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

bed and saw the girl curled up in her sleep with messy hair and a red

touch her forehead. Maverick knitted his brows after feeling her burning forehead and stood

the house…

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

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

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

towel in the bowl of water, squeezed

cold-looking man repeated the process a few times before folding the

glanced at his inconspicuous black watch before he stood up

face one more time before he looked away with

one long leg placed on

unreadable, he stepped into the world

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 redness could be seen and his

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

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 drawer.

the door dinged and a maid pushed it open. She bowed to the man sitting on the bed before stepping

doctor, a young man that was no older than Maverick, with his

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

eyes with his head resting on

knew you wouldn’t answer that. Rex left a message in the group saying someone got married. With this lady here, I think the answer is obvious.”