Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

Assistant Miles stared at Christine who had a villainous smile on her face with a thought in mind before she asked; "Christine, is this plan necessary?"

Christine turned to look at her disdainfully before answering; "Are you intending to chicken out now?"

Assistant Miles sat down and shook her head; "No, that’s not the case. I’m only thinking; what if it fails and the plan backfires?"

The smile on Christine’s lips instantly vanished and her pretty face turned unsightly." Whose fault is it that we have to resort to this? If you hadn’t been stupid and done things without mistakes, would I have done this?!!" Christine yelled.

Assistant Miles took a deep breath. She hates it when this mannerless girl yells at her. Jeslyn had never raised her voice at her when Jeslyn was still her artist, but ever since Christine became her artist; she started treating her like some beggar.

Assistant Miles never stopped regretting what she did to Jeslyn. Not for anything else but for the fact that if she was still with Jeslyn right now, she would have been enjoying almost the same privilege as Jeslyn instead of the tiny influence she has now.

Wait, what influence? When she was still in Rose City, her influence as Jeslyn’s manager was wide. Who didn’t want to be affiliated with the eldest Miss of the Lee family?

So because of that, a lot of people respected her but here in Country M, Christine doesn’t even have much say both in the company and at home.

Older artists bully Christine for using underhanded means to enter the company, while those who dug into Christine’s background never stopped reminding the girl that she was just an adopted child who rubbed the true Miss off her inheritance. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Even though it was just speculation from those people, Assistant Miles knew it was the truth.

Lost in thought, Assistant Miles didn’t notice the way Christine was staring at her like dead meat. She too was cooking some interesting schemes for Assistant Miles.

Christine had noticed that for a long time now, Assistant Miles seemed to be lost most of the time. To the observant Christine, she believes that Assistant Miles is planning to betray her.

Such thought took root in Christine’s mind when Assistant Miles called her on the night of Jeslyn’s debut.

On that fateful day, Christine had dressed up after her usual exercise with Young Master Wu when Assistant Miles’ phone call entered.

Christine was ready to vent her frustration on Assistant Miles when she heard Assistant Miles’ drowsy voice.

Not only did Assistant Miles thinks she was Jeslyn, but the drunk b!tch apologized for how she treated Jeslyn, she confessed all of her sins and also told ’Jeslyn’ about the plans she was making.

Good thing it wasn’t Jeslyn who got the call, else Christine would have been in trouble.

Christine stabbed her cupcake mercilessly with the fork in her hand. The action startled Assistant Miles and she looked in Christine’s direction.

Christine smiled faintly. "Are you alright? You look scared," she asked.

Assistant Miles tried to relax and replied, "I’m fine, I was only thinking about your father’s death." Assistant Miles was forced to lie. The smile on Christine’s lips was scary. Knowing Christine too well, she knew that she was cooking something evil.

"Oh, what about him?"

Assistant Miles stared incredulously at her. "Aren’t you going to Rose City to hold his funeral?"

"Why should I? He has a Mistress, right? His mistress can handle his funeral." Christine said dismissively.

"But–"

"Miles, what... you want to tell me how to live my life? Huh?!" Christine glared at her.

"No..." she paused. "I’m sorry,"

Christine rolled her eyes and continued eating.

... ...

Inspector Fin’s house...

He entered the house when he saw Beverly all dressed up, ready to head out. He frowned as he took in her glamorous dress.

She wore a blue sparkling off-shoulder gown with a diamond chain on her neck and wrist. The engagement ring she used to wear was nowhere to be found on her fingers.

No, he never gave her one, but she bought one herself to seal and drive away.

"Wh– where are you going?" he asked with a deep frown on his face.

Beverly smiled faintly, "how do I look?" she asked.

’Wow, she adorned herself for me!’ he thought. Fin undressed her with his eyes to admire his woman. It’s been years since she last took time to dress herself to this extent.

"You are... stunning is an understatement," he confessed.

Beverly smiled brightly, "Then I’m sure he’d like this–" a car horn interrupted her and she exclaimed softly, "... Ah, he’s here," she hurried to the couch and grabbed her silver purse before rushing out.

Inspector Fin froze for a long time before he slowly turned his head to the door– she was long gone.

He ran to the door and saw a red car driving out of his compound.

He doesn’t have a red car, so that means the person came to his house to pick up his woman?!!

He angrily threw his leather bag to the couch and ran out.

...

On the road...

Inspector Fin hit the brake too late and almost hit his forehead on the steering when another car overtook his.

He took a deep breath to calm his racing heart. ’This cannot be happening! How could Beverly cheat on me like this?’

He started the car again and continued his pursuit of Beverly’s car that was right ahead.

Inspector Fin’s phone rang and he answered it through his earpod.

"Fin, Piper is awake," in a calm Rex’s voice.

"Oh..." Fin looked at the car in front of him and thought of what Beverly said before he replied urgently. "I’m sorry, I can’t be there right now, I’ll talk to you in a while," he dropped the call to focus on the road.

Soon, they arrived at a restaurant.

Inspector Fin watched as a young and handsome man; almost as handsome as Rex, got down from the red car and went to the other side to open the door for Beverly.