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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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

with messy hair and a red nose. Her gorgeous face looked pale with sweat forming on her

after feeling her burning forehead and stood upright. He

the house… now.”

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

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

Jeslyn didn’t stir in her

of water, squeezed the water out, and cleaned her face with it.

cold-looking man repeated the process a few times before folding the towel and placing it

inconspicuous black watch before

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

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

closed and expression unreadable, he stepped into the

beeping sound of his phone ringing made him open

look in his eyes dissipated a little. When he closed and opened his eyes again, only

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

Maverick 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

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

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

while saying: “I thought you called me for your

and closed his eyes with

answer that. Rex left a message in the group saying someone got married. With this