Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

She couldn’t hold the hand that was holding the tablet, and neither would she dare to pull his hand out of his pocket. So, her hand was left outstretched in an awkward manner.

She slowly put her hands down as tears ran down her cheeks.

"Mav, please help me talk to our son. I’m his real mother and I have no evil plans towards him. A stepmother can never be able to love him like a real mother would. Please, I want to bond with him, please, Mav. This is the only thing I ask."

Maverick looked at her with dull eyes, then his eyes trailed to her stomach. Vera followed his eyes and hugged her stomach in fright.

"Take care of it." He said and walked away.

Vera stood there frozen. She didn’t understand what he meant by that. Was he still after her baby? That can’t be because Valen needs the child’s bone marrow. Then, is he trying to warn her that Jeslyn would do something to her baby?

Her mind snapped. That’s right! Every angry woman would do that. Since that’s the case, she’ll have to drive Jeslyn out of this house before she gets to do anything.

With that in mind, she hurried to the kitchen.

Getting to the kitchen, she walked in and stood a distance away from the stove. There were two servants– Chef May and Maya. It would be good for there to be witnesses anyway. She thought.

"Jeslyn, I’m here to have some words with you." She shifted her gaze between May and Maya. It was clear what she wanted to do. "Can we speak in private?" She sounded like a good person.

"You can see I’m busy. You are free to talk here." Jeslyn who was dissing some veggies replied without looking back at her.

Hearing that, Vera smiled. That was what she wanted anyway but she didn’t want to appear too desperate. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

"Ok... I thank you for everything you did for my son. For him to love you so much, means that you were a good woman to him. Now, he’s awake." She paused.

"Ok...???"

Vera took a deep breath and continued. "You understand my circumstances very well, and as a woman, you would also be able to tell my sorrow. Please, I beg you, allow me to bond with my child..." she went on her knees and started to kowtow while sobbing.

Jeslyn paused and turned to look at her. Seeing what the pregnant Vera was doing, Jeslyn’s eyes flashed with an evil glint.

"How am I stopping you from bonding with your child?" She asked.

"You know the influence you have on Valen. He was about to warm up to me before you came in and he suddenly turned cold towards me. I beg you, as a woman, please let me unite with my child."

Jeslyn sighed and ignored her to continue dissing while imagining she was cutting Vera instead of vegetables.

Maya and May were already angry, so Maya spoke up, after all, Jeslyn was the real deal. "Miss, when Madam Jeslyn came into this house some months ago, nanny Mulan was here too. Little Master was deeply influenced by her but Madam didn’t drive away nanny Mulan. Instead, she wrestled little Master away from her. You could do the same if you want your son to want you." She sneered.

Vera ignored Maya’s taunting and continued to kowtow even harder while chanting. "Please, pity this mother, Jeslyn!"

Her chanting was becoming too annoying after a while, so Jeslyn slammed the knife hard on the chopping board, producing a loud bang.

Maya, Chef May, and Vera flinched when they heard the sound.

Vera raised her head from the floor and looked at Jeslyn. The aura shrouding her was so dark that a cold sweat broke out from her forehead due to the fear that was sailing inside her. ’Th– this can’t be real!’ she thought.

Seeing the fear on Vera’s face, Jeslyn curled her lips into a deadly smile and slowly picked up the knife before walking languidly towards her.

Vera was too shocked to react. Before she could get up on her own, Jeslyn had stopped in front of her and supported her to get up.

"You shouldn’t mess with me, Vera. What is mine, I don’t share. I might be kind, but don’t take me for granted." She smiled.

Vera wasn’t seeing that smile as an innocent smile at all. In those hazel eyes that looked exactly like Valen’s, there was killing intent.

Instinct told her to move away but Vera couldn’t move. She could feel that Jeslyn could kill her with that knife she was holding, but still, for some reason, she couldn’t lift a hand. She was frozen!

True to her instinct...

"Shunk!"

Vera widened her eyes in horror as she felt a sharp object which she believed was the knife plunge inside her stomach. With disbelief and pain written on her face, she slowly lowered her eyes to her stomach and saw Jeslyn’s fair hand holding the hand of the knife whose blade was buried deep into her stomach.

She slowly raised her head to see the evil grin on Jeslyn’s face.

"Tchm!" The knife was pulled out.

Vera took a sharp breath and held her stomach with shaky hands before falling to her knees.

Maya and May didn’t understand what happened at first until they saw Vera fall to her knees with her hands covered in blood.

"Ahhhhhh!"

"Ahhhhhhhhh!"

The two let out an ear-piercing scream simultaneously and hugged themselves while shivering.

How could Jeslyn kill a pregnant woman just like that?! It wasn’t that they’ve never seen deaths before but this was too shocking. Killing Valen’s pregnant mother was uncalled for!

Vera didn’t know why her eyes were feeling dizzy. She didn’t want to leave the world like this. Her mission wasn’t complete. Her wish to sleep with Maverick again hasn’t been fulfilled. There were lots of things she hadn’t done yet.