Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

If it was some years ago, Maverick would only kill the rapist and leave the lady to fend for herself, but now, he has a wife and sisters, so he knew that, at a time like this, ladies needed nothing but a simple act of kindness, else they might commit suicide.

Getting to the door, he let the lady rest on the wall before gently opening the door to see how many guards were there. Luckily, there were only two– one wearing a face cap and smoking.

Maverick didn’t want to use his gun because it had no silencer. Since he has no idea how many men were inside and around the hall, it would be best for him to be cautious.

So he rushed out and held the nearest one in a chokehold and mercilessly kicked the face cap guy across the passageway before he applied pressure on his arm and broke his victim’s neck.

The one he kicked was just struggling to stand up when Maverick approached him and held his head before forcefully cracking his neck.

He dragged the two bodies into the restroom and wore their uniform. The raped lady started panicking when she saw Maverick wearing the same uniform.

"Hey! Listen!" He yelled. It was already bad enough that he had to show mercy and waste time when he had no idea how his family was doing inside that hall. He wasn’t in for cuddling anyone right now!

"I have no interest in your body. Better snap out of it and follow me!"

The lady slowly nodded and relaxed. Maverick carried her once more in his arms as he made his way out of the restroom.

Along the passage, he’d come across one or two men, either walking around or gossiping. Those he could kill, he sent them to hell. Those it wasn’t convenient to kill, he walked by.

As Maverick was walking by a door, he heard some people talking, so he paused.

"Why is the new master wasting time? We have them all under our control. Why not kill them all and get this over with?" the skinniest guy said, a little annoyed.

"It’s not as easy as you think. Before killing Damien, he has to receive a call from our brothers that the Yu faction has been defeated."

"I see no point in that. Kill the leader and the members will be running like headless chickens. At least, that’s what my idol, Alpha Chaos would have done!" the skinniest guy snorted.

"That would have been possible if the Lu faction didn’t get involved!"

"What?! The Lu faction?!" the skinniest guy was alarmed.

The fattest guy nodded. "The new master received a call some time ago that the Lu faction had gone to rescue the Yu faction."

"That’s bad!"

"Not really. It’s a good thing according to the new master." The fattest guy objected.

"How so?"

The fattest guy lowered his voice, "I heard the new master say that he’d use Alpha Chaos’ son as collateral for our safety if things go south."

"Has he gone out of his mind?! How dare he try to use my idol’s son?! Why the f*ck did Alpha Chaos–" the skinniest guy didn’t get to finish before a voice interrupted him, sending them into a frenzy.

"And you think he’d do that for you?" The door burst open and Maverick walked in. They were in the female restroom.

The four guys were startled but when they saw it was one of them, they breathed out.

"What do you mean?" one of them asked.

Maverick ignored them and went to the sink to wash his hands. While doing so, he was monitoring them from the mirror in front of him and by accident, he caught sight of the silent pistol one of the men placed beside him on the sink.

Maverick raised himself and pulled a tissue to wipe his hands before saying slowly and uninterestedly.

"Alpha Chaos is not one to be messed with."

"Right? I’ve always liked that man and was planning to come to Country M to pledge allegiance to him, but unfortunately, he’s dead and I ended up getting trapped as the Xu family’s men. If only it was the Lu faction that conquered our gang." the skinniest guy sighed with regret and anger in his tone.

The others were frightened and tried to shut him up but the guy was too emotional to listen.

Maverick leaned against the sink and lowered his cap. "You hate your master too?"

"Yes! I hate him so much... But wait, you hate him too?" The other three guards were already looking on with dread. They had no idea who this guy with a face cap was. What if he’s one of Davis’ most trusted?

"I don’t hate him..." Just after Maverick’s voice fell, the four guys took a fighting stance and pointed their guns at Maverick. But he wasn’t done talking.

"... I don’t hate people." He slowly took his cap off. "I kill whoever annoys me."

The four guys widened their eyes in horror. Alpha Chaos! Their hands shook as the guns fell from their holds.

"D– didn’t you die? Th– they said you were dead!" The guy stammered all through.

Maverick didn’t answer that and rather walked up to them in steady but slow steps. He bent and picked up the silent pistol.

"They assumed... Too bad," he looked at the four and gestured with the gun for them to get up and asked. "What is the situation in the hall?" 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

"Mr. Davis poisoned the drinks that were served and everyone is lying powerless on the floor. He had killed a lot of people, saying that if Mr. Damien manages to survive today, he’d have a lot of powerful people to contend with."

"What is the state of my wife and son?"

"Your wife?" the guy shook his head. "We didn’t see your wife in the crowd. But your son was not poisoned. He is held hostage by Mr. Davis."

Maverick narrowed his eyes as his aura flared. "How many men are there?"

"Around a hundred."

"Where exactly is Davis?" Maverick asked.

"He is in the hall, together with everyone."

At that moment, Maverick’s phone vibrated in his pocket. He fetched it and saw it was a message from Pink.

[ They are outside the hotel. What next? ]

Maverick typed, ’Send them in. Kill any threat along the way. Destination, banquet hall.’

He kept his phone away and started walking towards the door, but paused when he saw a silver-looking object sticking out of the ending of the cubicle door. He walked over, bent and pulled it out. Behold! It was his wife’s purse!