Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom novel Chapter 148

148 Valentine’s sitting room 

“Blargh” 

Maverick completely froze for a long time with eyes widened. He was in total disbelief and speechlessness sliced his tongue. 

He regained his senses when he saw her smiling and rubbing her head on his strong arm that he placed on the bed. Maverick gritted his teeth and balled his hands. This woman! 1 

He got off her and accidentally looked at himself in the mirror. The puke on his face looked so disgusting. Would she still have the face to be angry at him after doing this to him? 

He stormed out of the room and went to take a long shower before returning to clean off the mess she made on the bed, including her body. “This is your last time drinking.” He said while cleaning up her body. 

When he returned, he kissed her forehead and wrapped his hands around her before going to sleep… completely ignoring his little brother that was long awake. 

Stupid thing. Can’t it see that the atmosphere isn’t for such things? 

Morning came and Jeslyn opened her eyes to the bright sun peeping through the curtains. She tried to get up like she used to do but a severe headache attacked her. She moaned in pain and rested her head back on the pillow. 

“Why does it hurt? Did I hit my head?” Her eyes paused on the curtains and she slowly turned her head to survey the room. This wasn’t her room! 

She forced herself to seat up and saw a bowl of soup on the top of the drawer beside the bed. Underneath the white bowl, a white note was sticking out. She picked it up. 

The first thing that caught her attention was the beautiful calligraphy. It was so beautiful that it looked like it was printed rather than written. If not for the content, she would have argued that it was printed. 

‘Drink the hangover soup… not poisoned.’ 

“Maverick?” She frowned. Only Maverick had she seen breaking words or saying words in incomplete 

sentences. 

He’s not Aphasia, but only too lazy to talk. 

“It can’t be him,” Jeslyn concluded. Just as she was about to put the small note away, she turned the back and saw his title boldly written there like her eyes were too small to notice it if he had used less ink and strength. 

‘Your husband‘ 

Jeslyn’s heart froze for a few seconds before she subconsciously looked around the room. As expected, their clothes were flying everywhere. Slowly, she lowered her eyes and raised the blanket. Of course, she was naked. 

“You demon!!” She screamed. Thanks to that, her headache was agitated. She hurriedly drank the soup with her heart maging. 

He cheated on her, and instead of showing remorse, lie’s boldly claiming the title he didn’t consider and also dared to rap* her! 

Never, she’s not going to allow this! 

After drinking the hangover soup, Jeslyn stayed in bed for a while before she entered the bathroom and tied a towel around her waist. She couldn’t find pajamas or other clothes and her uniform… Well, they smell like alcohol. 

This wasn’t her house, so she knew Maverick who brought her here was probably in the sitting room. She marched to the sitting, ignoring the fact that she was still feeling dizzy and discomfort. Although her throbbing headache had subsided a lot, there was still a tingling sensation. 

Good for her. It was her first time drinking, yet, she drank more than the drinkers. 

Getting to the sitting room, it was… empty. She went to the kitchen- empty. Other rooms- empty! Jeslyn knitted her brows. She knew that Maverick cannot bring her here and abandon her, so she went outside. Maverick was nowhere to be found but what she found was a pink sea that stretched as far as her eyes could see. 

She looked around and what she was seeing was beyond her. Sea and filled everywhere with scanty 

coconut trees. 

If Jeslyn was added to explain the scenery, she would say that the sea was moved forward and the house she was standing in was built in the middle of the sea. 

“What is going on here?” Jeslyn asked herself as she blinked at the wonder she was seeing. 

In the blue sky, a big apology message was written with whatever it could be. 

‘Rossa… I’m sorry. Please don’t hold it against me. It was a mistake done in my weakest state. I won’t shy away from it, nor push the blame onto someone else. Your husband was weak and he deserved to be punished but in a different way. Whatever you want, please say it but certainly not divorce. I won’t 

allow it. 

If you forgive me, come to the back of the house. 

Then the writing disappeared and a red broken heart popped up. Jeslyn laughed. She couldn’t fathom Maverick doing this. It must have been Rex. 

She was right and wrong. Maverick made a simple apology. 

‘Rossa… I’m sorry. Please don’t hold it against me. Your husband was weak! 

That was what Maverick wrote but Rex hissed and called it bland, then he added what he felt was 

better. 

Jeslyn headed to the back of the house and there, she saw a small glass house… a modern cabin to be precise. The house was white with transparent glass that shows the interior of the house. 

Jeslyn gasped and exclaimed; “Wow! So beautiful!” She started to run towards the building in no time, snow started to fall. 

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“It’s snowing?” She stopped and stretched out her hand. Snow got on it and she smiled. Jeslyn knew it 

was man–made too. 

How much work was put into this apology? 

She continued to walk towards the house barefooted and when she got there, the glass door automatically opened. She entered but instead of Maverick, she saw flowers made into tiny heart. shapes. With some words; ‘forgive me, please!’ 

Jeslyn sighed. There was no bedroom, no kitchen, only a sitting room. Maverick isn’t here either, so where is he? 

She sat on a white sofa and picked an apple from the tray of fruit on the table. 

“What is this house called? a sitting room cabin? Everything is so white. Except for the red apology flowers. Is this Valentine’s sitting room?” She looked around one more time and scoffed. 

“Your apology is so tacky… ahhhh!!”