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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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

in her sleep with messy hair and a red nose. Her gorgeous face looked pale with

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

to the house…

around the room for a brief moment before he

bowl and a

didn’t stir in her

bowl of water, squeezed the water

times before folding the towel and placing it

inconspicuous black watch before he stood up and returned the bowl to

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

rested his head on the headboard with one long leg placed on the

closed and expression unreadable, he stepped into the world

passed and the beeping sound of

the 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

his phone while looking at Jeslyn who didn’t stir

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

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

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

on the bed and started to open it while saying: “I

eyes with

wouldn’t answer that. Rex left a message in the group saying