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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beep green before he turned the knob and opened the door. “You may leave.”

bed and saw the girl curled up in her sleep with messy hair and a red nose. Her gorgeous face looked pale with sweat forming

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

the house… now.”

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

with an incredible figure came out a few seconds later with a bowl and a white

pale-looking Jeslyn didn’t stir in

of water, squeezed the water out, and cleaned her face

times before folding the towel and placing

and glanced at his inconspicuous black watch before he stood up and returned the

her face one more time before he looked away with no changes to

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

closed and expression unreadable, he stepped into the world of unknown thoughts.

the beeping sound of his

bloodshed 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 had returned to its normal

his hand to the top of the drawer to take his phone while looking at Jeslyn who

the other party was saying without uttering a word before he took

bowed to the man sitting on the bed before stepping aside for the doctor

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

placed the suitcase on the bed and started to open it while

eyes with his head resting on the board again.

saying someone got married. With this lady