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 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

curled up in her sleep with messy hair and a red nose. Her gorgeous

his height and stretched his hand to touch her forehead. Maverick knitted his brows after feeling

to the

glanced around the room for a

with a bowl and a white

pale-looking Jeslyn didn’t stir in

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

cold-looking man repeated the process a few times before folding the

watch before he stood up

back to sit beside the sleeping woman and glanced at her face one more time before he looked away with no changes to his facial expression.

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

unreadable, he stepped into the world of unknown thoughts.

passed and the beeping sound of his phone ringing made him open his

murderous look in his eyes dissipated a little. When he closed and opened his eyes again, only the redness could be seen and his face had

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

a word before he took

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

no older than Maverick, with his hair dyed white, walked into the room, holding

started to open it while saying: “I thought you called me for your son. Who is she?”

his eyes with his head resting on the board

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