Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom novel Chapter 32

32 Ignoring the terms and conditions 

Jeslyn had thought she was thinking that in her mind until she heard a snicker. 

She paused her fingers on the document and raised her head slowly to look at the man in front of her. She blinked and blinked again. 

“Huh? I thought I heard him sniffle a laugh. Why is his face still looking like a robot’s? Perhaps I was thinking too much.’ She shrugged her shoulders and continued to flip the pages without reading anything. 

Jeslyn sighed again. All her contracts were handled by Maya and Christine. She dislikes reading these ‘tiny’ words filled with clauses, party A, party B, rights, and so on. 

Don’t these lawyers get tired? She sighed again. She picked up the pen on the table and just when she was about to put down her signature, Maverick pulled the contract off the table. 

“Jeslyn Lee, you haven’t read the terms and conditions, you don’t know what your duties are, you haven’t read what you should expect of me, how you should treat my son, what to expect of him-” 

“Mr. Somebody I don’t know his name, I hate reading-” 1 

“Maverick,” he interrupted her with narrowed eyes. 

“Eh?” She looked at him in a stupor. Those narrowed eyes sent goosebumps crawling under her skin. She swallowed as her heartbeat took another beating tune. 

Seeing how the bunny in front of him was changing from a happy and cute girl to a withdrawn cat shivering under the rain, he suppressed the air around him and explained: “Call me Maverick, that’s my name.” 

“Oh, Mr. Maverick…” She draws the name on her tongue while repeating it, checking how it sounds, and also thinking of the meaning. 

After a while, she slowly nodded while thinking, ‘it makes sense that he bears that name, it suits him perfectly because he doesn’t look, behave, nor give her the feeling of how humans are. It’s understandable though, this is country M. 

She cleared her throat awkwardly when she saw him looking at her. 

“Ehm, Mr. Maverick, I suppose that you won’t sell me, deprive me of food and sleep, stop me from- fulfilling my dreams, and the most important thing, I believe you will not prevent me from seeking revenge.” 

Her face turned fierce at the mention of revenge. 

Those people, if she doesn’t skin them alive, she’ll leave the face of the earth in the most hateful and dishonored way. 

Her name will be painted around the world and also will get a place in the book of world records as the most disgusting human to ever live. This she pledged. 

For a brief moment, Maverick pursed his lips when he saw her brief transformation. 

‘She’s faking her persona!” He thought. 

It wasn’t known if Jeslyn showed that fierce and evil side of hers out of hatred for her enemies or if she was subconsciously showing the real her, but whatever It wasverick got to understand that she wasn’t a harmless bunny. 

He had been thinking all these while of how he would make her adjust to the lifestyle and the gloomy air of country M, it seems that’s not necessary now. 

Jeslyn beamed at him after her thought and clicked the pen, ready to sign. 

“You should know that once you sign that, you-” 

He paused when she dragged the contract to her side and signed it before he got to finish his words. He slowly shook his head and stopped talking. She was definitely going to regret not reading it. 

There were some conditions in there that he expected her to protest about, like the- no intimacy rule, hidden marriage from the public, treating Valen like she would treat her son- meaning, condoning his excesses, and other bizarre conditions. 2 

“Done. Even though I didn’t read it, it took me almost 5 minutes to sign everything. Mr. Maverick, why are there so many pages? There are literally more than 50 pages. Why is it so much?” Jeslyn tilted her head in perplexity while looking at his gorgeous face. 

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“It doesn’t matter anymore, you already signed it.” 

“No, wait, I can trash it. Another can be sent, right?” She blinked. 

Maverick looked at his wife speechlessly for a while before thinking: ‘Jeslyn, are you this careless or just acting stupid?” 2 

He’ll never know. 

“I don’t do second chances.” He picked up the document and stood up. “You can do whatever you want, go wherever you want- in the house, but the rooms on this floor are off limits, only this room is open to you on this floor.” 

Jeslyn nodded. 

“The servants will call you downstairs for your meal. You can decide to have your meals in your room, but joining the family will be better for your task with Valen.” 

“W- what is my task with your son?” That’s right, she doesn’t know. 

“You missed the chance of finding out when you didn’t read the contract. I don’t give second chances, so find out for yourself.” He walked out after that. 2 

“Say, Jeslyn, why are you this ridiculous? Your brain needs to be checked in the hospital, ah.” Jeslyn murmured to herself while slowly slapping her head. So dumb! 2 

“I don’t even know how old this child is, what he’s like, what he loves and hates… Why exactly am I still living? With this brain of mine, I should have been chewed out in the entertainment industry by those wolves. (3 

She sighed one more time before she got up and walked out of the room with the thought: ‘Whatever that boy is, he’s just a child and I can spank him if he’s rotten. Hehehe…’ 

Talking about rotten children, Jeslyn would prefer to be barren than have one. She calls them; the 

agent of short life, home destroyers, heart attackers, and any bad name she could think of. 

She’ll be like, ‘how can only one child be this troublesome? Giving parents headaches and anxiety. I’ll certainly send my child for adoption if he or she turns out to be a rotten brat.’ 

Well, Maverick’s child has to be good-behaved due to how Maverick is. She thought.