Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

Inspector Fin didn’t know why Maverick would want to know about the Half-heart organization. Those evil creatures that treat ladies with zero respect would certainly not be Maverick’s cup of tea because Maverick respects women more than anything else.

Maverick didn’t respond and just continued to sip his drink in silence. Telling his friends about what he knows would rob them on the bad side. Matt has to treat Jeslyn before anything else and as for Fin, the stubborn idiot might just complicate things.

Also, Jeslyn is too weak, both in health and heart. She needs to shed that softness before other matters. The battle in front of her does not require her to have any form of weakness.

Maverick downed his drink, lost in thought, and didn’t hear what Inspector Fin was saying until he was tapped.

"Hey, what are you thinking? This is weird. You have never lost yourself before."

Maverick gave him a flitting glance before he continued with his drink.

"I was upstairs when I heard your sister causing a ruckus. That sister of yours is so brazen that I couldn’t help but chuckle when I heard her words."

"So?"

"Why don’t you let her find peace in your comfort? She was not wrong though. She did nothing bad, the fault is your mother’s. Why are you punishing your innocent sister?"

"Do you like her?"

"She’s not bad. Can I?"

Maverick ignored him for a while before he spoke again. "Teach her to not be like her mother."

"You mean she’s difficult?"

"Her head is filled with rubbish. Clean it up." Maverick was not worried that his sister would give his friend a hard time if they eventually start to date. If anything, Piper should be the scared one because the stubborn inspector Fin would break her and pull out her arrogance like he was dealing with a child.

Inspector Fin laughed out loud. Maverick might be an introvert but whenever he is with his friends, he tends to talk more. After all, these friends had been with him since childhood. They were with him when he had the happiest moments of his life, they were there when he experienced his most heart-wrenching memories, and they were still there, having his back when he needed them the most.

Just that sometimes, these friends of his plays too many expensive jokes on him, like the one that changed his life forever, so he was mad at them. Despite being mad at them, it didn’t mean he won’t support them or protect them when need be.

"To start with? Does your sister have a serious boyfriend?" Inspector Fin asked while browsing through his phone. "If she does, I might leave them be, but if she doesn’t, I’ll shove the guy out..." he frowned when he saw Piper’s profile.

"She loves someone? Who?" Inspector Fin looked at Maverick, expecting an answer from him.

"You know who to ask," why would he care about things like that? He hates that woman and whatever child came out of her especially when the child belonged to the Xu family whom he wants to raze to the ground so badly.

"Hahaha... Rex, the news channel."

Rex’s head is filled with gossip. Even though he might not like Piper, it doesn’t mean he won’t have her news in his head, just like every other celebrity.

...

The next morning, the news that was supposed to be concealed was making headlines when Piper woke up to her Manager’s call.

"Piper, what did you do?!"

Piper rubbed her eyes in annoyance. Who likes being woken up from sleep after drinking tons of bottles before sleeping?

"What? I’m already feeling feverish, please don’t yell. It hurts." She sounded like a withered child who was tired of crying.

"Piper? What is wrong with you? Did you drink too much again?"

"Manager Fina, please, can I have the day off? I’m tired."

Manager Sarafina was shocked out of her wits. The only time Piper ever called her Fina in such a low pitiful voice was the day she caught Piper masturbating in her dressing room with Alpha Chaos’ photo on her desk.

It happened after a romantic scene she shot with one of the best male artists. Though the scene was intense. Real s3x was supposed to happen but Piper kicked against it and a body double was used instead.

When Manager Sarafina went to check on Piper to see how she was getting ready for the next shoot, she met the forbidden scene after opening the unlocked door.

Manager Sarafina thought of resigning at that moment. She didn’t care if it was a breach of contract. Even though Country M was very bad, this kind of case was rare and it would never be tolerated.

However, seeing how broken Piper was on that day after she yelled at her and insulted her, Sarafina couldn’t bring herself to ignore the child. She was just twenty and lacked love and affection from all her family members. Her mother was busy scheming or killing people every day of her life.

So what Sarafina believed was that Piper’s brain turned the love and admiration she had for her brother into something forbidden because Piper had never known what a man’s love was.

Although Manager Sarafina wasn’t sure if that was the case, she truly hoped it was because if news gets out, Piper would be doomed for life. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

"Where are you right now?" Manager Sarafina asked.

"I’m in my room... at the Villa." Piper sniffed and held her aching head. Her face was red and her hair looked messy. She looked really sick but the girl didn’t want to call for help, so she fell back into bed and curled herself under her blanket, shivering slightly.

By the time Manager Sarafina got to the house, Piper’s body was so hot that her temperature could cook rice.

She immediately rushed her to the hospital and the doctor asked for something unimaginable! Piper was short of blood. Her blood was rare and the only people who have the same blood type as her are Maverick and Rex. The two people who wouldn’t blink an eyelid if she died.