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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Maverick brought out a key card and slid it 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 still had her head down before going into the room and shutting the

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

to touch her forehead. Maverick knitted his brows after feeling her burning forehead and stood

the house… now.”

away and glanced around the room for a brief moment before

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

in her sleep for

placed the towel in the bowl of water, squeezed the water out, and cleaned her face with it.

repeated the process a few times before folding the towel and placing

watch before he stood up and returned the bowl to the bathroom.

at her face one more time before he

leg placed on the bed and the other left on the

unreadable, he stepped into the

sound of his phone ringing

When he closed and opened his eyes again, only the redness could be seen and his

top of the drawer to take his phone while

the other party was saying without uttering a word before he took the phone off his ears and placed it back

She bowed to the man sitting on the bed

his hair dyed white, walked into the room, holding

started to open it while saying: “I thought you called

eyes with

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