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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thinking that, Maverick brought out a 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 said to the maid who still had her head down before going into the room and shutting the

walked to the large bed and saw the girl curled up in her sleep with messy hair

height and stretched his hand to touch her forehead. Maverick knitted his brows after feeling her burning forehead and stood upright. He pulled

to the house…

away and glanced around the room for a brief moment before he headed to the bathroom.

and a white towel. He sat down beside Jeslyn and turned her from the fetal

stir in her sleep for a

the towel in the bowl of water, squeezed the water

a few times before folding the towel and placing it on

his hand and glanced at his inconspicuous black watch before

the sleeping woman and glanced at her face one more time before he looked away with no changes

rested his head on the headboard with one long leg placed on the bed and the other left

eyes closed and expression unreadable, he stepped into the world

long time passed and the beeping sound of his phone ringing made him open

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

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

saying without uttering a word before he took the phone off his ears and placed it back on the top of the

it open. She bowed to the man sitting on the bed

man that was no older than Maverick, with his hair

on the bed and started to open it while saying: “I thought you called me for

eyes with his head resting on

in the group saying someone got married. With this lady here, I