Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

"Why did it suddenly become like this? It had always been calm. What triggered it?" Maverick asked with a frown.

"You stayed too long without s3x before, that was why we plotted against you, dummy. Had you stayed more than that, you would have suffered greatly. Your first s3x with Jeslyn at that hotel 8 years ago was rough and you wounded her. It was not your fault but the after-effect of that thing.

Then you had a one-time s3x with Vera. She was fine because you couldn’t reach climax. After that, you stayed for a long time again before you met Jeslyn. The first time, you said it was in the car, right?"

Seeing him nod, Matt continued. "She didn’t get hurt because you were conscious of your surroundings. Then, the ones that came after were the lucky times you 90%. However, today was your unlucky day. From what I got after studying Fin, it turned out that its appearance has something to do with how long you’ve stayed without s3x. I’m still not sure but all factors have to be considered.

Also, Jeslyn is not like regular humans. She has a ticking time bomb inside her. That might also be a factor, but take that with a pinch of salt, but be extra careful from now on... until I’ve gotten hold of solid proof."

Ever since Maverick would make sure to restrain himself and satisfy his wife before he gets his own satisfaction. He also tries to stay conscious to not complicate things again. It is hard, very hard to restrain himself, but better than injuring or killing his wife under him.

And as for those people who did this to him and his friends...

Maverick’s lips slowly curled into a wicked smile as an intimidating and frightening aura poured out of him.

Jeslyn felt a chill and looked up at her husband’s face. She was lying on his chest now.

Good thing Maverick knew what he just did, so he immediately restrained his dark aura and smiled at her. "You should sleep now." He said in a hoarse voice as he brushed her hair back.

Jeslyn returned the smile but her mind couldn’t be calm. Her husband was mad but at who? And why?

...

Valen waited until evening before his mother finally came downstairs. He looked drained but excited.

’Yeah, I’ve never given you so much reason to be this happy,’ he rolled his eyes and picked up his phone to distract his mind. He was angry and he wasn’t trying to hide it from his mother.

"Why are you angry? Your inconsiderate father is coming." Damien said while resting the side of his face on his fist. He was lying lazily on the long couch. Valen stopped talking to him a long time ago and he was bored.

"Tell him that," Valen replied with his eyes on the phone.

"You think I’m scared of him?" He raised a brow at the child.

"Are you not?" Valen gave him a fleeting glance.

"I–"

"Son," Jeslyn came over and pulled Valen up from his seat, then hugged him. "Momma is wrong, I’m sorry." She immediately apologized.

Valen sighed deeply. This is so unfair. His mother offended him and now he would be forced to accept her apology and forgive her. He didn’t want to, so he wiggled his way out of her embrace and glared at his father who was just taking his seat.

"Children need their mothers to grow healthy." He was talking to his father and accusing him of taking all of his mother’s time.

"Husbands need their wives to live long," Maverick replied without looking at his son but it was obvious who he was talking to.

"Husband is old and has almost outlived his time on earth." Valen countered.

"Son is too young and hasn’t seen the world and how it works."

"Son will learn with the help of Mom."

Maverick glanced at his son’s hardened cute face, then shifted his eyes to the helplessly looking Jeslyn and replied, "Even wife doesn’t know much about life."

Valen looked at his mother. Yeah, his dad was right. His mother doesn’t know much about the dark world so he sighed and sat back down but he wasn’t going to let his dad triumph.

"Uncle Rex is a good teach–"

"I heard my name!"

Everyone turned to look at the door and saw Rex walking through the door with a beam.

Valen immediately changed his words. "... Uncle Rex will make a good school teacher, so send him to work in a school."

"Hahaha..."

"Hahahaha..."

Jeslyn and Damien laughed out loud. Even Maverick and the guards standing around couldn’t stop themselves from chuckling.

Jeslyn froze when she heard a strange voice laughing. She didn’t notice the person lying lazily on the couch because she was focused on getting her son to forgive her.

Rex on the other hand was about to fight back when he heard that laugh. He frowned because he was very familiar with that demonic cute laugh. He walked with large strides to the front of the couch and almost fell back in fright.

"Y– you?!!"

All eyes shifted to Damien and Rex. Everyone in the room, except Jeslyn, was familiar with Damien.

"Hi, bud–"

"Don’t you dare call me that!" Rex felt a chill at his friendliness. He’d rather hug a transformer than believe Damien was friendly but that’s by the way. "What are you doing in my brother’s house?"

"Ah," Damien looked around the room and pointed lazily at Maverick who was minding his business. "He brought me– kidnapped me here."

Rex glared fiercely at his brother. Maverick was on his laptop before but when he felt a stare, he raised his gaze and saw Rex glaring at him. "He lied."

"Of course, I don’t believe him but why would you allow him to come here?" He was still glaring at his brother.

"That’s not cool, dude. I’m not a transmittable disease, so why can’t I be here?" Damien interjected shamelessly.