Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom
Chapter 306

306 Jeslyn's heartbreak

Jeslyn was seen in her room, standing by the floor-to-ceiling window as she stared at space, lost in thought. 1

The thunderstorm from the horizon, coupled with the rain that was slapping against her window jolted Jeslyn back to reality. At that moment, the rainborite stone on her finger shone brightly, but this time, it was a pink light that shrouded Jeslyn for a fleeting second before it disappeared again. Jeslyn looked at the ring for a long time. She realized yesterday that the rainborite stone does not only shine when the temperature changes but also does that when her mood changes. Another thing she observed was that, when the stone shines, she starts to feel relaxed and dizzy. Jeslyn yawned and returned to bed. In no time, she fell asleep.

In the middle of the night, Pink entered Jeslyn's room and sat beside the head of her bed. Looking at her daughter who was sleeping peacefully, Pink took Jeslyn's hand in hers and slowly started to massage it while talking to herself.

"Child. I'm so sorry for everything I've made you go through for so long. I'm also very sorry

for not telling you the truth a little earlier. I tried to speak to you, but I couldn't. It was too much for me to tell you... I'm scared you'll get angry and run away from me. I'm deeply sorry, child." The next morning...

Jeslyn saw her mother smiling and running towards her with her hands spread out to hug her.

"Mom?"

"Child, Mom is back!"

As her mother was running over, before she could close the distance between them, a gunshot was heard, causing both of them to freeze.

The next thing Jeslyn saw was a line of blood trailing down from her mother's lips.

"Mom!!!!" Jeslyn screamed and ran to her mother before her body hit the ground. Just as Jeslyn was about to catch her mother's body, she jolted awake.

Her heart kept pounding harder against her ribcage. What she saw in her dream scared her so much that even though she knew it was just a nightmare, she still couldn't calm down. Just as she was about to get down from bed, her nose took in a whiff of something familiar.

It was a delicacy she loved in her childhood. One that her mother stopped her from eating despite being the one who taught her how to eat it.

Jeslyn froze and slowly turned her head to the side of the bed. Sitting on the tip of the small drawer closer to the bed was a tray with a few dishes on it.

'Who made this?' she thought.

Her brows furrowed and she glanced at the floor-to-ceiling window- it was closed and the curtains

were still; meaning no one left through there.

She turned her gaze to the door, it was locked.

Jeslyn moved closer to the tray and opened the lids of the dishes. On some of the plates were

different kinds of mouth-watering desserts. She opened the bigger plate, in it was a chicken breast with spicy tomato sauce with veggie toppings.

It looked yummy and tasty!

Jeslyn swallowed. When she was growing up, Ms. Alice hated for her to eat spicy food because Ms. Alice doesn't like spicy food either.

However, the same woman who doesn't eat spicy food and never lets her go close to it would make her spicy chicken breast and sweet desserts sometimes and they would eat them together. Then, after three days, Ms. Alice would start asking her what she ate within the last three days, what she did, what she didn't do, and so on.

Because she was young, Jeslyn would tell Ms. Alice everything and the woman would blow up, yelling at her to stop eating spicy food because of her health.

Jeslyn didn't understand why the same woman who kept giving her what the woman hated would still be the one yelling at her while acting emotional.

Now, why is the same food here? Who brought the food here?

While Jeslyn was thinking, the door clicked open and Pink walked in with a bottle of wine and two glasses.

"You're awake", Pink smiled and closed the door.

"You are here?" Jeslyn frowned slightly as she squinted her eyes at her.

Pink nodded slightly. "Mn... Your husband told me you were here, so I came to keep you company." Seeing that Jeslyn was a little skeptical, she pointed at the food in the tray. "I made you something

delicious."

Jeslyn shifted her gaze between the food and Pink. "Y- you made this?"

Pink smiled, "Of course... it's my favorite and I've been wanting to introduce it to you for a very long time but I didn't get the chance."

Jeslyn nodded as a fake smile crept into her lips. This is no longer a coincidence. She thought.

Jeslyn picked up a spoon and scooped up the sauce. As she was about to part her lips, she saw that Pink wasn't joining her, so she asked; "We are eating together, right?"

"If you invite me," Pink chuckled.

Jeslyn froze. That was what her mother used to say when she asked her the same question. Jeslyn's

hold on her spoon tightened while gritting her teeth with great strength.

Seeing that Pink was still smiling at her, she smiled back with her lips sealed before opening her mouth and shoving the spoonful of sauce into her mouth.

"Do you like it? How does it taste?" Pink asked, waiting eagerly for a response.

Jeslyn's eyes watered as she slowly savored the familiar taste in her mouth. Without answering the question, she put the spoon down, grabbed a knife and fork, and cut a slice of the chicken.

Taking a bite, the tears she tried to hold in poured out massively.

"J-Jeslyn?" Pink panicked. Just as she was about to touch Jeslyn, she raised a hand.

"Don't you... dare!" Jeslyn raised her head and looked straight into Pink's teary eyes. "You, Pink, you!". Jeslyn didn't know how to let out what she was feeling right now. "You deceived me!!" She almost shoved the plate of food away, but held back and instead, threw the covers on her body away.

Jeslyn detests wasting food.

"Jes- Jeslyn, I can explain-"

"Explain? You can explain? What exactly?!" 1