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

with messy hair and a

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

to the house…

around the room for a brief moment before he headed to the bathroom.

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

pale-looking Jeslyn didn’t stir in her

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

the process a few times before folding the towel and placing

raised his hand and glanced at his inconspicuous black watch before

sleeping woman and glanced at her face one more

placed on the

expression unreadable, he stepped into the world of

long time passed and the beeping sound of his phone ringing made him

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

hand to the top of the drawer to take his phone while

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

man sitting on

older than Maverick, with his hair dyed white, walked into the room, holding a black suitcase.

while saying: “I thought you called me for your son. Who is

eyes with his head resting on

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