THE LAST MINUTE GROOM : CHAPTERS 51 – 60
BY SIR ZACH
CHAPTER 57
Meanwhile, Ray was in his room dressing up when his bedroom door burst open. “Where is Jeslyn?” Frank asked in a menacing voice.
Ray was frightened at first but seeing that it was Frank, he relaxed his shoulders and continued to button his white shirt. “I told you she’s alive.”
“Where. Is. She?”
Ray put his hands in his pockets and turned to face Frank with a cold face. “Jeslyn is my woman, not yours. The fact that you left her to me when you could have made her fall in love with you proves you couldn’t have been a better man for her. Also…” he hesitated, “this conversation should stop today. I’m not impressed that you talk about my woman like she’s yours.”
Frank grabbed Ray’s shirt by the collar and jerked him towards him. Staring into each other’s eyes, he enunciated word by word. “You messed with me when you hurt her. Now you are messing with me again by hiding her. If by nightfall I still don’t get an answer from you, you’ll be surprised.” He shoved Ray back, turned around, and strode out of the room.
“Damm!” Ray kicked the air. He rested a hand on his waist and passed his fingers through his hair. “This is tough.”
THE LAST MINUTE GROOM : CHAPTERS 51 – 60
Inside the car, Frank looked at the caller ID on his phone and watched the call disconnected without picking up. As his hands were about to touch the steering, the phone rang again and again until he finally picked up the call.
“Your brother is not home, come back.”
“I’m not coming back there until you send me the pill. It’s almost the time of the year.”
“If you come back, we’ll help you find her before your brother returns.”
“I’ll be at the airport soon,” after he ended the call, Frank dialed a number and soon the phone was answered. “Send her worthless body to her brother and shake his lousy company a little.”
The other person answered affirmatively.
“Ray, you shouldn’t have tempted me. You should have continued to be a good boy. Now, I will make you suffer,” before he finished his words, Frank’s face had changed to something sinister.
He glanced at the house one last time before starting his car and zooming off.
THE LAST MINUTE GROOM : CHAPTERS 51 – 60
A while later, Ray was about to leave his house in search of Jeslyn when he received a package. It was a big box. He knew he didn’t order anything but his sister used to buy him appliances or just anything that she knew he would like.
“Don’t tell me this is your apology gift. I’m not interested. Send it back to her…. Wait,” the guards that were about to carry the box paused. “Open it,” he ordered and they did as told.
Seeing the thing inside the box, Ray and the guards froze. ‘How can this…’
“What is going on here!?” He thundered. “Wh– whose head is that?!”
Just then his phone rang. He looked at it, it was Frank. “Hell–”
“Do you like the gift? Do you see the surprise on her face? It gave me satisfaction. Don’t worry, I already asked that her body be buried. As for the head, it’s yours to take care of… Ray, why didn’t you remain a good boy? Why did you wake up this side of me that I have been concealing just for Rossa? Why, Ray? Whyyy!…. Hahaha… your suffering has just begun. I will make you go crazy and you will regret every bit of what you have done to my Rossa. Be expecting another surprise gift from me before the day ends.”
Ray slowly took the phone off his ear in a daze. His eyes were unfocused and his breathing was slow. Those soulless eyes slowly shifted to the box again. His beloved sister’s head was in there staring at him with a shocked and frightened expression.
“Ahhhhhh!” he screamed. Ray slumped to the ground like a lifeless person, staring dazedly at the box. How could?
His sister was here last night to beg him. She said that she would help him beg Jeslyn on the condition that their relationship has to be secret. Now, here she is, dead in front of him.
“Grrrriiiing, Grrrriiiing” the sound of a notification pulled him back to life. It was a message from his company. Reading the messages, Ray almost went crazy. Illegal activities were found in his company, so for that, the company would be closed down until the investigation is over. Also, Ray has to be at the station before evening or else his case will be taken to court.
Ray wasn’t the only one suffering. While Madam Chen was still in a coma, her husband was in a hotel room hurriedly taking off his Assistant’s clothes. He looked so desperate that one would think he was scared of being caught in the act.
How he was made to become a s3x addict would only be known to his Assistant. The important thing to Mr. Wales right now is for him to push his brotherhood inside the lady who had him in her mouth and was going all out to make him scream her name and beg for more.
Christine on the other hand was soaring high in her career. Her official debut will be taking place in one of the biggest halls in Rose City. She was excited and also confident it would be a hit. She didn’t lie because after her song ended, the people couldn’t stop praising her. To be fair, her voice was too good to be true and the music was simply beautiful. All the praises she was getting were earned and whoever said otherwise was only doing so out of jealousy.
Her manager, Ms. Miles, was the happiest. “Tomorrow you’ll start getting deals and lots of promotion because of this song. You are way better than your sister, Jeslyn. Keep listening to me and you’ll be fine.”
Christine nodded shyly and thanked her manager. However, after they got into the company’s car, Christine sneered. “Don’t you dare compare me to that loser ever again!”
“I understand, miss.” Ms. Miles smiled and helped Christine arrange her hair. Why won’t she be a simpleton when Christine’s wealthy sister suddenly bought the company for Christine? That’s right. Christine owns Delly Entertainment now, but only Ms. Miles and a few higher-ups knew about it.
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*Country M…*
Jeslyn and Maverick could be seen at a standstill. Both of them searched each other’s eyes. All Jeslyn saw in his eyes was a dark abyss. No emotions.
Maverick, on the other hand, could see hurt in her eyes and he was sure that wasn’t because of him.
“Why didn’t you tell me?” she asked slowly. She had asked him this a few times but instead of answering, he was just staring at her face.
“It’s not important,”
She frowned. “Not important? Do you treat everything so nonchalantly? She is Valen’s mother, your first wife! And I’m your second. Is that not important?” Jeslyn was starting to grow annoyed. How could he be so careless about things like this?
“We never got married.”
Jeslyn paused to digest his words before she continued: “Then that makes her your son’s mother and me, your wife.” She nodded. “Four months are already gone. Valen’s mother is back and Valen has started to change. When he wakes up and sees his mother by his side, he’s surely going to be overjoyed.” Jeslyn smiled.
“And you?”
“Me? Hahaha, you have given me so much money for my dowry. It would be enough for me to live in Country Y. There, I can start my music career and…”
“You want a divorce?”
“Hmm,” she nodded.
Maverick placed his hands in his pockets and started to take small steps towards her. With every step he took, Jeslyn took the same steps back until she fell on her bed.
Maverick got on top of her, staring at her eyes, he said slowly in a deep voice. “When did I say you can?”
Jeslyn swallowed and clumsily placed her hands on his chest. “M– Maverick, th– there is…”
“You are bonded by a contract, and you are not allowed to conceive the thought of leaving.”
Jeslyn suddenly started to feel hot. Was it from the suggestive position or from the way he spoke to her? She couldn’t place her fingers on it.
However, to Jeslyn, this wasn’t the right time to think of stupid things. She turned her head away to the side and said: “Everything can’t go your way.”
He turned her face with his fingers to look at him. “It will,” he replied before sealing her lips.
Jeslyn started to struggle against him. She felt this matter needed to be sorted out immediately. She grew up in a messy home, so she knew how much it sucks. The last thing she wanted was for Valen to have difficulty in anything. If she remains in their lives, Valen and his mother won’t be able to bond.
Feeling she was struggling too much, Maverick pinned her hands above her head and rested his weight on her. It’s too late for her to leave the marriage… Not after he found out she was his Rossa who stole something from him.
“Rossa, it’s too late.”
Maverick’s phone rang as he was about to get down to business even when Jeslyn was pushing him away. He stared at her red and swollen lips before getting up to pick up the call. After listening to the other party for a while, he hummed before going out, not forgetting to give Jeslyn one last look.
Jeslyn breathed a sigh of relief and sat up. Her hair looked messy from struggling and her chest heaved up and down in quick successions. “Why is he calling me Rossa? He thinks I’m Rossa? This will be harder than I thought… Maverick, you’ve gone crazy!” She cried out and brushed her hair out of her face.
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Maverick entered one of the rooms he prohibited Jeslyn from entering. The room was a laboratory with weird and familiar hospital equipment. On one of the beds was Valen and on the other was Vera.
Vera had some brain testing equipment fixed on her head while Matt took her blood sample for testing.
Maverick took the lab coat he was offered by Rex and walked to stand beside Valen’s bed.
“How is it?” He asked.
“Vera’s brain report shows that her brain was tampered with.” Matt explained.
“Can it be fixed?”
“Yes, but it will take about 3 to 5 years or probably forever, but if her mind is stimulated with enough memories of her past, especially those activities she loved doing, the process will be quicker and that will be greatly appreciated.”
“What about Valen?”
“The research is in its final stage. Once it’s successful and doesn’t fail like the rest, we will immediately carry out the operation. Meanwhile, he has to remain in bed until that time.”
Maverick frowned and Rex asked. “Has he drifted into a coma?”
“I’m afraid, Yes.”
“Why? Was it because of the activities he did?” Rex asked worriedly. Hope Jeslyn won’t get into trouble?
“Partially. You shouldn’t have taken him out of the Country. The temperature is different, the water is different, the food, air and everything is different. He inhaled too many bacterials due to the contaminated air.”
“For how long will he be like this?” Rex asked. His brother was just staring at his son. Rex wasn’t even sure if Maverick heard what was being said.
“I’m not sure. If he wakes up before a month, then it’s a good sign but if he stays asleep longer than that, then, I’m afraid…” Matt shook his head.
Rex shut his eyes and took a deep breath to calm down.
Maverick’s fist was so tightly clenched that veins popped out after hearing that but his facial expression was just like always … blank.
“Why does Jeslyn seem to be doing ok? Except that when she faints, she wakes up after a few days. Nothing serious seems to be happening to her.”
“I already told your brother. Her virus is being suppressed. If I’m not mistaken, she was supposed to take her dose last week or her condition would relapse. How is she doing right now?”
Maverick froze and his brows furrowed slightly. Rex looked at Maverick with fear in his eyes. After Maverick told him yesterday that Jeslyn is Rossa, he changed the direction of their investigation and now they seem to be heading somewhere.
Using ‘Jeslyn’ as the main subject for the investigation was futile. It seems all her data was saved under the name, ‘Rossa’. So Rex was scared that his brother would go crazy if something happened to Jeslyn again.
When Maverick first thought that she died on that island, his brother caused so much mayhem in the family which later caused the split in the Lu family.
“Go check on her,” he finally opened his mouth but didn’t take a step away from his son.
Rex took Matt to Jeslyn’s room and after testing her, he returned to Maverick with the result. “She has taken the dose.”
“When?” Maverick asked with clenched jaw.
“Approximately 6 or 8 days ago. At the moment, she is fine but some time from now she will need to stop taking it because it will kill her when the dose finally can’t suppress the virus anymore.”
After Matt left, Maverick ordered Rex, “get her into the red room.”
Rex nodded and headed out of the room.
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Inside a room with only red lights, Maverick sat crossed leg on a couch with a gun in hand and a knife on the table.
In no time, Rex walked into the room with a lady in turn. He also took a seat on an empty couch and waited patiently for his brother to begin questioning.
“Tell me everything.” Maverick said coolly.
“What, boss?” The lady looked on with uncertainty.
“If not because she would be sad, a bullet would have flown into your skull.” Maverick explained calmly.
Seeing him like this, the lady knew she couldn’t play with words anymore. Besides, Matt came out of Jeslyn’s room a while back. “The suppression is my doing. I inject her when she’s sleeping.”
“What are the side effects?” Maverick inquired. He knew Pink cannot hurt Jeslyn. From the way she had been protecting her from him, Maverick investigated and found out she was the reason Jeslyn went to jail so easily.
He also found out she protected Jeslyn tightly against Queen and was still doing it even now, so Maverick got to understand that Pink cannot hurt Jeslyn and the only reason why she could go all out in a Country she knew too well, just to protect ‘a friend’ of her ‘boss’ wife’ was for another reason.
“Nightmares or illusions… She gets nightmares when she takes the dose. When the dose wears off, she faints and sleeps for a few days then wakes up with a nightmare and throbbing head.”
Maverick didn’t ask her where she got the dose from because he knew who Pink was. But who was Jeslyn to her?
“Who is she to you?” He asked.
Pink hesitated for a while before she opened her mouth. “Rossa is my dau …”
THE LAST MINUTE GROOM : CHAPTERS 51 – 60
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