THE LAST MINUTE GROOM : CHAPTERS 61 – 70

THE LAST MINUTE GROOM : CHAPTERS 61 – 70

BY SIR ZACH

CHAPTER 68

“He must be sleeping beside you right now, isn’t he?”

“You mean Mav? Y– yes, he is.” Vera switched it to a video call.

Jeslyn Hates that tone when she calls him ‘Mav’. Why would she call him such a childish name?!

Well, it was obvious she was jealous and was mad about Vera calling him Mav when she was settling for that as his pet name.

looking at the image on her phone, she could see her husband sleeping peacefully on Vera’s bed… NAKED! His handsome face was filled with tranquility. She smiled at the camera. “You both are lovely. Don’t tell him we spoke. I don’t want to get involved with your reunion.”

“Rossa, th– that’s not it. I’m sure Mav won’t want me anymore if he wakes up.” A teardrop fell from her eyes and she wiped it.

“Why won’t he? You should do what you know how to do best to keep him.” Jeslyn smiled creepily.

“Ex– excuse me,” Vera looked lost.

“It’s simple. You are a woman, you know what you’ve been doing that made him come to you last night. Continue doing it”

Vera smiled, still not understanding Jeslyn’s underlining words.

“Thank you so much, Rossa. You are such a nice soul… wuaaah… I was thinking of how to tell you this before I saw your call. You are his legally married wife, yet he had a night with his baby mama. I’m so sorry, Rossa…”

‘Yet you dared to have a night with him!’

“You don’t have to. When the desirable is unavailable, the available becomes desirable.” Jeslyn said with a sweet smile on her face while her heart was raging.

The smile had been there since the call was switched to Video. One would wonder if the muscles on her face won’t get paralyzed.

“Yes, to be honest. We were about to get married before I was kidnapped out of the hospital. Now–” Vera clearly heard what Jeslyn said.

Maybe she just decided to ignore it or maybe that was why she felt the need to say what she just said. Whatever her driving force was, she made her point.

“Don’t worry about it. I’ll make things right. I’m a woman too and I perfectly understand.”

“Rossa, how can I repay you for this? I won’t forget this favor. I’m…”

“Yeah, I won’t forget it too…” Jeslyn cut her off.

“You mean?”

“Oh, haha… I mean, it’s an unforgettable experience, dear Vera. We can’t forget things like this happened… can we?”

“You are right. I’m so–”

“We’ll catch up later. I’ve got an important call.” Jeslyn ended the call and her smile slowly faded.

“Wh– what was that about? Did she say Mav? They slept together? Why would she find a doppelganger to fool me? What is Vera up to?…. No, I don’t understand.” She shook her head in denial.

“Did Maverick really do that? He slept with her?! He cheated on me?! That’s not possible. I’m his Rossa… right? He wouldn’t do that to me, right?… I need answers. I need damned answers!”

Jeslyn was panicking and just couldn’t believe the authenticity of Vera’s words. What if Mav probably had an episode of whatever and fell asleep in Vera’s room? The room wasn’t Maverick’s, so it was clearly Vera’s.

Or something happened to his health and he saw Vera as me, then slept with her?… Illusion…right! That must be it. Maverick cannot hurt me like this. He can’t!

Jeslyn dialed Rex’s number while bitting her nails and pacing the room.

“Yo, sister-in-law–”

“What happened? Your phone wasn’t going through.” Jeslyn said.

“Sorry, I was too busy.”

“Are you still in Country M?” She asked.

“Yes, but getting ready to travel out. Why?”

“Can you help me drop by your brother’s? I think something is wrong with him. Check out what is going on, please, hurry!”

“Relax and take a deep breath. My brother is fine. He isn’t sick and–”

“Stop talking crap and hurry to your brother immediately! He was talking to me on the phone when I heard him groan and ever since I couldn’t reach him anymore.” Jeslyn lied just to get Rex active.

“You lie a lot Jeslyn. If I find out it’s another of your tricks to get me to do your bidding, I’ll –”

“… Help you get a wife. Hurry!” Jeslyn interrupted him.

Rex sighed in resignation before leaving. He knew she lied but still had to go anyway.

THE LAST MINUTE GROOM : CHAPTERS 61 – 70

On getting to Maverick’s house, he asked the butler for his whereabouts and he responded that Maverick hadn’t left his room since and it was already 10 AM… weird.

Getting to his door, Rex sounded the bell but no answer. He did it a few times before he unlocked the door using the emergency keys he has with him.

Entering the dark sitting room, Rex waited for his eyes to get adjusted to the darkness before heading to Maverick’s room. “I wonder why you like darkness so much. I read that only vampires like darkness.”

Getting into the dark room, he switched on the lights. Much to his shock, Maverick and Vera were under the blanket.

Rex’s face drained color before it alternated between red and blue. Fury!

Rex’s cheerful personality disappeared and the coldness he was exuding would rival Maverick’s.

He took large strides to the bed and yanked the cover off their bodies.
Vera, who was sleeping, yelped and instinctively covered her chest with her hands.

Rex glared at her. If only eyes could kill.

He looked at his sleeping brother and tapped him but Maverick didn’t wake up.

His brows furrowed and looked at Vera. She looked pitiful and aggrieved. “You scheming bitch! What did you do to my brother?!”

“I– I did nothing to him. H– he came upon me last night looking weird. He forced himself on me while calling me Rossa. I– I tried to push him away but… I couldn’t. I’m a victim!” Tears started to run down her cheeks as she bemoaned her predicament.

“If I didn’t know women like you, I would have thought you were telling the truth. But don’t worry. This grave you dug by yourself, you must enter it.”

“Brother Rex, I’m innocent. Mav raped me, just like the last time!” She raised her voice before pouting, looking aggrieved. Her lips shook as she tried to suppress her wail.

Rex froze. She regained her memory? Vera used to call him Brother Rex and Maverick, Mav those days. The first time Maverick had his way with her, it wasn’t clear what happened but Vera claimed to have been raped. Ever since, Rex had hated her with passion. Now she’s repeating it again. “What do you mean my brother raped you the last time? If you dare sully my brother’s integrity one more time, I’ll chop you into pieces before he wakes you. You are mad!”

“I– I’m sorry, I was desperate to prove my innocence.” She lowered her head and started to drag the cover to her chest.

“The last time, what happened between you two is still unclear. The reason he mistook you for Rossa eight years ago, is still a misery and now, he did it again. Vera, if you aren’t applying underhanded means, what else would explain what is going on? My brother had mistaken you for Rossa, TWICE! What did you do to him those two times?”

“I– I didn’t do anything, I swear with Valen’s life.”

“How dare you bring Valen into this?! Just wait. After Matt gets here and finds anything wrong with my brother, you shall burn from earth to hell!” Rex declared.

He pulled out his phone and called Matt. A while later, Matt arrived to meet only Rex in the room. After checking the sleeping Maverick, he sighed.

“Mav is too stubborn. Don’t worry, nothing serious is wrong with him.”

“Tell me what exactly it is.”

“He had been depriving himself of sleep for years now. I told him before that there would be consequences to his actions. He doesn’t even take the sleeping pills I leave for him. The stubborn bull trash them. I told him that his chronic insomnia will result in severe hallucination; his mind will start to form an illusion of what he desires the most and he might not be able to control it when it kicks in at his worst state but he didn’t listen.”

“So, you mean there’s nothing wrong with him?”

Matt shook his head, “nothing is wrong but that doesn’t mean I won’t take a sample of his blood for a test. However, the result will take some time because there’s a lot going on regarding the experiment right now that I can’t risk being away from it. We are at the most crucial state and I already sent Mav the recent discovery. If you hadn’t sounded like Mav was dying, I wouldn’t have come.”

“That’s okay. Ehm… Matt, I heard doctors can’t tell if one had s3x. However, you are on a higher level than them… can you tell?”

“What? You don’t know if you had s3x with a lady? Rex? If you get a transmitted disease, I won’t bail you out.”

“Hai, stop underrating me bro. I haven’t slept with any girl in the past five years….but I touch them,” he beamed.

Matt shook his head, “stupid… then…” he shifted his gaze between Maverick and Rex.

THE LAST MINUTE GROOM : CHAPTERS 61 – 70

THE LAST MINUTE GROOM : CHAPTERS 61 – 70

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