Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

"He’s not the best man for you. If I see the best man, I’ll give you my blessings." With that, he turned around and was about to leave.

Beverly picked up the ice pack and hurled it at him in a fit of rage.

The pack hit Inspector Fin on his broad back. He stopped and turned around.

"You are selfish! I hate you!!" Beverly screamed.

He walked back in large strides and pushed her to the bed. Beverly fell on her back to the bed and Inspector Fin crawled on top of her, trapping her from moving.

"Bev, do you know how brave you’ve become? You even hurt me a couple of times already–"

"You deserve worse than that for treating me like this!"

"You finally know your worth? It’s shocking." Inspector Fin smiled.

"What do you mean?" She frowned.

Inspector Fin got off her and sat up. "I’m glad that you are no longer attached to me. With that, you can live a happy and fulfilled life without me by your side. I’ll be going to the hospital to see my girlfriend tomorrow. Do you want to come along?"

Beverly’s heart which was already building back small hope shattered again. Tears of grief stung her eyes as she tried hard not to cry. She bit down on her bottom lip to feel some physical pain that would remind her of how hurt she was.

Not hearing an answer for a long time, Inspector Fin turned to look at her profile, only to see her typing on her phone.

"What are you doing? I asked you something," he said while stretching his neck to see what she was doing on her phone.

She can’t unblock that guy because I deleted his number, so he thought.

"You said you’ll be taking me to see your girlfriend tomorrow. I’m chatting with my boyfriend about going with us." she raised her gaze from her screen and stared at his shocked face.

"Oh, you thought it was my boyfriend’s number you blocked?" she feigned a surprised expression. "No, that was his brother who came to take me out yesterday. My boyfriend is in the Army... in fact, you do know him."

Seeing that he had something to say, Beverly got up and started heading to the bathroom. "If you’ll excuse me, I want to take a shower." she didn’t want to hear any more of his nonsense.

Inspector Fin didn’t stay long in the room. When he got out, he took his phone and made a call, "Investigate who my wife’s boyfriend is. Tell him Beverly’s husband is displeased (me). If he doesn’t pay heed... kill him."

...

At the hospital...

In an exquisite white office with a visiting space, a doctor’s desk, a side room, and a lab, Lolita was seen sitting on a hospital bed with Doc Matt turning his back towards her, Lolita couldn’t stop staring mesmerizingly at his back.

Matt pulled the white gloves off his hand and disposed of them before turning to take off his white coat while saying, "Your fifth stage of fracture healing is successful. You can start wearing your heels again, but be careful."

"Huh? I– I’m he–healed?!" she asked, a little perplexed.

"Mm," he replied nonchalantly before hanging the coat on a standing hanger that was close to his desk.

"B– but I can feel some pain in my joints," she quickly said.

Doc Matt paused in his actions. He slowly turned to look at her and asked again, "Are you sure?"

Lolita immediately nodded, "Yes, my ankle still hurts."

Doc Matt’s brows furrowed slightly. He walked back to her and started to gently massage her ankle to find the spot.

"Ouch, there, here, yes...there! Ouch!!"

Doc Matt removed his hand and raised himself to his height. "Your leg seems to be getting worse. I’ll send you in for X-Ray"

"N– no!" Lolita immediately exclaimed.

Doc Matt snorted and walked away.

"Doctor Matt," Lolita got down from the bed and stood barefooted on the tiled floor.

Doc Matt stopped but didn’t turn to look at her.

"It’s been weeks, you still don’t know my heart?" her voice went lower.

"Focus on your career," he responded before heading out.

Lolita felt like her world had ended. Ever since he started treating her, she never took a break from conveying her love with her actions. Doctor Matt is smart, so she believed he was aware of what was going on in her heart.

Lolita was scared of getting rejected and finally, she had tasted rejection. She didn’t know that rejection was this painful, but did she regret confessing to him? No!

Without wearing her shoes, Lolita ran after Doctor Matt and happened to see him about to board the elevator. She sped up and was just in time before the elevator closed.

Without a word said, she grabbed his white shirt from the collar and pulled it down, forcing him to lower his height. Lolita stood on tiptoes and sealed his lips with hers.

Matt’s eyes widened and he immediately pushed her away, prompting her to hit her body against the elevator.

The ever so calm doctor Matt looked furious meanwhile, Lolita had a smile on her face.

"You forced me to do this," she stated.

Doctor Matt closed the space between them and grabbed Lolita by the neck and pulled her to stand on her feet.

Even though he was holding her neck, she didn’t show fear on her pretty face. Doc Matt tightened his hold on her neck, almost shocking her, yet she was still smiling which angered him even more. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"Don’t be a jerkass. She’s my student."

Celestine’s words resounded in his mind and her pretty and calm face popped up in his imagination.

Matt released Lolita and she fell on the floor, coughing.

The moment the elevator got to the next floor, Matt pressed a button and left Lolita in the elevator.

Lolita watched him leave while holding her neck until the elevator door closed. She gasped for air like all the air inside her was knocked out.

When he grabbed her neck, she believed he wouldn’t kill her but when he started to tighten the hold on her neck did she start to get scared, but the good thing is he let go of her before her fear showed on her face.