Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom
Chapter 44

44 Mulan's disbelief- Valen's request.

Rex sighed and got up from his seat. He walked up to her and reluctantly patted her shoulder before saying, 1

"I know you have something brewing inside you for my brother. I don't know what it is nor do I care to know. However, it is your fault. My brother brought you here to be Valen's nanny and not to fall in love with him. He pays you a huge sum of money and makes sure your family is well protected.

He was kind enough to give you more than sufficient benefits as his son's nanny. Now my brother is married and I'll advise you to kill that thing growing inside you.

You can see that my sister-in-law is not a pushover like you had thought. She can be crazy when she's furious. She's mad at you for what you tried to do to her this morning, plus Valen's behavior ticked her off.

For now, I'll tell you to not push her, I know what you are capable of and I know what you have done and what you are planning to do to get my brother to notice you. I'll only warn you once, desist. 1 My brother is not a good guy like me that would give you a warning or a second chance. If he could treat his loyal subjects like he does, who are you that he cannot get rid of?

For the sake of Valen, I am willing to talk this much. He patted her shoulder again. "Good luck."

With that said, Rex also left the dining room.

Mulan's fat tears fell one after another before they started to run like a broken tap.

She staggered to sit on a chair and lowered her head as she cried silently for a while.

The servants had cleared the table and left a while ago when Rex was still talking to her, so she was the only one left in the huge dining room.

Mulan felt an unbearable pain tearing at her heart. It was so terrific that she clutched her chest.

"This is not true," she shook her head.

How could she believe it? She had grown to love Maverick for decades. They had attended the same basic school, went to the same University, and studied the same course. 4

For him, she abandoned her family's company to learn how to take care of a child and tolerate his

excesses.

Although her family was not among the top dogs, but they were wealthy enough to be the top in any other country.

When she found out that Maverick had suddenly gotten a child from nowhere, she was infuriated. She investigated, and even now, she was still investigating to know who the cursed woman was, but no matter what she did, she couldn't replace Valen's mother.

Although she had been around Maverick for decades, it would not be an exaggeration to say that Maverick had no idea she had been stalking him from childhood. She was too insignificant for him to pay attention to.

When she heard that Maverick was looking for a nanny for his son, she went to apply. After all, she

was raised with the hopes of becoming Maverick's wife, so It was easy for her to pass the test and became Valen's nanny with the 'hellish' training she went through.

Which ambitious woman would love an illegitimate child born to the man they breathe for?

Mulan was such a woman. She might have been Valen's nanny for six years, but her love for the child is questionable and Maverick wasn't blind to that fact. (3)

That was why he didn't think of her when he was discreetly searching for a mother for his son.

"Maverick, h-how could you do this to me?" Her low voice broke.

She shook her head again in denial, "this is a dream, yes, a dream. I need to return home."

She got up and cleaned her pretty face before leaving with her head held high and shoulders straight.,

She is a proud woman, so she wouldn't want the servants to think otherwise.

Valen stared with narrowed eyes at the servants who had their heads bowed in front of him.

"I told you to get these leaves out of my sight!!" He roared and overturned the small glass table in front of him.

The maids shivered at the clacking sounds of the dishes hitting against each other before landing on the white rug below their feet.

"Clean this mess and get out, all of you!"

"Y-yes, little master!" The three maids hurriedly answered and went on their knees to start cleaning the mess.

Valen left them in the room and strutted out, heading to his father's room.

Using the stairs from the third floor, he stopped at the second floor, in front of his father's study

room.

He was too small to open the door, so he stood by the door with hands folded on his chest, waiting for the door to be opened.

Not up to three seconds, the door clicked open and Valen walked into the dimmed room. A silhouette of two people could be seen, sitting in the room.

Valen didn't look afraid. If anything, he had a serious look on his face to communicate his displeasure. "I don't want that lady living in this house. Whoever she is, I don't want to know, send her packing," he said the moment he walked in.

"She's your mother now," Maverick answered behind the desk. He had something in his hand but because of how dark the room was, the object could not be seen.

"What mother? Mulan told me my mother was dead."

"She's your stepmother," Rex replied.

"I refuse! A person like that cannot be

my mother-"

"You have no choice, Maverick butted in.

"I do. I'm old enough to make my decisions." Valen disagreed.

"Not under my roof, boy," Maverick raised his head from the object in his hand to see the little child in front of his desk.

Valen stared at his father for a while before opening his mouth, "I want to move out."

Silence reigned in the study room for a long time before Maverick answered with a slight nod, "Alright."

"Huh? Brother!" Rex raised his voice at his brother's response.

Valen glared at Rex who immediately shut his mouth.

"I'll move out today. I'll take Mulan with me." Valen said.

"I have no problem with that," Maverick said.

Just when Valen turned and was about to leave, Maverick continued.