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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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

walked to the large bed and saw the girl curled up in her sleep with messy hair and a red nose.

his brows after feeling her burning forehead and stood upright. He pulled

the house…

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

overly gorgeous-looking man with an incredible figure came out a few seconds later with a bowl and a white towel. He sat down beside Jeslyn and turned her from the

stir in her sleep for a

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

the process a few times before folding the towel

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

sleeping woman and glanced at her face one more time before he looked away with no

long leg placed on the bed

eyes closed and expression unreadable, he stepped into the

time 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,

take his phone while looking at Jeslyn who

saying without uttering a word before he took the phone off his ears and

it open. She bowed to the man sitting on

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

started to open it while saying: “I thought you called

ignored him and closed his eyes with

Rex left a message in the group saying someone got married. With this lady here, I think the answer is obvious.”