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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through the reader, and waited for it to beep green before he turned the knob and opened the

messy hair and a red nose. Her gorgeous face looked pale with sweat forming

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

the house… now.”

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

incredible figure came out a few seconds later with a bowl and a white towel. He sat

Jeslyn didn’t stir in her sleep for a

water, squeezed the water out, and

repeated the process a few times before folding the towel

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

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

the headboard with one long leg placed on the

closed and expression unreadable, he stepped into

sound of his phone

he closed and opened his eyes again, only the redness could be seen and his face had returned to its normal emotionless

the top of the drawer to take his phone while looking at

saying without uttering a word before he took the

open. She bowed to the man sitting on the bed before stepping aside

than Maverick, with his hair dyed white, walked into the room, holding

to open it while saying: “I thought you called me for your son. Who

with his head resting on

message in the group saying someone got married. With