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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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

up in her sleep with messy hair and a red nose. Her gorgeous face looked

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

the house… now.”

the room for a brief moment before he

seconds later with a bowl and a white towel. He sat down beside Jeslyn and turned her from

pale-looking Jeslyn didn’t stir in her sleep

towel in the bowl of water, squeezed the water out, and cleaned her face with

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

before he

sit beside the sleeping woman and glanced at her face one more time

one long leg placed

unreadable, he stepped

the beeping sound of his phone ringing

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

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

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

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

man that was no older than Maverick, with his

suitcase on the bed and started to open it while saying: “I thought you called me for your son. Who

eyes with his head resting on the board again.

that. Rex left a message in the group saying someone got married. With this lady here, I