Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

"Reason," Maverick interrupted Mulan.

That was the second time he asked her for the reason Mulan raised her hand to slap his wife and he still hasn’t gotten an answer.

Mulan swallowed. She knew him too well to grasp the meaning behind his question.

"I– I’m sorry," Mulan stuttered.

What reason could she have other than anger and jealousy? She couldn’t tell Maverick it was because she was angry or jealous, right?

Maverick didn’t say anything else but only turned his head to his men who were trailing behind him.

Number 2 immediately stepped out from the line of guards behind Maverick and started to walk towards Mulan.

Mulan suddenly had a weird feeling crawling towards her heart. Maverick hasn’t said anything other than those two words, but she could already feel the heat on her back.

"The ties between the Lu family and the Wang family are severed, hence, you are not allowed to get close to my son. Disobeying the order will cost you more than you can imagine."

With that said, Maverick glanced at Jeslyn who had a beam on her face, and walked away, towards his car.

Jeslyn’s lips twitched. She wasn’t expecting to hear that, but all in all, her heart felt warm.

Mulan’s heart dropped. Did he just break all ties with her and her family? Did Maverick just do that to someone like her?!

Never in a million years would she have thought that Maverick, whom she’s helping to take care of his son for six years, would pass such judgment on her.

She couldn’t believe that she would be this humiliated in front of so many guards and maids, especially this vixen she hated so much.

She couldn’t believe that the man she had known and wanted for so many years would do this to her.

The time she wasted, the care she gave that rotten child, the suffering she went through learning how to care for kids, the humiliation she got from his sister whom he refused to announce to the world, and the embarrassment she got from his mother. This is how he paid her in return?!

For all her sacrifices, this is Maverick’s decision? 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

She felt like she was dreaming, so she balled her hand in a tight fist until her manicured nails dug into her palm.

The pain pulled her sense back to reality and her eyes slowly turned watery.

Seeing number 2 striding towards her, Mulan shook her head fiercely and asked in disbelief,

"Ma– Maverick, wh– what are you saying?"

Number 2 walked to her and grabbed hold of her forearm and started to drag her towards her red car, parked a distance away.

Mulan panicked. "W– what are you doing?! Maverick, what are you doing?! Let me go!" She struggled against him but it was futile.

"Maverick, Maverick, you cannot do this to me, please don’t separate me from Valen, please, I’m sorry, Maverick!!" Mulan screamed hysterically while being dragged away.

Seeing how miserable Mulan looked, Jeslyn chuckled. Her reaction made Mulan remember she was still there.

Mulan turned to her with unconcealed rage in her eyes. If looks could kill, Jeslyn would have fallen dead with her intestines spewed everywhere. "Jeslyn, you’ll pay for this, I’ll make sure you beg for death but will never see it. I’ll ruin you Jeslyn, bet me, I will!!"

"Hahahaha... I can’t wait, nanny Mulan. But make sure to wear something decent while at it. I might just choose to pull your clothes while we are fighting in the future. Hahaha..."

Jeslyn was having a nice laugh while Mulan was hyperventilating in fury.

She turned to look towards where Valen was. Seeing him sitting and looking in her direction, she screamed, "Valen! Child, please save me!"

Valen just sat there and didn’t move. He watched as she was dragged and pushed into her red car. Number 2 got into the driver’s seat and zoomed out of the compound.

Jeslyn waved at the car with a broad smile while yelling, "byeeeeeee... I’ll take proper care of Valen and he won’t miss you for a single minute!"

Maverick, who was about to get into his black car, paused in his steps and turned his head to look at the excited Jeslyn.

He stared at her side profile for a long while before he turned and entered his car.

Valen, who was by the pool, shifted his gaze to rest on Jeslyn. He narrowed his eyes at her.

Jeslyn on the other hand happened to spot Valen looking towards her and she curled her lips into a wicked smile.

She snorted and started to walk in the pool’s direction.

"Little child, what you did earlier was bad and I expect an apology from you."

Jeslyn uttered when she got close enough for Valen to hear her without having to shout it to him.

Valen rolled his eyes and scoffed.

Jeslyn sighed. "This is not good behavior and as your elder, I order you to apologize to me." She tried to sound reasonable and also to maintain a stern voice to not appear like she was coaxing him.

Valen got up from the lounge chair and faced Jeslyn while saying:

"Listen, lady, your nagging is irritating. Do well to ignore me and I’ll do the same if you want us to live in peace under the same roof."

Jeslyn was taken aback for a brief moment before laughing. "Ooohooo, someone wants peace. But no darling, you can’t have peace without being your age and being respectful to–"

"Do you think you deserve respect after what you did?!" He yelled.

"Ah? Oh? You mean... the nanny?" Jeslyn pointed a finger backward.

"She’s not a nanny!"

"Then, is she your mum?"

Valen knitted his brows and refused to answer.

"Tch, I thought as much. She’s not your mum, she’s not your aunt, she’s not your sister, not a helper, not your teacher, but your nanny. Let that stick to your big skull." Jeslyn tapped her temple in a demonstration.

"I said, she. Is. Not. A. Nanny!" He roared. His little face turned red.

"So, why did you ignore her plea? Aren’t you a demi devil whom people feared? Even your father gives in to you, so why were you mum about her plight?"