Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom
Chapter 18: The visitor

Chapter 18: The visitor

"And I refuse." Pink objected and her eyes turned fierce, startling Jeslyn.

The queen’s gang got into a fighting stance, but Pink only smirked.

"G–guys, please stop." Jeslyn pushed against the queen’s chest, prompting the queen to look down at her.

"I’ll stop on the condition that you come with me," The queen said.

"Take a step after her and this place will reek of blood," Pink threatened with a cold voice.

Jeslyn was shocked into dropping her jaw. No, not her food, her jaw.

The queen let go of Jeslyn and slowly walked towards Pink while chuckling wickedly.

"Pink, you want to start what we didn’t get to end? I have been itching to start another bloody battle with you and I think this is a perfect time. As for my Cinderella, you should stay away from her, I have got my eyes on her."

"Leela, you don’t want to try me again. The last time was the sauce, this time will be the main dish."

Jeslyn looked at the two ladies staring at each other in the eyes like they would start to fight at any moment, and slowly walked to the two of them.

She handed her food to one of queen’s people and surprisingly the defiant–looking lady accepted it.

She got into the middle of the two ladies and gently pushed them apart from each other.

"If you want to fight, do it but it shouldn’t be because of me," she said.

"Then make a pick," Queen said.

Jeslyn looked around the prisoners. Many of them had scurried away from the area. Only Yellow was still in her spot, eating. Her eyes lit up and she pointed at Yellow. "I choose to go with Yellow." She made her pick and Yellow laughed while Pink smiled faintly.

"Little bunny, you know that choosing me would mean I can eat your honey, right?" Yellow teased with a chuckle.

"You dare!"

"You are courting death!"

The Queen and Pink both screamed at the same time.

Although Jeslyn and Pink knew that Yellow was just joking and don’t do girls, Pink still reacted out of instinct, like a mother hen.

"Chill b!tches, not my fault, she’s a cute little bunny and anyone would love to eat her. Aren’t you after her honeypot too, Leela?" Yellow raised her brow at the queen.

"It has nothing to do with you, so mind your damn business!"

"Whatevs" Yellow rolled her eyes and shrugged before she continued eating.

The queen pulled Jeslyn over to her side and rolled Jeslyn lobg hair in her finger then smelt it. "You don’t use a nice shampoo or you aren’t being provided one? My Gs will bring you some. You should eat more, you are too thin. And why are your eyes puffy?... Who touched your cheeks?"

Her voice turned colder and colder as she checked Jeslyn out. The fingerprint was still on her face. It mustn’t have been from Christine but must certainly be her father’s.

"It’s fine, it’s just–"

Pink frowned and shot Yellow a glance. Yellow immediately waved Jessica over with seriousness in her voice. "Little Bunny, come here."

The queen didn’t stop Jeslyn from leaving, so Jeslyn took her food and hurried to the table.

Yellow checked her face with narrowed eyes and asked: "Who did this?"

"Don’t worry about it. We are all here anyway." She smiled and started eating her food in silence. Even though she told them, what can they do about it?

Pink soon joined them at the table and Queen left to grab her food with a frown on her face.

....

The next day, Jeslyn was with her friends, as usual, eating breakfast when a wardeness came to her.

"Lee...69, you have a guest!"

Jeslyn shockingly looked at her friends at the table.

"You seem to have quite some annoying flies bothering you these days, huh?" Yellow smirked.

Jeslyn shrugged her shoulders and got up to follow the wardeness.

"Little Bunny, are you not taking your food along? I don’t want that tummy of yours seducing my ears tonight." Pink said without much care.

"Don’t worry, big sis, there’s still lunch and dinner," She smiled.

"If only you don’t get in trouble again," Pink said and the girls laughed.

The queen had gone to their cell last night to bother them over Jeslyn sleeping in her cell and the group ended up having a brawl.

Walking away with the wardeness, the queen looked at Jeslyn’s disappearing back with longing in her eyes. She was never the type to feel attached to anyone, but this Cinderella has something pulling her like a magnet and it’s a feeling she wants to accept.

Seeing her sitting with those two heartless women and staying in the same cell as them always gets her angry– and that was why she went to demand for Jeslyn last night but ended up having a fistfight with Pink and Yellow.

Instead of sympathizing with her, Jeslyn slapped her across the face and called her gross. She felt a pang of pain in her heart, but even so, she didn’t entertain the thought of touching her.

It not only surprised her and everyone else. Funny enough, she wasn’t even as angry as she thought she would be. Instead, she felt pain because Cinderella had tears in her eyes.

"Oh f*ck!" She cursed.

"Boss, what’s wrong?" One of the girls asked.

"Cinderella didn’t look at me, she hates me now, right?"

"..."

"..."

The four girls looked on in utter shock and surprise. Since when did the heartless Leela start to care about what others thought of her?

"Ahem, I don’t think she does. She’s only distracted, I think." One with less piercings said.

"Probably." Another with a few nose rings added.

"I don’t believe you two. I’ll find out when we get back from the mission tomorrow. Hope you girls are ready? The same mistake as last time must not repeat itself again, am I clear?!" her tone changed and so did her aura. She looked fearsome and ruthless.

"Yes, Boss." They answered and the queen nodded.

...

Meanwhile, Jeslyn was seen in front of an unidentified man. He was wearing a black suit and had a black leather suitcase on the table. His right hand was also outstretched to shake Jeslyn.

"Miss Jeslyn Lee, pleased to meet you."

Jeslyn looked at his outstretched hand for a moment before she accepted it with both hands since her hands were in cuffs.

"Nice to meet you, Mr...?"

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