Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom novel Chapter 18

 

18-26 

1/4 

instinct was to protect her food as she needed it to stay alive. 

“How dare you collide with the queen!” 

Hearing the word ‘queen’ Jeslyn instantly turned to look at the ladies and her heart jumped. It’s the queen and her gang! 

“Can my life be any worse?” She sighed in resignation. “Just kill me if you want to, what’s there to live for anyway?” 

Her response to the ‘threat’ in front of her stunned the people who were in the queue, the queen, and 

her gang. 

It’s understandable that most people hate the prison, but the majority pray for a miracle to get out and not death, but this Cinderella in front of her is asking for death while others beg her to spare 

their lives. 

It was the first time she was hearing such and it caught her by surprise. 

“You want to die?” She asked. 

“If you want to kill me, I can’t stop you, can I?” 

The 

back. 

queen chuckled and stretched her hand filled with tattoos forward. Jeslyn instinctively moved 

The queen narrowed her eyes at her with displeasure but didn’t put her hand down, instead, she took a step forward while Jeslyn took another backwards. 

The two continued like that with one going back and the other approaching her until Jeslyn hit the wall with her back. 

The queen curled her lips that had the cyber bites and the spider bites’ piercings into a smirk and trapped her to the wall. 

Jeslyn made her plate of food a barrier to prevent the wild lady from getting closer to her than she already was. 

“My Cinderella, why do you want to die?” 

Jeslyn lowered her head, not wanting to look at her, but it seemed that gesture was a bad idea as the queen raised her jaw with her ringed fingers. 

“Look me in the eyes, Ella.” She said and Jeslyn did as told. 

Yeah, she was beautiful, if only she would take those piercings off her face and clean off the tattoos. Jeslyn rolled her eyes, shocking the queen. 

She didn’t mean to do it, but she still did because she was used to rolling her eyes at things that 

annoys her. 

“Cinderella, did you just roll your eyes at me?” 

Hearing that, Jeslyn froze. She did it again, but she has to come up with a solution. Who said she wanted to die? She was only spitting rubbish a while ago because her mind was too preoccupied. However, now that she is getting a hold of herself, of course, she wants to live. 

“I can still do that right? Since I’m going to die?” She asked. 

“Hahahaha… of course, a dying person can do anything. You are interesting Ella. What cell are you 

in?” 

Jeslyn blinked and looked at her hazel eyes. So beautiful and that’s the kind of eyes she has too. 

“I- ” 

“She’s with us, Q” 

The queen frowned in irritation at the voice and turned to see it was Pink who was bold enough to get involved. 

“You want to cross my path?” She asked. 

“I don’t mind that if it’s for my little bunny.” 

“Oh,” the queen looked from Jeslyn to Pink and her lips raised into a wicked smile. She wrapped her hand around Jeslyn’s waist and yanked her to her chest and blocked the plate of food from pouring on 

her. 

“She’s mine now,” she declared. 

18 The visitor 

“She’s mine now,” she declared. T 

“And I refuse.” Pink objected as her eyes turned fierce, startling Jeslyn. 

The queen’s gang got into a fighting stance, but Pink only smirked. 

“G-guys, please stop.” Jeslyn pushed against the queen’s chest, prompting the queen to look down at 

her. 

“I’ll stop on the condition that you come with me,” The queen said. 

“Take a step after her and this place will reek of blood,” Pink threatened with a cold voice. 

Jeslyn was shocked into dropping her jaw. No, not her food, her jaw. (1) 

The queen let go of Jeslyn and walked towards Pink while chuckling. 

“Pink, you want to start what we didn’t get to end? I have been itching to start another bloody battle with you and I think this is a perfect time. As for my Cinderella, you should stay away from her, I have got my eyes on her.” 

“Q, you don’t want to try me again. The last time was the sauce, this time will be the main dish.” Jeslyn looked at the two ladies staring at each other in the eyes like they would start to fight at any moment and slowly walked to the two of them. 

She handed her food to one of queen’s people and surprisingly she accepted it. 

She got into the middle of the two ladies and pushed them apart from each other. 

“If you want to fight, do it but it shouldn’t be because of me,” she said. 

“Then make a pick,” Queen said. 

Jeslyn looked around the prisoners. Many of them had scurried away from the area. Only Yellow was still in her spot, eating. Her eyes lit up and she pointed at Yellow. “I choose to go with Yellow.” She made her pick and Yellow laughed while Pink smiled faintly. 

“Little bunny, you know that choosing me would mean I can eat your honey, right?” Yellow teased. 

“You dare!” 

“You are courting death!” 

The Queen and Pink both screamed at the same time. 

Although Jeslyn and Pink knew that Yellow was just joking and doesn’t do girls, Pink still reacted out of instinct, like a mother hen. 

“Chill bitches, not my fault, she’s a cute little bunny and anyone would love to eat her. Aren’t you after her honeypot too? Q?” Yellow raised her brow at the queen. 

“It has nothing to do with you, so mind your damn business!” 

“Whatevs” Yellow.rolled her eyes and continued eating. 

The queen pulled Jeslyn over to her and rolled her hair in her finger then smelt it. “You don’t use a 

18.26 C 

1/3 

nice shampoo or you aren’t being provided one? My Gs will bring you some. You should eat more, you are too thin. And why are your eyes puffy? Who touched your cheeks?” 

Her voice turned colder and colder as she checked Jeslyn out. The fingerprint was still on her face. It mustn’t have been from Christine but must certainly be her father’s. 

“It’s fine, it’s just-” 

“Little bunny, come here.” 

Yellow waved her over. The queen didn’t stop her from leaving, so Jeslyn took her food and hurried to 

the table. 

Yellow checked her face with narrowed eyes and asked: “Who did this?” 

“Don’t worry 

about it. We are all here anyway.” She smiled and started to eat her food in silence. Even though she told them, what can they do about it? 

Soon Pink joined them at the table and the queen went to grab her food. 

The next day, Jeslyn was with her friends, as usual, eating breakfast when a wardeness came to her. 

“Lee…69, you have a guest!” 

Jeslyn looked at her friends at the table. 

“You seem to have quite some annoying flies bothering you these days, huh?” Yellow smirked. 

Jeslyn shrugged her shoulders and got up to follow the wardress. 

“Little bunny, are you not taking your food along? I don’t want that tummy of yours seducing my ears tonight.” Pink said without much care. 

“Don’t worry big sis, there’s still lunch and dinner,” She smiled. 

“If only you don’t get in trouble again,” Pink said and the girls laughed. 

The queen had gone to their cell last night to bother them over Jeslyn sleeping in her cell and the group ended up having a brawl. 

Walking away with the wardeness, the queen looked at Jeslyn’s disappearing back with longing in her eyes. She is never the type to feel attached to anyone, but this Cinderella has something pulling her like a magnet and it’s a feeling she wants to accept. 

Seeing her sitting with those two and staying in the same cell as them gets her angry, really angry and that was why she went to get her last night but ended up having a fistfight with the girls. 

She felt a pang of pain in her heart when Jeslyn slapped her across the face. Yes, her Cinderella slapped her! 

It not only surprised her but everyone else. Funny enough, she wasn’t even as angry as she thought she would be. Instead, she felt pain because Cinderella had tears in her 

“Oh f*ck!” She cursed. 

“Queen, what’s wrong?” One of the girls asked. 

eyes. 

“Cinderella didn’t look at me, she hates me now, right?” 

The four girls were caught by surprise. When has the heartless queen started to care about what others thought of her? 

“Ahem, I don’t think she does. She’s only distracted, I think.” One with a less piercing said. 

“Probably.” Another with a few nose rings added. 

“I don’t believe you two. I’ll find out when we get back from the mission tomorrow. Hope you girls are ready for the assassination?” 

“Yes, queen.” They answered and the queen nodded. 

Meanwhile, Jeslyn was seen in front of an unidentified man. He was wearing a black suit and had a black leather suitcase on the table and his right hand was stretched out to her. 

“Miss Jeslyn Lee, pleased to meet you.” 

Jeslyn looked at his outstretched hand for a moment before she accepted it with both hands since her hands were in cuffs. 

“Nice to meet you, Mr…?”