Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom
Chapter 42

42 First fight.

"Yoo, wait for me." Rex's voice sounded from the sitting room and his hurried steps could be heard a while later. (1

"Ah, the family is gathered and you all were about to exclude me? What a- Jeslyn, good morning" He

beamed at her.

"Good morning," Jeslyn answered.;

"Your night must have been good, right?" Rex walked to the dining and took the only vacant seat while. a maid wearing a black gown and a white napkin tied around her waist hurried to start serving him. "Hmm, that can also be said," Jeslyn answered ambiguously.

While Rex and Jeslyn were talking, Mulan's head was aching. From what she knew, none of the Lu brothers had ever brought a woman home before, so who is this Jeslyn? and what position does she hold to be at the table with the Lu family, and also able to hold a smooth conversation with Rex?

"Father, I just asked you a question." Valen interrupted the conversation between Rex and Jeslyn, prompting them to shut up and look at him.

Looking at what was placed in front of Valen, Rex sighed. He doesn't need to be told of what was

going on.

"Darling Valen, it was prescribed by Matt, so you can only take that," Rex intervened.

"Uncle Rex, if I recall correctly, I wasn't talking to you, right?" He glared at Rex who immediately shut. his mouth and turned to focus on his food. Jeslyn knitted her brows but said nothing.

"Valen, don't say that, he's your uncle," Mulan said in a soft voice.

Too soft for Jeslyn's liking which made her frown grow deeper. She narrowed her eyes at the child and scrutinized him all over one more time. 'Cute but rude, huh?" She snorted.

Jeslyn's reaction pulled everyone's attention to her. Like she wasn't being looked at, she continued to eat her food without paying attention to anyone. "Hey, you, get these Veggies out of my sight and get me something appetizing." Valen said to one of the maids who had her head down.

The maid raised her head and confusion laced her face.

What would she do? Disrespecting or disobeying Master Maverick was never an option, however, little master Valen can also not be disobeyed. "What should I do?' The maid stood rooted there in trepidation.

"Did I not just talk to someone!" Valen roared with his small voice and slapped the table. His aura suddenly turned fierce and wicked.

"Valen!" Rex called. His voice sounded fearful and pleading.

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Maverick raised his head and shot Mulan a glare.

Mulan hurriedly turned to Valen and tried to talk him out of his anger.

"Little master, calm down and take it easy. I'll immediately go and get you the meal you want, you'll hurt yourself, please don't be annoyed, daddy is sorry"

At Mulan's words, Valen tuned down his anger and glared at his father.

Jeslyn bit her lips trying to suppress the rage building up in her. One of the things she hates in her life is spoilt children. She's allergic to them and never wants them having anything to do with her. 1 Among all the spoilt kids she had seen, Valen seems to be holding the crown. 9

'Stay calm, Jeslyn, stay calm, she told herself while breathing in and breathing out.

She watched as Mulan rushed off to get Valen different dishes while the maids hurried over to clean out the healthy food they had left on his table.

The table became quiet and Rex's naturally cheerful face was replaced with bitterness and sorrow.

Maverick had his usual deadpan look on his face. Only his mouth opening once in a few seconds to allow in food, distorted his facial expression.

Jeslyn suddenly lost her appetite when she saw the table had become a ghost house. 1

She looked at Valen, the cause of everyone's misery. The boy was on his phone with a serious look on his handsome face.

A while later, Mulan hurried in with a few servants holding dishes.

The new dish was arranged in front of Valen. Most of them were fried food and raw food like milk, cheese, eggs that were not properly cooked, and so on.

Rex's breath hitched in his throat when he saw Valen cutting the egg and having the yoke pouring out. Maverick wasn't saying anything but the hand holding his cutlery was having veins popping out at how tightly he was pressing the spoon against his plate.

Mulan pursed her lips as she looked at Valen.

Watching the family looking so weird and awkward, Jeslyn seemed lost. What's wrong with the kind of food Valen was eating? She also eats oily and uncooked food too, especially the egg. Just when Valen was about to put the egg in his mouth...

"Put it down."

It was Maverick. He didn't sound like he would be taking a 'no' for an answer.

Valen closed his open mouth and dropped his cutlery.

Rex breathed a sigh of relief and patted his chest like he just escaped death. 1

"Take the food away and bring back the veggies," Maverick ordered.

"No!" Valen yelled.

"Valen!" Maverick called with the same tone of voice.

The father and son started a stare-down contest. None wanting to back down for the other.

Those in the room except Jeslyn felt the world was ending.

"B-brother, please calm down. H- he's just a child." Rex immediately intervened.

"Y-yes master, Valen is just a child, please forgive him," Mulan added.

Jeslyn sighed and pushed away her plate of food to get up. Just when she did, everyone turned to look at her and Valen spoke up with so much anger.

He needed a place to vent and he finally got one.

"Don't you know how to do things without inducing a commotion? You are too noisy!"

"Eh?" Jeslyn looked around her, she was the only one standing and Valen was glaring at her. She knitted her brows, not believing it was her the little brat was talking to.

"If you are leaving, please hurry up and get lost! Furthermore, you can f*ck out of the house and never come back!" He scowled at Jeslyn.

Now Jeslyn was sure he was referring to her. She silently walked around the table and went to stand beside Valen after shoving Mulan out of the way.

She pulled the child up from his seat and sent him a loud 'smack' to his soft butt. 7

Valen's face changed and so were the people in the dining room. From the servants to Maverick.

A light flickered through Maverick's eyes before it disappeared into nothingness.

"How dare you!" Mulan roared.

"Shut the f*ck up!" Jeslyn thundered. Her anger could no longer be suppressed. 3