THE LAST MINUTE GROOM SEASON 2: CHAPTERS 11 – 20
BY SIR ZACH
CHAPTER 17
Celestine knew that Rex was blackmailing her. She swallowed and thought she should accept the ring but after she leaves, she can take it off, so she stretched out her hand.
Rex smiled and put the ring on her ring finger. He looked at her straight fingers and smiled before kissing them. “You have fine fingers, Celeste.” He raised his gaze to look at her face, she was pulling a long face which made Rex chuckle. “I know what you are thinking. Don’t make the mistake of taking off our engagement ring, Celeste. I’ll be mad and you won’t like it.” He beamed.
Celestine felt like crying. She has never regretted anything in her life like she regretted coming here last night. She would always come to Rex’s house when she’s in Country M. He even gave her a room here but nothing like this had ever happened before.
Rex had always treated her with respect and care. Although he never hid how he really felt about her, still, he had never crossed the line. So, what changed now?
She can’t deny the fact that she enjoyed the wonderful s3x last night. Indeed, Rex was the best man she had ever tasted and she wants more of him but still, this is just wrong no matter the angle she looked at it from.
First of all, Maverick might not show any emotion when he finds out, but there’s no denying that he might feel awkward. Secondly, Jeslyn!
Jeslyn still doesn’t know that she, Rex, and Maverick are friends. Even when she arrived at the lab for the bone marrow test yesterday, Jeslyn was nowhere to be found, which meant that Mav must have taken her into their room. When Jeslyn came for the bone marrow test, Celestine was inside Matt’s office. So, both of them didn’t meet.
If Jeslyn was to find out the music coaching was opened solely because of her, how would she feel?
Their relationship and friendship will become awkward from now on. Why isn’t Rex trying to understand that?!
Celestine looked at Rex with helplessness in her eyes. This child, she had watched him grow and she took care of him all the steps of the way. She even helped him change his diaper three times.
Everyone in their circle nicknamed her Rex’s mother due to how well she paid attention to him and cared for him. Even Maverick sometimes called her that.
What if Rex loved her because he saw her as a mother figure in his life? He respected her a lot back in the days and even stopped his bad habits whenever Mav and the others made a joke, threatening to tell Rex’s ‘mother’ what he did wrong.
Like a time Rex got into a brawl in middle school. When the information got to Maverick, all he told Rex was; “Your mom will be disappointed” and Rex never got into a fight until he left high school.
Celestine happened to be walking towards them when she heard it and couldn’t help but laugh, so ever since then, she categorized her love for Rex to be how a mother felt for their children until it got out of control a few years ago.
The love grew so much that she almost couldn’t control herself anymore, so for that, she relocated to Country Y, hoping that would be helpful but it got worse. Not seeing Rex daily, not hearing his cheerful voice, and watching him make a fool of himself all formed into one big ball of depression that hit her so hard and even affected her music.
Unknowingly, she drifted from her cheerful music to depressed music. It got worse when she got married. She thought it would be helpful but it wasn’t. Her husband wanted fame and she needed him to get Rex off her system but it didn’t work.
Just after a year of marriage, her husband that wouldn’t dare to look at her twice started to misbehave and in the end, he got another girl pregnant, which resulted in their divorce. Even though she knew that someone was behind it all, her husband still took the blame and told the world he was the scumbag.
All these while, she thought it was Rex but now that he denied it, then who got involved with her marriage?
Celestine brushed the question to the back of her mind Immediately Rex came into her line of view. He was leaning in for a kiss.
“R– Rex, no, no– aaah…”
Pinned her to the bed and looked into her eyes. “We are engaged now. Do you still need to be like this?” His hand started to trail her body.
Celeste shivered when his fingertip touched her exposed skin. She liked everything he was doing to her but she was stubborn, yet Rex was always stubborn and hellbent on achieving his aim.
He became a Casanova because of Celestine. She kept rejecting his love, so for that, the intention to make her a jealous freak popped into his mind and he went for it.
Yeah, he succeeded at first but after she found out he doesn’t sleep with the girls, she felt relieved. However, when Rex accidentally learned about it, he picked out two girls from the crowd of women in his life and had s3x with them. It was after that Celestine got into depression and later got married.
“Celeste, I love you and your opinion no longer matters. I gave you ten years of my life to do whatever you want but now, I’m taking control. It doesn’t matter if I have to blackmail you into accepting what you feel for me or keep f*cking you until you have no choice but to accept. I’ll do anything for you to be mine.” He spread her legs after that and pushed himself in.
Celestine whimpered when he entered her because she wasn’t lubricated enough but later it got better and she decided to enjoy it for now. This was to commemorate their engagement.
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THE LAST MINUTE GROOM SEASON 2: CHAPTERS 11 – 20
Vera woke up to the ray of sunlight slapping her window. She yawned and stretched. Today marks a new beginning for her and everyone else in the mansion. Especially Maverick and Jeslyn’s relationship.
“Bid farewell to your marriage. Hahahaha…” She soliloquized more before getting out of bed and heading to the bathroom.
THE LAST MINUTE GROOM SEASON 2: CHAPTERS 11 – 20
A while later, she left her room and headed to the sitting room. Seeing the sitting room she redecorated was back to how it used to be, Vera grew angry and was about to lash out at the servants when she spotted Jeslyn and the chefs taking plates to the dining room.
“The wench is back, then the redecoration was her doing.” she murmured before walking down.
“Good morning, Rossa. When did you arrive?” She asked when she got to the kitchen.
“Good morning. We arrived last night.” Jeslyn responded while setting the table.
“Oh, it’s great to have you back… thank you so much for saving my baby. If not for you, Valen would have died.”
Jeslyn’s fingers paused on what she was doing and slowly looked up at Vera. “Even without the baby, Valen will live.”
Jeslyn knew that Vera didn’t say anything bad but she was pissed. How could a mother talk about her son dying like she was talking about the taste of food?
“You are right. I shouldn’t have said that.” She smiled. “Thank you for caring so much about my child.”
Jeslyn just looked at her and continued her activity. Jeslyn felt she was reminding her that Valen is her son.
Seeing that Jeslyn didn’t want to continue, Vera felt bored and changed the subject.
“Did Mav change the decoration I made?”
“I did.”
“Oh, I’m Very sorry, I thought I could change–”
“As what? This is my house, Vera. Whatever changes needs to be done, it has to be done by me. Understand?”
“I understand. I’m sorry.”
Jeslyn ignored her and started to set Maverick’s cutlery.
“My waist hurts, get the chair!” She hissed.
Vera had made it a habit of hers over the time Jeslyn and Maverick left the house to order the maid around and made them do things for her in a ‘polite’ manner. She didn’t know that the maids she was seeing weren’t the same maids that used to curry favor with her.
Vera looked around but none of the maids paid her mind. She was already looking for ways to cause drama, so why not start with this?
She knew Maverick would be here soon, so she needed to start a drama before he arrived.
The nearest maid to her jolted when she heard the unexpected cry. She turned to look at Vera but before her face could be fully turned, a loud ‘paah’ was heard.
The maids were stunned. Jeslyn also got a shock. What was that for?
“Vera, what’s going on?” Jeslyn is against manhandling workers. They are humans with emotions, why should they be made to tolerate grievances? They work for their pay!
“It was a mistak–” Vera smiled warmly.
“That’s not the answer to my question, I believe.” Jeslyn frowned.
Vera looked remorseful and said in her pitiful voice. “I’m so sorry, Jeslyn. It’s the pregnancy hormone. I–”
“If pregnancy hormones would start to make you treat other living humans with disrespect, better go get rid of the baby.” Jeslyn said with annoyance.
“Jeslyn, you–” Vera suddenly hugged her stomach with her eyes widened as she stared at Jeslyn. It appeared like she couldn’t believe Jeslyn just said that.
Jeslyn pretended to not know anything and looked up at her with a serving spoon in hand. “Ah? Aren’t you going to sit down anymore? Will your hormones be able to take it?” She asked while pouring water into Maverick’s cup.
From the corner of her eyes, Vera saw Maverick walking over and she started to cry. “Jeslyn, I never thought you could say this to me. Do you hate me and Valen so much? My unborn child’s bone marrow will be used on Valen, yet you said I should abort the baby?” She wiped her tears. “I understand that I was wrong for intruding into your marriage, but please, can you allow me to stay and give birth so Valen can be healed? I beg you, please Jeslyn…”
Jeslyn was stunned. She didn’t understand what Vera was driving at until she saw Maverick behind her. ‘Oh, so it’s a white lotus thingy. Let’s have a little bit of fun in this house then. It’s boring without Valen anyway.’ Jeslyn thought.
“Wh– what are you saying? When did I? I’m so sorry if you feel offended. It was just a suggestion. Since you said you were afraid that your pregnancy hormones might drive you to kill Valen and I, that was why I advised you to abort the baby.” Jeslyn looked way more aggrieved than Vera right now and any passerby who saw this would think Vera was bullying Jeslyn.
Vera’s lips parted in shock. She couldn’t believe what was happening. She thought Maverick would say something but he just walked past her and sat on his seat.
No servant pulled out chairs for anybody. Vera knew that servants don’t pull out chairs for anyone in Maverick’s house, yet she made it a big deal. It was also good because she just found out Jeslyn was a greater white lotus than her, so her plans of turning Maverick against her has to be reshaped into a more advanced one.
She sat down and started to eat in silence. From the corner of her eyes, she saw how Jeslyn put food on Maverick’s plate and how she smiled like an idiot.
“Vera, you don’t like the food? I can have the kitchen prepare veggies for you. I heard it’s good for pregnancy.” Jeslyn smiled innocently.
Vera almost puked when she heard Veggies. Ever since Maverick force fed her tasteless veggies that time, she became allergic to that food. Was Jeslyn mocking her?
“I like it,” Vera smiled with her lips sealed.
“That’s good. I’ll ask doctor Matt later what you should be eating. Then when next the kitchen prepares your meal, I’ll pay extra attention.” Jeslyn said like a mother caring for her child.
“Thank you, Rossa.”
“It’s no big deal. You are carrying our child, so you need to be properly taken care of.” Jeslyn beamed.
For some reason, Vera shivered. What woman gets this happy when there’s another woman who could ruin her home, sitting in front of her? The more Vera thought, the more confused she got. The only thing that stuck to the back of her mind was that Jeslyn has bad intentions towards her and her baby!
That’s right, as a ‘stepmother’, she would want to kill the unborn child just so Valen would also die. When that happens, Vera would no longer have a reason to remain in the house and Jeslyn will no longer worry about her marriage getting ruined.
Although Vera knew that it shouldn’t be her concern if Valen died, still she didn’t want that because it would ruin her mission, so she needs to protect Valen and her pregnancy.
While Vera was overthinking it, Jeslyn was busy eating the delicious food she personally made for her dear plum.
“Plum, we haven’t gone on a date since we got married. Aren’t you going to take me out?” Jeslyn smiled.
Maverick raised his gaze from his food and looked at her. “Where do you have in mind?”
Jeslyn shook her head, “you should know the good places in the Country.”
Maverick nodded and cut a slice of chicken he brought to her lips.
Jeslyn happily parted her lips while her eyes shifted to Vera’s direction. Her smile brightened when she saw Vera was a step away from exploding.
“Hmm, so delicious. Plum, why does it taste different from your hand? Is it because you fed me yourself?” She got up from her seat and walked to Maverick. She patted his lap and gestured to the chair.
Understanding what she meant, Maverick moved his chair back and the space between him and the dining table became wide. Jeslyn got in between and sat on his lap.
“You should feed me instead. Ahh,” she opened her mouth for Maverick to put in food.
Maverick smiled with his eyes and did as told.
Vera tried to not watch as they fed her dog food but she couldn’t help her eyes that kept darting around at every interval.
She tried very hard to maintain a nonchalant face but her hand betrayed her. She was holding the cutlery so tightly to the cutlery that one would think they’ll break in two.
As she was about to put food in her mouth, she caught sight of them kissing passionately.
Now she has had enough!
“Screeeeeeeeeech!!!”
Vera’s chair made a loud screeching sound as she attempted to stand up, yet the ‘promiscuous’ couple didn’t break their kiss.
“I’m full, thanks for the meal, Jeslyn.” She faked a smile.
Hearing that, Jeslyn broke the kiss and turned her head to look at Vera. “You’re welcome, Vera.” She smiled too before turning back to continue her business with her husband.
Vera gritted her teeth and balled her fists before walking away. Getting to a spot where Jeslyn couldn’t see her, she stopped and glared at the dining area before storming off.
Jeslyn broke the kiss for real this time and looked at Vera’s empty seat before a smile broke out on her lips. ‘Vera, this is just the beginning. I’ll make you leave this house on your own.’ she thought.
THE LAST MINUTE GROOM SEASON 2: CHAPTERS 11 – 20
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