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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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 still

messy hair and a red nose. Her gorgeous

Maverick knitted his brows after feeling

the house… now.”

for a brief moment before he

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.

didn’t stir in

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

before folding the towel and placing it on

black watch before he stood up and returned

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

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

and expression unreadable, he stepped

and the beeping sound of his phone ringing made

When he closed and opened his

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

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

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

was no older than Maverick, with his hair

to open it while saying: “I thought you

closed his eyes with his head resting on the board again.

the group saying someone got married. With this lady here,