Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

"Miss Maya, where were you when Miss Jeslyn was crying for help?"

"She wasn’t calling for help, she was cleaning the evidence!"

"So, you were there."

"Yes, I was."

"Doing what?"

"Nothing."

"Interesting... so, your boss was cleaning her evidence and you were standing by the stairs, doing nothing... note that, your honor."

"Yes, I wasn’t doing anything, I was shocked."

"Or you were recording?"

"Huh?"

"You heard me. You were recording while she was ’killing’ her grandfather and also cleaning the evidence."

"No, I wasn’t!"

"According to your statements, Jeslyn killed her grandfather and you were the only one there to witness it, and it so happens that there was a video of that scene that was played a while ago. So in other words, you recorded it."

"Someone else could have done that."

"The angle for where the video was taken, was exactly where you were standing, bedside the stairs."

"Someone else could have been coming from the stairs, Miss Christine was also home and she—"

"Miss Christine was ’in the shower’. We already proved that."

"..."

"By the way, I must commend your videoing skill, it was brilliant... your honor–"

"I didn’t do that, I don’t know how to do that!"

"But you did and I’m sure of it because you work in the entertainment industry. Hahaha."

"Yes, I might work in the entertainment Industry, but I don’t know how to fake a video—" she widened her eyes in horror at her mistake and slowly looked at the lawyer standing in front of her, hoping he didn’t hear that.

Everyone whipped their heads to look at her with bulging eyes.

"Hahaha...Your honor, she just admitted the video was faked."

The judge sighed before writing down what he wanted.

"This court is adjourned until 2:00 PM." The judge declared and hit the gravel.

"Court rise!" The judicial assistant cried out in a loud voice.

Everyone stood up in respect for the judge who got up and walked out of the room.

The man was hungry, so he needed to eat.

Jeslyn and Spid walked out of the room, ignoring the stares from everyone.

"You only drank milk tea this morning, don’t you feel hungry?" Spid asked her.

"No, I’m not." Jeslyn shook her head as they walked towards an office.

How could she feel hungry when she was feeling excited?

...

"How dare you all?!"

"We are sorry, Miss."

"You are sorry? Do you know what will happen if she is let out?!"

Lawyer An stayed silent. He knew what would happen, but what could he do?

The young Miss was just yelling and accusing them of being lazy from a laptop, not knowing how hard it really is to fight against that man in a mask.

"Christine,"

"O—lder sister..." Christine flinched.

"You are a disappointment!"

"S– sister I’m sorry, that man was–"

"Shut up! Don’t give me excuses. I saw it all. I watched the damn trial! Why couldn’t you tell him you went out to see your boyfriend? I could have arranged for a boy to stand as your boyfriend immediately, you fool!" The young Miss turned to look at Maya with rage in her eyes.

"Maya, what did I put you there for?"

"I’m sorry Miss, I ruined everything."

"Why didn’t you allow them to call the hotel manager? I was already on a call with him and he agreed to work with you, but you ruined it!"

"I’m sorry Miss, I was wrong."

"Oh, yes you were wrong, totally wrong and that is why you shall be the scapegoat for Christine."

"M–miss?!" Maya looked with shock in her eyes. Her heart beating faster and faster against her ears. She should take the fall? That means she would be sentenced for murdering the old man! 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

She immediately fell to her knees and started to kowtow with great trepidation. "Please Miss, spare me, I beg you, please forgive me."

"So, who will take the fall for your mistakes? If you hadn’t cowered at the man’s feet, you could have become my assistant, but no, you failed and as the most worthless person in the group, you are mandated to be the sacrificial lamb, or else, your brother will be killed in the next 5 hours.

Maya stayed on her knees looking lifeless as tears slowly fell from her eyes. Her older brother, although useless and only cares about himself, was the only family she didn’t want him to be dragged into this mess.

She suddenly started to regret all the decisions she had made in regards to Jeslyn.

Jeslyn was the nicest person she knew and she never treated her like an assistant but in the end, her revenge was all that mattered as she ignored humanity and held tightly to the knives that wanted to chop the Lee family into pieces.

Now, her life was made to repay for the revenge she was able to carry out. She cleaned her face and braced herself to be the sacrificial lamb. Although she wasn’t happy that she’ll be going to prison, she was glad that she killed old man Lee.

The Miss sneered at Maya after seeing how she quickly accepted her fate. She looked around the office and didn’t see who she was looking for.

"Where is Ray?"

"He left," Christine said.

After Ray was trialed and his secret was revealed to the world, he stormed out of the court.

The young Miss narrowed her phoenix eyes for a split second before she turned to look at the man that went with lawyer An to the prison.

"If Jeslyn is about to bring up the property transfers, make her realize I’ll be publishing the threat. Not just that, I have a lot of dirt on her, including the one on her high school graduation."

"Ok, ma’am." The man said with a bow.

She glanced over at her mother and father with a condescending look before she snorted and the laptop screen went blank.

The people in the room breathed a sigh of relief and turned their attention to Maya. She wasn’t crying but was obviously feeling hurt.