Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

36 Caring for his sick wife

From morning till afternoon Jeslyn didn’t go downstairs to eat nor did she open her door to the maids that had been knocking.

Now it’s evening and she’s still inside and a maid is standing outside her door, banging and ringing the doorbell with urgency.

How many hours has it been that the guest she was warned to care for by the butler hasn’t eaten? She loves her job and doesn’t want to be fired.

Being under master Maverick means an automatic protective shield in this hell of a country, so the young maid was frightened by the thousands of bad thoughts running through her mind.

“Ring, ring, ring!”

“Knock, knock, knock!”

“Bang, bang, bang!”

“Ma’am, please open the door!”

There’s a spare key with the butler however the man couldn’t be found in the large mansion. “Step back.”

The maid turned with a start at the cold voice. She hurriedly stepped out of the way and bowed her head to avoid looking at those cold eyes owned by the demonic man she was working for. When will this master learn to make a sound while walking? Every time, he walks around like he wasn’t stepping on the ground.

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key card and slid it through the reader, and waited for it to beep green before he turned the knob and opened the door. “You may leave.” He

walked to the large bed and saw the girl curled up in her sleep with messy hair and a red nose. Her gorgeous face looked

brows after feeling her burning forehead and stood upright. He pulled out his

to the

the room for a brief moment before he headed to the bathroom.

incredible figure came out a few seconds later with a bowl and a white towel. He sat down beside Jeslyn and turned her from the fetal position

didn’t stir in her sleep for

water, squeezed the water out, and cleaned her face

repeated the process a few times before folding the towel and placing it on her forehead.

his inconspicuous black watch before he stood up and returned

came back to sit beside the sleeping woman and glanced at her face one more time before he looked away with

placed on the bed and the other left on

eyes closed and expression unreadable, he stepped into the world

sound of his phone ringing made him open

eyes flashed in the direction of the phone and the murderous look in his eyes dissipated a little. When he closed and opened his eyes again, only the redness could be seen and his face

his hand to the top of the drawer to take his phone while looking at Jeslyn who didn’t stir from the ringtone of the

the other party was saying without uttering a word before he took the phone off his ears and placed

door dinged and a maid pushed it open. She bowed to the man sitting on the bed before stepping aside for

a young man that was no older than Maverick, with his hair dyed white, walked into the room, holding a black

while saying: “I thought you called me for

his eyes with

in the group saying someone got married. With this