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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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

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

Maverick knitted his brows after feeling her burning forehead and stood

the house… now.”

away and glanced around the room for

and a white towel. He sat down beside Jeslyn and

pale-looking Jeslyn didn’t stir in her sleep for

squeezed the water out, and cleaned her face with

before folding the towel and placing it

before he stood up and returned the

her face one more time before he looked away with no changes to his facial expression.

long leg placed on the bed

expression unreadable, he stepped into the world of unknown thoughts.

the beeping sound of his

of the phone and the murderous look in his eyes dissipated a little. When he closed and opened his eyes again, only the

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

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 back on the top of the

to the man sitting on the bed before stepping aside for the doctor to

doctor, a young man that was no older than Maverick, with his hair dyed white, walked into the room, holding a black suitcase. 7

while saying:

with his head resting on

knew you wouldn’t answer that. Rex left a message in the group saying someone got married.