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 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 head down before going into the room

the girl curled 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…

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

with an incredible figure came out a few seconds later with a bowl and a white towel. He sat down beside Jeslyn and turned her from the fetal position to face up.

in her sleep

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

the process a few times before folding the towel and

before he stood up and returned the bowl

sleeping woman and glanced at her face one

headboard with one long leg placed

closed and expression unreadable, he stepped into the

beeping sound of his phone ringing made

dissipated a little. When he closed and opened his eyes again, only the redness could be seen and his face had returned to its

top of the drawer to take his phone while looking at Jeslyn

a word before he took the

the door dinged and a maid pushed it open. She bowed to the man sitting on the

doctor, a young man that was no older than Maverick, with his hair dyed

while saying: “I thought you called me for

ignored him and closed his eyes with

message in the group saying someone got married. With this lady here, I think the