Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom
Chapter 388

388 Catfight- where is Maverick?

Jeslyn returned him from seeing Lolita, yet her husband wasn't back. Worried, she went in search of Rex and finally found him in the laboratory. 1

"You unreliable f*ck! Why haven't you been answering my calls-!" Jeslyn immediately interrogated the minute she forcefully pushed the door open. She held back her tongue after seeing the person in the ward... Celestine was sitting beside the gloomy Rex.

"Sister-in-law, you're here." Rex said, trying to forge a smile.

Jeslyn glared at him but still walked into the room. "Teacher," she bowed slightly.

"Hm, you're here... have a seat," Celestine said.

Jeslyn did as told before asking, "I didn't see your brother all through the day; where did he go?"

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"My brother? Isn't he with you? He was here to mock me last night." Rex immediately uttered with a sad face. He gave nothing away, and he was just like himself.

"He was here? When was that, and what was I doing?" Jeslyn raised a brow and folded her arms on her chest. Obviously, she didn't believe him.

"I bet you were sleeping at the time or probably in Valen's room... wait, how would I know what you were doing?!" he snorted.

"Don't you dare give me that attitude, you..." Jeslyn remembered Celestine was still around, so she

swallowed the insult she wanted to rain on him.

Rex sighed, "Sister-in-law, it's been a while; isn't it time to forgive me?"

"No way! I won't forgive you for lying to me!"

"But I didn't lie," he defended.

"You didn't tell the truth either!" her eyes shooting daggers at him.

"You didn't ask me!" he retorted.

"How would I know you owned Fearless?!" Jeslyn refused to relent.

Rex lowered his tone a tad, "Nobody knew, I was-"

"I'm not a 'nobody!' I'm your favorite sister-in-law and you said so yourself! Not only have you been bullying me because I'm an artist under you, you put my husband and son under so much stress just to be with me!"

Rex sighed and looked at Celestine to defend him, but she just ignored him and continued massaging his fingers.

"Sister-in-law, shouldn't you be feeling sorry for me? Look at me, I got my head broken," he pouted.

"Serves you right. Hmph!"

Her words reminded him of his brother, and a bitter smile crept up his lips as his face turned sour for

a moment before he composed himself and smiled.

"Your heartless husband said that too," he chuckled.

"Right... where is he?" she put aside the catfight and asked again with her eyes darting from Rex to Celestine.

"H-he-"

"He went out on a mission to eradicate some enemies." Celestine came to Rex's rescue.

"Ah? Mission?" her face scowled.

"After so long, you still don't know your husband? His rainborite Ore disappeared, thanks to some nosy group, so he's out to bring them to their knees... Although they are a large group, it should take less than a week to take care of them... unless he replaces the lead to the rainborite Ore, then he'd take longer to return." Celestine clarified, making it sound unimportant- like Jeslyn was overthinking. Celestine knew she lied but she dismissed it as a white lie.

"But, he should have told me about it. Also, his number is unreachable."

"Mav doesn't go to war with his phone Secondly, you might have been sleeping when he left and he didn't want to disturb you."

Jeslyn said nothing and slowly nodded. That was right. She was dead tired last night and even if he woke her up, she wouldn't have heard a thing he said.

Celestine's explanation clears the air somehow, but for some reason, Jeslyn couldn't stop feeling weird.

"Ah, before I forget, Brother-in-law, Can you help me replace someone?"

"No, I'm unwell," he threw his face to the side.

"Let's see if you'd be so eager to refuse after I've set the table."

Rex gulped and smiled sheepishly, "What do you want, dearest sister-in-law?"

Jeslyn rolled her eyes before speaking, "My friend, Ruben. He went missing almost a year ago. At first, we thought that he went to practice more, but..." her voice trailed off when she looked at Celestine. She wasn't surprised nor feeling concerned.

"Oh, you mean Ruben Yu?" Rex asked.

"Huh? You know something?" she asked.

"Ah, I remember my brother told me to look into him a long time ago. He is Ruben Yu, not Rubenstein, whatever."

"You mean Damien's twin brother?" Rex nodded.

"What the f*ck!" she grimaced. "And you didn't tell me?!"

"Hmm...you shouldn't blame me. Blame your husband when he returns. Hmph!"

"Don't you dare show me attitude, else I'll forget you're sick."

"Hahaha... heartless sister-in-law!"

The two bickered for a long time before Rex asked about Piper.

"How is she doing?"

Jeslyn sighed, "She's scared that you two will start ignoring her from now on."

"She's so stupid. So, what if I choose to ignore her? What can she do about it?"

"Shut up, you rotten guy!"

"Hahaha..." Rex turned serious, "Frankly, I'm glad she's not my biological sister, but nothing will change. I'll still treat her like one... in fact, more than before, because that woman wronged her more." "You mean to compensate her for your mother's doing?" Jeslyn asked.

"Hm, Piper deserves better." Celestine sighed.

Outside the door, tears of joy ran down Piper's eyes. After her operation, she had been thinking about what her fate would be now that things had turned out like this. Now that she knows, she is happy. In Watchway City....

Brian could be seen leaving his room in a fit of rage. Just as he was about to grab his keys on the center table, a woman's voice stopped him in place.

"You're not permitted to leave the house by this time of the night!"

"Oh, please! What do you want?! Just tell me if you don't want me to live anymore, I'll die to make you happy!!" he screamed.

The woman ignored those words and walked into the sitting room from the house. Her aura screamed 'a bully'. Even though she was the definition of a classy, wealthy, beautiful, and intelligent woman, one couldn't ignore her toxicity, control, and arrogance.

"We won't be having this conversation if you abide by what I said," she uttered sluggishly while blowing on her pedicured nails.

"I'd rather die than marry her!" Brian yelled. The young man who used to look very handsome now looked unkempt. Sprouting bears could be seen on his face. His eyes looked sad, but thanks to the unconcealed anger, one would think he was a defiant and disobedient child.