Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

Chapter 141

141 Alex’s regrets

“… I watched the family fall apart in the hands of a riff–raff. If I couldn’t even protect my family from a nobody like Damien, then, how can I protect it from others?” She shut her eyes tightly as memories flashed through her mind. 1

There were no sweet memories between her and her family. It was either she was having a heated argument with Alice, her mother, or father.

Other times, it was her threatening to leave the house. The last one was after Alice slapped her. She fought back and in the end, Old Man Lee gritted his teeth and disowned her.

Alex had thought that was the best thing that could ever happen to her…getting disowned. Unfortunately, it was the beginning of her misery.

Her eyes opened and tears gushed out.

A long while later, she decided to change the topic. The memories were too painful to relive. “Alice, I can feel our daughter will be different from us. I hope to be alive to watch her bring changes to the world. But I’m scared.”

She sat on the tiled floor and rested her back on the wall with her hands supporting her knees before she started speaking slowly like she was having a non–serious conversation with a friend who was sitting in front of her.

“I left when things got tough and took on another identity and appearance, thinking everyone would believe I died too, but I was wrong… so wrong, sister. I was informed that they are searching for me and the baby I ran away with. Alice, the child isn’t theirs, she’s not supposed to be theirs. She’s a curse

to them all but why are they still hunting for us?” She sighed and rested her head on the wall with her face raised and eyes closed.

Her sharp and pointed nose stood there intimidating her mildly freckled face. Her full and long lashes, just like Jeslyn’s sat there protecting and shielding her eyes. Her full pink nude lips didn’t look tired even though the owner was.

“How should I break this to her? Rossa will be mad, sis, just like her husband was. If her husband could be so angry after finding out everything and still doesn’t see me as his mother–in–law, then what about my daughter? Will she ever accept me?” Tears slid down the edges of her eyes. O

Her heart hurt so badly that it wanted to explode. Alex had never regretted anything in her life like she was regretting her irrational decisions right now.

What right did she have to hate those who mistreated her daughter when she knowingly put her daughter in that situation? What right did she have to seek revenge for the suffering her daughter went through when she had intentionally made her daughter suffer??

Alex was right there when her daughter was going through the most difficult phase in her life. She was there when they were scheming against her daughter and family but she couldn’t do anything because she was hiding away from her enemies.

Now she regrets it. If she had saved Jeslyn on her birthday night, She wouldn’t have gone through that pain and agony she went through. If she had saved Jeslyn from the clutches of those evil men, Jeslyn

wouldn’t be living with a virus in her body. She wouldn’t be afraid of abruptly fainting every day of her life.

All the child wanted was to live a carefree life while being a musician. It wasn’t difficult at all, but because of her mother, it became an extremely difficult thing to achieve.

“It’s all my fault.”

The more Alex blamed herself, the more her tears poured.

After a long while later, she made up her mind. “Sister, I have decided… I shall go back to them and sacrifice my life for our daughter to be free.”

When Alex left the Columbarium, she entered her car and put on a human mask with the face of Please check at N/ôvel(D)rama.Org.

Pink. 6

It’s been two weeks since the incident and police had closed the case as an accidental fire outbreak.

Mr. Wales didn’t even get the time to mourn his wife and daughter because he was busy looking for ways to connect with Jeslyn and Maverick to no avail.

Christine on the other hand was still mourning her mother while drawing sympathy from fans. Due to her filial piety and kindness towards the family who ‘adopted‘ her, she gained more fans and soon started to get compared to different artists, including A–listers. Many opportunities presented themselves to her and even an agency from Country Y made it known that they wanted her to transfer to their company but she politely refused.

Emilee had promised to send her to Country M to get signed in the top company, so she didn’t want other places. Her goal now was to gather as many loyal fans as she could. Having loyal fans automatically means that she got a protective shield. Whatever she does in the future, there’ll be brainless people to fight for her.

Inside Maverick’s laboratory…