Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

60 Test subject- seduced

"May, how did your wife get to know about ATOM and the Xu family? Only the Xu family has such a virus in the whole world, so how did she get in contact with it?"

"How long has the virus been in her body?"

"Around eleven years." Matt cautiously looked at Maverick before he continued, "she shouldn't have been able to survive this long unless she's being given a suppression pill. She might be a test subject... like Va-" 1

"Shut up!" The air around Maverick suddenly turned cold and his face changed.

Matt sighed and took a step towards Maverick. He stared him in the eyes and said with caution. "How about we test the treatment on her? If it works, Valen will get well too-"

Maverick turned his back to Matt in silence.

After a long silence in the room, Matt shook his head and continued, "she's a nobody to you. Why are you caring for her? Rex told me how you two got entangled in this marriage. Since it's for a year, you should take advantage of the opportunity in front of you. Let's use her to test out the treatments I came up with-"

"Matt..." silence dominated the room after Maverick spoke. "Take your eyes... off her. Or else, I'll rip your sister apart."

His words were unhurried. Drawing the words to make Matt understand his meaning which Matt didn't fail to comprehend.

Matt is one of the best doctors and scientists in Country M. He's a maniac when it comes to his profession.

The Xu family had produced a deadly virus called ATOM and for over a decade, Matt didn't stop to find the antidote. Because he couldn't make it, Matt became obsessed with the research and whatever opportunity he finds to get closer to the cure, he never gives it up. 2

"Fine, you don't have to get my sister involved. I won't touch Jeslyn, but-"

"Why are you still here?" Maverick asked without warmth in his voice. Not that he has ever spoken with warmth to anyone except Jeslyn though.

"Your health..." Matt paused to see if Maverick would be aversive to the topic. When he didn't, Matt continued, "your lack of sleep is getting to you. You look strained. I know you don't take the sleeping pills I leave for you, but Mav, you should take them so you can have a good sleep for once.

What would Valen do if something were to happen to you? How will he get to see his mother? Please May, I'm not asking you to do this for yourself, but do it for your son. He has every right to a healthy father."

Matt sighed after his lecture. He knew that he was talking to an unfeeling robot, so he wasn't expecting anything. After all, this isn't the first time he had gone out of his way to advise Maverick but all his suggestions fall on deaf ears, always.

"Drop it there," Maverick said curtly.

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Matt was taken aback for a few seconds before he smiled and took out a bottle from his bag and placed it on the desk.

"What about Fin? When are you going to unblock him? It's been a year already, Mav-"

"Aren't you done here?" Maverick turned around and asked.

"Yes, I should probably leave now," Matt said before he turned and walked out.

Maverick narrowed his eyes in deep thought for a while before he picked up his phone and dialed a number.

"The Xu family... disturb them for a while." Maverick put the phone down after that. He didn't state for how long the Xu family should be messed with, however, it was clear that Country M would be a mess for a while.

Maverick sat on his seat and picked up a pen to write. Then he thought of something and put the pen down.

He pulled open the drawer attached to the desk. There were two mini boxes inside. One was red and the other was black. He took out the two boxes and opened the black one.

Inside it laid a leg chain. The chain has a small heart pendant with the letter "M" written on it. Maverick held the pendant and brushed through the letter on it, lost in thought for a moment before he placed it back into the box, closed it, and put the box back.

He picked up the red box. As he was about to open it, he heard the doorbell to his study room. Maverick raised his emotionless gaze to the door and slowly narrowed his eyes. Nobody except Rex and Valen comes to his study.

Valen can't ring the bell and Rex can't come without calling, so the only person that could violate his

rule was...

He ignored the door and proceeded to open the box....

"Ding Dong! Ding Dong! Ding Dong!...."

Maverick closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

He picked up a remote from the desk and clicked on it. The door opened and as he had thought, Jeslyn walked in Wearing bum shorts and an oversized white shirt that stopped a little above the black shorts. Her pretty black hair was left in a messy bun.

Walking towards the desk in an elegant manner that cries to everyone that she was a rich heiress, Jeslyn stood in front of his desk.

She looked effortlessly exquisite, still Maverick didn't look at her more than necessary.

Jeslyn coughed in her fist, feeling awkward all of a sudden. The confidence she had while coming here suddenly evaporated into thin air.

Looking at the most handsome man she had ever seen, Jeslyn's cheeks slowly turned pinkish without her permission.

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She tried to maintain a straight face, besides, she had seen him a few times, but the black shirt he was wearing was way too beguiling for her to take her eyes off him.

His crisp black shirt which he folded on the arm has a few buttons opened at the front, revealing his

toned chest.