Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

Chapter 168

168 Bone marrow transplant

After she was done delegating tasks and watching the majority of the servants leave in tears, Jeslyn went to see Maverick in his study. ↑

“Plum, you said you’ll have Rex send Valen home. Where is he? I want to see him.”

Maverick got up from his chair and took Jeslyn to one of the rooms on his floor where he warned her

to not enter.

Inside the room, Jeslyn was shocked to know that it was a laboratory. She saw Valen lying on a bed with tubes on him and his eyes closed. © 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

Her eyes started to sting when she saw her boy like this but she stubbornly held it in. She walked to him and sat beside the bed. Jeslyn held his small hand and slowly caressed it before turning to look at Maverick.

“Who cleans him up?”

“The nurses.”

“Can I make it my job from now on? I want to be a part of his recovery. Who knows, he might wake up to yell at me for washing him the wrong way.” Jeslyn smiled with tears in her eyes.

“Ok,” Maverick gave her the permission she sought. Funny how a father gives his wife permission to care for their child.

“Thank you, Plum.” Jeslyn turned back to Valen. Even though the child had been sleeping for months, he was still looking healthy. Just that color had drained from his once rosy skin.

“Valen, child… I’m finally here. Sorry for not coming for so long. Mummy needed to get her life back on track. You once said that mummy doesn’t sing well, but now, I’m certain you’ll be proud of me. I composed a song for you. I intend to also make it my debut song, but only if the song is strong enough to wake you up…. Valen, child, aren’t you tired of sleeping? Isn’t your back hurting?… That dark place must be cold and lonely. Come back to mummy. I miss our fights… Listen, your daddy cheated on me. I also want to cheat on him but only with you…” Jeslyn swallowed and wiped her

tears.

“They say

that children are their mummy’s greatest support. It’s true, Valen. Your daddy wouldn’t have dared to hurt me if you didn’t abandon me and go to sleep. Come back, please. I have a lot of things to report to you… including… Valen, mummy is so pitiful. My family left me, you abandoned me and now, someone wants to take you and your daddy away from me…”

Valen’s index finger moved. Jeslyn didn’t notice because she was too engrossed in her tale but Maverick noticed the change. He glanced at the monitor too and the numbers changed.

He quietly walked away to get Matt. When both men returned, they met Jeslyn singing.

Her voice and the sound stirred something in Matt’s heart but he immediately brushed it off and headed to do his job.

Maverick, on the other hand, was impressed at his wife’s massive progress. Valen would indeed be deeply ingrained in her voice when he wakes up.

Seeing doctor Matt approaching, Jeslyn got up and created a space for him.

Matt opened Valen’s right eye and flashed a small torchlight into it. Valen’s eyes shook and he tried to

blink.

Matt did the same to the other eye and got the same response.

“Send him for brain scanning” Matt instructed the nurses and doctors that were following him

around.

They carried Valen from his bed and transferred him to a rolling bed, then pushed him into another

room.

Jeslyn anxiously grabbed Matt’s white coat and asked in panic; “Doctor Matt, what’s wrong with Valen’s brain? Hope he’s fine?”

Matt looked down at her fair hand that was holding tightly unto his coat and gently took it off. “Let’s hope he’s fine after the test.” He walked away after that.

“Plum, wh- what does he mean by that?”

“Take a deep breath.”

“No, tell me, what does he mean?!”

Maverick pulled her into a hug. “Valen will be fine. He might have felt your grievance and wants to wake up.”

“Really? Are you telling me the truth? Maverick?”

“Mn,”

Jeslyn couldn’t contain her joy as she held tightly onto Maverick’s lab coat. She really hoped that Valen would wake up.

After forty minutes, Matt returned and smiled at Jeslyn. “Congratulations, Valen is awak…” “Maverick, Valen is awake!!” Jeslyn jumped from the chair and flew into Maverick’s arms. Tears of joy streamed down her cheeks as she tried hard to suppress her happiness to not scream.

Seeing how happy Jeslyn was, Matt didn’t know if he should continue. But if he doesn’t, Valen will be in another trouble.

“Ahem…” Matt coughed to pull Jeslyn’s attention.

“Valen is awake but his bone marrow was damaged by the virus, so Mav, like we discussed, get others here to be tested.” Matt turned and headed back inside.

“What is he talking about?” Jeslyn frowned.

“It’s a bone marrow transplant. It’s nothing serious.” He said and Jeslyn breathed a sigh of relief. There’s no way that matching bone marrow cannot be found, right?

A few hours later, Matt was staring at the results he got from everyone he did a test on and couldn’t help but shake his head. “Mav, we can only wait until the newborn is out.”

“No need, test his mother,” Maverick rejected the idea.

“We already tested Vera, who else are you referring to?”

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“Jeslyn.”

“Are you serious right now?”

“Just give it a try, will you?” Rex hissed.

“Alright. Get her in.”

Jeslyn didn’t ask questions when she was told to get a test. She readily agreed to be tested. She saw Valen as her son and would rather die than allow anything to happen to him.

Doctor Matt came out with the result a while later and much to their excitement, it was a match.

“How is this possible? Mav, Rex, what are you hiding from me?”

“Get her blood and do a DNA test with Valen.” Maverick said before heading out.