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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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

curled up in her sleep with messy hair and a red nose. Her gorgeous face looked pale with sweat forming on her forehead.

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

to the house… now.”

and glanced around the room for a

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

stir in

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

repeated the process a few times before folding the towel and placing

inconspicuous black watch before he stood up and

one more

his head on the headboard with one long leg placed

unreadable, he stepped

sound of

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 phone while looking at Jeslyn who didn’t

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

man sitting on the bed before stepping aside for the doctor to come in.

than Maverick, with his hair dyed

while saying:

and closed his eyes with his head resting on the board

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