Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom
Chapter 190

190 Punishing Vera

"Achoo!" Vera sneezed and dragged the cover to wrap herself even more. "Ma, I can't take it anymore. That child has become my nightmare." She cried 1

Madam Caroline stared at the girl holding a cup of piping hot tea with a big white duvet wrapped

around her and asked; "What happened again?" She had been receiving calls from Vera reporting the happenings in the house to her. The problems were always about Jeslyn and she never sounded this upset and unwell.

"He refused to see me as his mother and the worst part is that he's very disrespectful to me." Teardrops left her eyes and fell on the duvet.

The cover was so tightly wrapped around her that one would fear for her getting suffocated.

"What new thing has my grandson done? This isn't the first time he has disrespected you, is it?.... And why are you wrapped so tightly?" She didn't bother about Vera's white face.

"No ma, it's getting worse. Like two days ago when he was wheeled out of his room, I tried to touch him but he screamed and hurled his phone at me before calling me names. Yesterday I saw that his hair had grown too long and was blocking his view, so I tried to cut it short. Valen screamed so loudly that Jeslyn and a few servants ran over. He explained maliciously to Jeslyn that I wanted to make him bald. I tried to explain but Jeslyn didn't give me a chance and directly slapped me across the face!"

"Jeslyn did what?!" Madam Caroline frowned deeply.

"She slapped me." Vera wiped her tears.

"She slapped a pregnant woman?! Who gave Jeslyn such guts?!" She took a deep breath and asked further; "What did my son say?"

"Maverick doesn't say anything. He behaves like he doesn't see what is happening in the house."

Madam Caroline nodded and snorted. "Just like higrandfather... Go on," she waved her hand in

annoyance.

"This morning, as I was sleeping..." she sniffed and forced herself to not sneeze again. It seems Madam Caroline doesn't like it. "...an extremely cold water was doused on me. When I opened my eyes, I saw a guard standing beside Valen with a 20 liter bucket. Valen was smiling and before I could talk, he told me it was his payment for what I did yesterday."

So that's why she's wrapped up like a bun. Madam Caroline smiled. "That's my loving grandson, she thought.

"Ahem..." She coughed. "Ehm, Valen is just a child, you know that. Whatever he's doing is what was taught to him by the wench, Jeslyn. So you should know who your enemy is. Whoever stands in your way is my enemy as well and my enemies have never been able to live for long. I'll get you something Find a way to make Jeslyn either eat it or make it get in contact with her skin."

"Ma, what is it? Is it going to kill her?" She panicked.

Madam Caroline looked at her with angry eyes for a split second before she smiled. "No, it won't. It will cause a severe allergic reaction to her body."

Vera breathed a sigh of relief, then asked; "does it have an antidote?"

"No," she shook her head. "It's an unfinished product I got from the Yu family, so don't waste it."

"Yes, Ma..."

Meanwhile, at the mansion, the servants and guards were running Helter skelter with buckets of

water.

Jeslyn was outside the house looking angrily at Valen.

The child on the other hand had his lips flattened in a thin line with his head down while sitting in his White wheelchair. Did he regret what he did? No!

"Valen!" Jeslyn called a little loudly.

"I'm sorry." He immediately said and held Jeslyn's hand. "I won't do it again... I promise."

Yeah, he won't do it again because this disaster should be enough to send Vera parking.

"I don't feel you are genuine with your repentance." Jeslyn felt helpless but didn't allow it to show on her appearance.

"She threatened to make me bald..."

"You took your revenge this morning. You mixed all the canned water you took from the fridge and doused it all on her, forgetting she is your mother and also... she is pregnant with your sibling!" 1 "I..." he paused then yelled. "She deserved it! I don't want a sibling from her!!"

Jeslyn took a deep breath before lowering herself to his level. She cupped his beautiful face and kissed him on his forehead.

"Son, she wronged you at first but then you retaliated in the wrong manner. The water was freezing cold. She could have been hospitalized. Secondly, she's pregnant with your sibling! What if it's a cute girl?" Valen rolled his eyes. He hates cute girls.

"You already went overboard with that and now you burnt her room to the ground. Why would you think of doing that?! What if someone did that to me? What would you do?" "I'd be angry." He said curtly.

"See? Because you know it's wrong. So why do you feel it's ok to do that to someone else? Your mother at that!?"

Valen sighed. "I'm sorry." He apologized even though he wasn't truly sorry. He just wanted Jeslyn to not be angry at him.

"I'm not the one you should apologize to..."

"Ok. When she returns, I'll apologize to her. Can we talk about something else now?" Valen understood now that he was wrong. However, he still feels Vera deserved it. Jeslyn sighed deeply. Forget it. It's enough that he knows he did the wrong thing and would apologize

when she returns.

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"Ok..."

Maverick, who had finally gone to the office today after so long, received a call from home, telling him what Valen did. He massaged the bridge of his nose with his eyes closed.

The material he used in building that house is fire resistant. How did Valen set fire to Vera's room?

His child was becoming more and more like him and Jeslyn would certainly get a migraine in the future.

How would he tell her to not bother herself teaching him morals anymore? Valen was just like him when he was also growing up.

It's not that they (him and Valen) don't know right from wrong. However, they choose to retaliate in the wrong way to set their image so no one would replace trouble with them anymore. 1