Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

Chapter 19

19 Mysteries-Who are they?

“Nice to meet you, Mr…?”

“Oh, pardon my manners. Call me Spid.”

“Huh? Spid, as in, spider?” She asked with her head-tilted. (1)

“Haha, you are funny, Miss. Please have a seat.” He motioned to the seat in front of him and Jeslyn let

of his hand and walked to the seat.

go

“I’m here on the order of someone to get you out of here, so I need your full cooperation,” he said.

“Who?” She asked.

She’s not sure if she has such a person that would risk offending the Zhou and Chen family for her

sake.

“You’ll know the person after you get out. Now, explain everything and how it happened.”

Jeslyn put aside her curiosity for the moment and started to narrate everything as it went.

After she was done, the man curled the corner of his lips and passed her a pen and paper.

“List everyone you know was involved in this case.”

Jeslyn looked at her cuffed hands. How can she write like this?

The lawyer saw it too, so he sighed and pulled out a pin from his pocket to which he hacked the cuffs

open.

Jeslyn stared mouth-agape at the man who beamed at her before he gestured to the pen and paper with his jaw.

While writing, she was wondering who the man was and how he was so good with such a thing. His skill was so smooth like he had hacked open cuffs numerous times.

After she was done giving him the names of everyone she thought would be useful for the case, the man placed back the cuffs, locked them on her wrist, and left.

“Eh? He won’t tell me anything?”

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“What happened? You weren’t slapped this time? Why?” Pink asked when Jeslyn walked over to sit beside them in the field.

“Were you expecting me to get slapped?”

“Of course. It happens in the movies a lot. They’d even pull your hair or scratch Taughed as she wondered about the bizarre things humans can do to vent.

your

face.” Yellow

Jeslyn sighed. “It wasn’t my family,”

“Then who?”

“A lawyer, I think.” She frowned a little.

He told her… No, he only made her believe he was a lawyer and didn’t even say so himself, and she

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didn’t even ask to see his documents or ID. What kind of a dumba*s is she again?

“The way you are looking means you don’t know him.” Pink said with certainty. “That’s right,” Jeslyn nodded.

“And you didn’t ask for his credentials,” Pink added.

She nodded again.

“And you

think you are not stupid.”.

“Jeslyn looked at her speechlessly.

How can you bluntly call 26 years old, stupid!? But who was she to pick offense? Was she truly not stupid? 3

“Tsk. Tsk. Tsk.” Pink clicked her tongue and shook her head.

“Hahahaha… little bunny, you never cease to amaze me. You managed to walk yourself into such a foolproof conspiracy that your family came up with.

Just a week and a few days in here, you caught the queen’s eyes and now, you got a ‘lawyer’ you know nothing about. How bad is your luck, bunny?” Yellow laughed.

-Jeslyn sighed. “As bad as… wait, I remember his name. He said spider!” 1

“Spider?” Pink frowned and opened her bottle to drink water.

“Yes, spider… no, he said, Spid-”

“Puff!” Pink spat out the water she just poured into her mouth.

Yellow widened her eyes in utter shock.

“W-what is it?” Jeslyn asked the two girls. She was feeling anxious about the way they were reacting. Hope she isn’t in trouble again?

After a while, Pink collected herself and asked with a serious tone. “How do you know Spid?”

Jeslyn glanced at yellow and saw she was also seriously looking at her.

She shook her head. “I- I don’t know him.”

“Are you sure you haven’t met him from anywhere before?” Yellow asked.

“Yes, I’m sure.”

“Not even the person he works for?” Pink queried with a deep frown.

“Huh? No, I don’t think I remember meeting a new person late-ly.” The thought of her husband flashed through her mind but she immediately brushed it off.

“Spid don’t do anything unless he’s commanded by that person, so think well, Jeslyn.”

For the first time in a week and a few days, Pink didn’t address her by her nickname, which means it was a serious matter.

Jeslyn looked from one of the girls to another before she swallowed and started to explain. “I met a man on the day of my wedding and proposed to him out of desperation. We got married and that’s it.

He didn’t take the marriage seriously just like I don’t, and besides, I’m not sure he would care about- huh?” She stopped when an idea struck her.

“What?” Yellow asked, hoping or not hoping to hear what they were suspecting.

“He promised to send someone to me when I was still in police custody, but he never came back. The person who put me here must have threatened him,” She stated with a nod.

That’s right, that has always been her belief. Besides, who would even care to help a person like her? The marriage was just a… forget it. No words can describe how meaningless it is.

“You mean the person who promised to help you didn’t show up?” Yellow asked.

“Yes, and I’m sure he has already moved on.”

The girls looked at each and shook their heads. If it was him, then she wouldn’t have stayed in police custody let alone stay in prison for so long.

“After Spid helps you out of here, make sure to stay far away from him,” Pink warned before she continued drinking her water.

“Ok, but can you tell me why?”

“He’s not a good person. That’s all you need to know.” Yellow said and that was all.

Jeslyn sighed. Too many mysteries surround these people and yet they keep feeding her more things to make her curiosity increase. At this rate, she’s going to die before she leaves the prison.

“Oh, little bunny, what’s your husband’s name? You kept saying ‘the man’ all through and didn’t say his name.” Yellow looked at her, waiting to hear the name.