Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

"Bullseyes!"

Reuben chuckled like a maniac as the chopper exploded.

Just when he was preparing to launch another attack at the second chopper that had gotten into sight, his laptop was interrupted and a video of a dark cell sprung out.

Reuben froze when he saw the image of his favourite old man getting electrocuted, while his most beloved cousin was hung on a ceiling fan! 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

The fan was rolling at its lowest speed!

"F*ck you, Maverick!!!" He roared.

He had never made it known that he loved anyone because he didn’t want anyone to start using that against him. How the heck did Maverick know about them? Even Damien had no idea that he had a soft spot for those people.

The video changed to reveal Maverick’s face. "Open the dome and they live."

Reuben smiled, "Dream on!"

The video changed to the cell again. Right under Reuben’s eyes, the old man died in the electrocution chair and the fan’s speed was increased.

As the fan rolled, the girl, whose hands were tied to it, also rolled along with it. Her scream was so piercing that Reuben closed the laptop.

After a few minutes, he opened the laptop again to see the same scene.

"Maverick! You monster, take her down right now!!"

Maverick’s face appeared on the screen again but this time he didn’t speak. What he wanted for her freedom was alreafy communicated, so he had no time to waste repeating himself.

Reuben, who was fuming with rage, started typing on the laptop and a few moments later, the dome was deactivated.

Once that happened, Randy immediately took Damien in.

As for Maverick, his chopper slowly appeared. While the chopper was descending, the video of Reuben’s cousin was still playing.

"Haven’t I done what you wanted? Take her down!"

No matter how many times Reuben yelled, Maverick didn’t take the girl down until his chopper landed safely.

Code 2, 5, 10, and Yellow got out of the chopper before Maverick did.

The man in his full glory took dominant steps without haste as he moved in one direction— the entrance.

The others followed behind in silence, but the deadly aura surrounding them would make one pee on themselves out of fear.

Randy immediately carried his master who had long lost consciousness and started following behind the crew.

Maverick stepped into the house and met Reuben sitting by his bar and drinking with his laptop beside him. He looked calm and collected, like he wasn’t the one losing control a while ago.

"Go look for her," Maverick instructed.

Yellow bowed and diverted from the crew.

"I didn’t give you permission to explore my house." Reuben moved his gaze to Yellow. With his index finger, he gestured for her to return to the line.

However, Yellow ignored him and continued moving forward.

"Don’t say I didn’t warn you."

The next minute, a loud gunshot was heard.

"Bang!"

Yellow missed the opportunity to dodge the bullet, so it hit her on the thigh.

"Ahh!" She bent over to hold her thigh while Code 5 and Code 10 went to bring her back to the crew.

"I warned you," Reuben paused to drink from his glass and slammed it down before he continued.

"Maverick, oh Maverick, how stupid could you be to come down here? Did you think I wouldn’t prepare something for you?"

Just when he said that, one of the doors opened and huge men, around thirty of them, ran out with guns pointed at Maverick and the others.

"Well, it seems I should leave you all here. My pregnant fiance needs me... meanwhile, there’s no escape for any of you. The barrier has been activated now." He smiled, got up and left.

Before leaving, he instructed, "Finish them!"

Maverick watched him leave through a steel door before making a move.

It appeared that he didn’t take action against Reuben at first because he wasn’t sure if his wife was here or taken away. Now that he knew she was, it was time to get her back!

The men surrounding them were holding modified firearms but that wasn’t enough to stop Maverick’s knives from flying to the enemies and stabbing them in fatal places.

Once Maverick made his move with two knives, the enemies started shooting while Maverick’s crew sought cover.

Randy badly wanted a doctor but that can only happen after they make it out of there alive. So even though he was badly injured, he took part in the fight for survival.

Using the couches and the bar as cover, Maverick and his men, including Yellow who was shot, all pulled out their guns and started trading bullets with the enemies.

Sounds of bullets hitting objects, shattering glasses, and bottles, and even humans’ cries of agony after getting wounded by a bullet, rang through the space.

The gunfight wasn’t as easy as they thought. The men they were fighting were also as great as them in dodging bullets and shooting.

Maybe that was why Reuben wasn’t worried and left them behind.

Bullets were running out, yet less than ten were killed. The fight wasn’t in Maverick’s favor, but neither the man nor his crew felt bothered.

A long while of shooting was finally over and the men got into a fistfight. Heavy punches and kicks that embodied rage, descended on Reuben’s men without courtesy.

Maverick lost counts of those he’d killed. He snapped his opponent’s neck, he lookef aroubd him and saw there was only a few enemies left. His men can handle the rest, so he left the fight and went to the door Reuben left in. He tried to open it, but it was locked. Maverick glanced at the bloody knife he was holding and a thought crossed his mind.

Just as he was about to start picking the lock with his pin lock knife, an enemy moved to his back. As he was about to throw a punch at Maverick’s head, Maverick turned sharply, grabbed the man by the back of his neck and slammed his forehead against the door knob.

The enemy’s forehead slit open and blood gushed onto the knob but that wasn’t enough!

With the knife tightly held between his fingers, he passed it across the enemy’s neck. The guy’s slit throat pumped blood onto Maverick’s face before he shoved the dead body aside.

Right now, with Maverick’s aura, the thick smell of blood in the room, and the red colour on his face made him look way scarier than he had ever been.