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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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

messy hair and a red nose.

Maverick knitted his brows after feeling her burning forehead and stood upright. He pulled out his phone and dialed a number.

the

for a brief moment before he headed to

gorgeous-looking man 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

didn’t stir in her sleep

the towel in the bowl of water, squeezed the water out, and

times before folding the

at his inconspicuous black watch before he

at her face one more time before he looked away with

long leg placed

closed and expression unreadable, he stepped into the

long time passed and the beeping sound of his phone ringing made

the phone and the murderous look in his eyes dissipated a little. When he closed and opened his eyes again, only

to take his phone while

before he took the

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

was no older than Maverick, with his hair dyed white, walked into

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

ignored him and closed his eyes with his head resting on the board

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