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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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

the girl curled up in her sleep with messy hair and

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

the house… now.”

room for

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

stir in her sleep for a second.

the towel in the bowl 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 on her

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

glanced at her face one more time before

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

expression unreadable, he stepped into the world

time passed and the beeping sound of his phone ringing made him open his

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,

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

call, Maverick listened to what the other party was saying without uttering a word before he took the phone off his ears and placed

the man sitting on the bed before stepping aside for

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

open it while saying: “I thought

and closed his eyes with his

message in the group saying someone got