Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

Chapter 184

184 Awake!

In a white hospital room, little Valen slowly opened his eyes and looked around the room with a few machines serving different purposes. Beside him were doctor Matt and a few doctors and nurses who were checking the monitors for the progress of his health. C

“Valen, you’re awake. Doctor Matt smiled.

“Uncle Matt, Valen’s weak voice sounded.

“How are you feeling?”

“I don’t feel pain anymore. I’m not feeling sleepy, nor weak either… but I’m hungry…Am I alright?”

Matt nodded when he heard that. “You are pretty much healthy now, just that you’ll be in a wheelchair for a few weeks to a month so your body can adjust in those weeks.”

Valen darted his eyes around the room but couldn’t find the person he was looking for, so he asked: “How is mummy?”

Your mummy is fine. She doesn’t know you’re awake yet. I’ll get your father to inform her.”

Valen slowly nodded. He tried to sit up but the needle on his wrist didn’t allow him free movement, so Matt helped him rest his back on the headboard.

“If you need anything, press the emergency button by your bedside… You can do that, can’t you?”

“I can… I need water.”

“Bring him warm water,” Matt ordered and a nurse walked to the side to pour Valen water from the flask that was sitting on a tray, placed on a light blue trolley.

After drinking, the TV was put on for Valen before Matt and the doctors left. Exclusive content © by Nô(v)el/Dr/ama.Org.

Once the door closed, his rosy lips stretched into a sweet smile. “I’m back,” he whispered.

He slowly turned his neck to the left and then right. Then he raised his right hand a little above his head. He did the same to the left hand and moved his legs under the blanket before bursting out into a peal of boisterous laughter. “hahahaha… I’m truly back!” Even though his voice wasn’t so clear, one still understood what he was saying.

The last time he woke up was a few days ago. His legs were stiff and he couldn’t walk. At first, he thought he had become a cripple but after being assured that it was the side effect of the transplant, he breathed a sigh of relief. Now that he had confirmed that his legs and hands were working fine, the little guy was elated.

Now, he won’t be afraid of fighting for his love.

“Dad, time to step down.” He squinted his eyes at the TV on the wall in front of him as different schemes flash through his mind.

The boy was sure that his father had bullied Jeslyn a lot behind his back but now that he was awake, he’ll take her back from his monstrous father.

Looking at the TV, Valen intends to beat time with it until the person he was expecting shows up. news or whatever documentary they were showing was as boring as the abyss he was in while in a

The

coma. So he tried to pick up the remote that was placed beside him on the bed.

Just as he was about to change the channel, a face he wasn’t expecting to see so soon popped up like

he owned the TV.

It was none other than his great-grandfather’s face.

Valen flinched when the face suddenly popped up. He almost cussed the old man for scaring him. How can he not smile and just jump into people’s TV screens like he bought them? Stupid!

Seeing his great-grandfather accelerated his desire to switch the channel but before he could press a random button on the remote, the door clicked open. Thinking it was who he wanted to see, he turned his head towards the door with a smile but seeing the lady who hurried in, Valen’s smile fell together with the remote.

He had seen the picture of this woman before and they said her name was Vera- his mother. Why was she here? He heard that his father liked her. Then since she has been found, it means that his father’s happiness was complete, and if that was so, where is Jeslyn?!

“S-son?” Vera whispered with difficulty, trying to make her acting look genuine.

Valen refused to believe what his mind was telling him. Looking behind her, he crammed his neck to see beyond the door, believing that Jeslyn and his father would walk in soon. After all, he saw Jeslyn a few days ago but she was unconscious.

However, Valen couldn’t see beyond Vera because she was blocking his view.

“Son, y-you’re finally awake…”

“Get away from my sight!” Valen was getting annoyed. He thought the first person he’d see when he woke up

would be Jeslyn but that slow woman…where did she go? This is how she’ll miss her glory and allow someone else to steal it.

He turned his angry eyes at Vera, thinking she was the reason Jeslyn was not here. Didn’t uncle Matt he would inform his father to get Jeslyn? It must have been this stranger’s fault; “You, where is

say

Jes-”

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I have seen how bright the lights can be,

I have tasted how sweet candies can be,

I have traveled all around and seen a lot of beautiful places, but none, none, is as beautiful as you!

I was told love is real

I was told love is inside love

I was told that I’ll find love…

I used to think that I found love

I used to think that love ended with your dad,

But no,

No, no, no… you are love

Valen, you are love

I love you so much

Welcome back

And I thank you for coming back to me…

For coming back to me…

To me….. to me.

Valen was mesmerized. He had heard this voice a couple of times. It was what motivated him to return. He wanted the owner of this voice to teach Jeslyn how to sing so she could always sing for him, but he had no idea the voice was Jeslyn’s.