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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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

the girl curled up in her sleep with messy hair

touch her forehead. Maverick knitted his brows after feeling her burning forehead and

to the house…

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

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

Jeslyn didn’t stir in her

water, squeezed the water out, and cleaned

times before folding the towel and placing it

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

and glanced at her face one more time

on the headboard with one long leg placed on the bed and the other

unreadable, he stepped into

long time passed and the beeping sound of his phone ringing

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

his phone while looking at Jeslyn who

listened to what the other party was saying without uttering a word before he took the phone off his ears and placed it back on the top

a maid pushed it open. She bowed to the man sitting on the bed before stepping aside for the doctor to come in.

Maverick, with his hair dyed white, walked into the room, holding a black suitcase. 7

the suitcase on the bed and started to open it while saying:

his eyes with his head resting on the

you wouldn’t answer that. Rex left a message in the group saying someone got married. With this lady here,