Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom
Chapter 103

103 Getting the manager in trouble

"That's right, a child like this should never be allowed to suffer."

Jeslyn smiled when she heard everyone from the crowd defending her.

"Why are you insulting this lady when it's obviously your husband who couldn't take his eyes off other women?" A bystander added. She wasn't sure what was happening. She thought Madam Chen was fighting Jeslyn because of her husband.

"Some men cheat because of how their wives treat them." Another added.

"I support that. If she could cause so much drama in a mall with her na ughty daughter, then I wonder how much trouble the house would be in."

"By the way, if I may say, this lady and her child came here with two guards. From how well they were protecting the lady and her child, it doesn't look like how a mistress would be treated. Mistresses are afraid of being exposed for the fear of the legitimate wife replaceing out." Someone who saw when Jeslyn came in said.

"Not all mistresses are like that." Jeslyn finally spoke up. She turned to look at the crowd of people gathered around her and beamed at them.

"There was a story I happened to read. A married woman's assistant who also happened to be her best! friend was actually having affairs with the married woman's husband and even had children for the

man. Going deeper into the story, the assistant-"

"Stop spewing nonsense!" Madam Chen screamed.

Jeslyn covered her mouth with her fingers and chuckled. "Why? Madam Chen? Were you the woman?" Jeslyn widened her eyes and mouth like she just spewed tea. "It was really you?!" "Shut up, you lying b itch!"

"If you aren't a bitch yourself, how did you know I'm a bitch? I heard it takes an experienced witch to know another witch. In this case, you were a gold-digging Mistress, that was why you knew I was a mistress at a glance." Jeslyn fired back.

"Manager, send this wench out of here! Now, or else I'll pull out my shares."Madam Chen threatened the manager who was already angry.

"You don't have to. Our store doesn't welcome troublesome people like you. I knew you were trouble the moment I set my eyes on you, so leave now. You are forever blacklisted. If you don't leave on your own accord, I'll call security on you." The manager pulled out her phone, ready to call security at any

moment.

"I heard that this store used to belong to the oldest Miss of the Lee family. So after the disaster that struck that family, the hidden stepmother who never liked Jeslyn suddenly became a shareholder while the Manager that Jeslyn picked up from the slum, who knew the in and out of Jeslyn's family suddenly became best friends with the Young Miss' enemy..."

Jeslyn turned to look at everyone gathered around them. "People, if you want to live long, protect yourself from 'friends and family'. They will be the ones to shield you and also be the ones to push you

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into the storm. Jeslyn's case is an eye-opener for me!

At those words, the people were stunned. Many of them knew the case regarding Jeslyn but they only knew the surface. None of them knew that Jeslyn owned the store, likewise everything else that was revealed.

The people started to give the Manager and Madam Chen funny looks. It angered the Manager so much that she immediately called security. She was a big woman now. After she betrayed Jeslyn like she was told to, she became the owner of the store, as she was promised. Her store still sells what Jeslyn wanted to buy but because she buys some goods from Country M, she mixed them all and started to sell them at high prices, deceiving the people.

She didn't know from the onset that the lady in front of her had issues with Madam Chen. She started to ha te Jeslyn because the lady talked about low-quality goods. What if a customer heard it? She has so many ha ters in this mall. They wouldn't think twice before they twist what they heard.

Then if an investigation was made, her fraudulent activity would be exposed. She would most definitely be going to jail. That was why she wanted to immediately send Jeslyn out of her store, but who would have known that so much trouble would occur?

"Get this lady and her people out of here. If she refuses to leave amicably, call the cops on her." The manager didn't mean it though. She only wanted to threaten Jeslyn and make her hurry away from here, but she didn't know what she just dipped her hand into.

"Pink, call the cops and tell them that fraudulent activity is going on here. If any security man, guard, or whatever, takes a step towards me or my son..." she paused and fixed her gaze on the manager. "...kil I them."

Her command reverberated in the quiet space. Some of the people standing around to gossip immediately started to retract their steps, creating a huge space between them.

"I came to shop for my son in peace. Since you don't want to live in peace, I don't mind sending you to he II in pieces." Jeslyn smiled with her eyes narrowed. A totally wicked expression.

"Have

you called the cops?" She asked.

"Yes, Ma'am," Pink answered.

"Great. While we wait for the cops, Madam Chen, I'd like to hear your story one more time." Jeslyn walked toward a couch and sat on it. "Valen, honey, I'm sorry for theinconvenience."

"No, mother, I'm fine. Just teach them a thorough lesson or else I'll be angry... so would dad." 2 Jeslyn's heart was so overjoyed that it almost danced out of her chest. Valen called her mother!!

'Stay calm, Jeslyn, he is only playing along with you.' her mind immediately stopped her from acting stu pid. 1

She nodded and smiled. "No one can bear your daddy's anger, I'm not an exception, so I certainly have to do this right." She chuckled.

However, when she turned to look at the manager and Madam Chen, her smiling face from a moment ago changed. "I'm waiting for your explanation. I do not take defamation of character lightly. Who did I seduce, where did you see me and a married man together? How did you know I am taking care of

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