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.

magnet

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

sleep with messy

his brows after feeling her burning forehead and stood upright.

to the house… now.”

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

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

pale-looking Jeslyn didn’t stir in

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

few times before folding the

hand and glanced at his inconspicuous black watch before he stood up and returned the

face one more time before he looked

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

closed and expression unreadable, he stepped into

passed and the beeping sound of his phone ringing made him

eyes dissipated a little. When he closed and opened his eyes again, only the redness could be seen and his face had returned to its normal emotionless state.

to take his phone while looking

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

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

Maverick, with his

while saying: “I thought you

him and closed his eyes with his

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