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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before he turned the knob and opened the door. “You may leave.” He said to the maid who still had her head down

the large bed and saw the girl curled up in her sleep with messy hair and a red nose. Her gorgeous face looked pale with sweat forming on her

his brows after feeling her burning forehead and stood upright. He pulled out

to the house… now.”

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

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

pale-looking Jeslyn didn’t stir in her sleep for

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

a few times before folding the towel and

hand and glanced at his inconspicuous black watch before he

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

one long leg placed on the bed and the other left on the fluffy rug.

unreadable, he stepped into the world of unknown thoughts.

time passed and the beeping sound of his phone ringing made

When he closed and opened his

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

listened to what the other party was saying without uttering a word before he took the phone off his ears

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

than Maverick, with his hair dyed white, walked into the room, holding

placed the suitcase on the bed and started to open it while saying: “I thought you called me for your

his eyes with his head resting

the group saying someone got married. With this lady