knew she wouldn’t be able to escape jail. She made me aware after a few years that she was alive and later on, she brought up a plan to use you to get the Lee family’s property. I didn’t want to, but my sister forced me…” he paused for a while to allow Jeslyn to digest all he had said. 

“I’m listening,” Jeslyn urged him. 

“Everything went as planned. Emilee bought all the helpers and guards in the Lee mansion. It wasn’t because those people were after the money. Some of them were threatened with their family’s lives and while others were threatened with your life. 

People like Butler Wong and Nanny Martha didn’t betray your Lee family. They were only protecting you… hic! 

Maya’s family was not destroyed by your grandfather. It was all Emilee’s plan to turn Maya against your family. 

When I discovered I have started to feel something else other than indifference towards you, I got afraid that If Emilee found out, it would be too late. 

Those videos that were sent to you were recorded by the lady in the video, Emilee’s assistant. I believe she did it to stop the wedding because she fell in love with me. I haven’t heard from her ever since. Emilee must have gotten rid of her.” 

Jeslyn felt her heart squeezing in pain. She bit her lip to suppress the overwhelming emotions and continued to listen. She needed to hear it all. 

“The poison, what was it and who administered it to my grandfather? What else do you know? Tell me everything.” She said calmly to not agitate him or make him stop. 

“I don’t know what the poison was but Christine was the one administering the poison.” 

Jeslyn’s grip on the phone tightened. Her face grew darker and her eyes turned red. Despite the amount of tears trickling down her eyes, it didn’t seem to demolish the fountain of salty water in her 

eyes. 

“Christine…” she called the name slowly through her teeth. 

“Jeslyn, are you… hic… there?” 

“Yes. What else do you know?” 

“The person you married, he is Alpha Chaos!” 

Jeslyn froze. She knew the reputation of Alpha Chaos and his likes but never in her wildest dreams would she think she married the devil she was most afraid of. 

Yes, she knew Maverick, the Master of the Lu family was a force to reckon with but how could she connect him with Aloha Chaos? 

Maverick’s pictures can’t be found on the internet, likewise Alpha Chaos. Unless one searches through the dark web or goes through the underworld because the three Musketeers dominate that place. 

Jeslyn took a deep breath to suppress her racing heart. Her tears had long stopped flowing after hearing who she married. They were scared. 

“Did you know that?” Ray asked. 

“Yes, what else?” Jeslyn immediately answered to make him change the topic. 

“It seems he is genuine with you.” Ray chuckled sadly. “He and two other people are messing with my company and family. As we speak, I’m the only one remaining in my family. I have nothing else to live for.” 

“Wh- what do you mean?” Jeslyn wasn’t concerned about all his family dying. In fact, she would gladly appreciate it, but why was she feeling scared? 

“After what happened to you, my company started going down. I don’t know how we… got entangled in so much debt with a money lender. I remembered I took a loan from the bank, but I was… surprised it turned out to be from a loan shark. When I went to the underground world to find out what was happening, I discovered Alpha Chaos and two other people were suppressing me. Not just me but your father too. 

Our companies, properties, lives, and everything has been bought by Alpha Chaos. We are only living on rent without knowing. Any day he gets tired of playing around is the day we all d ie… including your father.” 

Jeslyn was shocked into dumbness. Maverick did all of that behind her back? Her heart felt so much warmth overflowing but at the same time, she was scared. Who are the other two people? Are they Rex and Pink? 

“Who are the other two people? And what happened to your family?” 

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“The whole generation of the Zhou family, including my distant relatives, were ki lled the same day. Their houses were burnt to the ground just a while ago. Those abroad were ki lled too… Jeslyn, I’m the only one in the whole Zhou family still alive.” 

Jeslyn’s heart thumped louder and faster like it would fly out of her chest any minute. Maverick can’t be that wicked, right? She opened and closed her mo uth but no words came out of her throat.