Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

Chapter 40

40 Trouble rearing it’s head

“Good morning, ma’am,” two servant girls cleaning the stair railing greeted Jeslyn with forced voices.

It was obvious they didn’t like her and the malds weren’t making an attempt to hide it.

“Good morning,” Jeslyn responded while walking down the stairs.

She chooses to ignore them, after all, it has nothing to do with her. It’s their right to hate or like her.

A few steps ahead, Jeslyn heard the maids behind her talking in hushed voices.

What could they be talking about if not gossip about her? And Jeslyn wasn’t a fan of such, so she turned around, and with a cold voice, she spoke.

“You two, go get your payment and leave.”

The girls looked at her like she was a joke and ignored her to continue working.

Seeing this, Jeslyn chuckled for a while before she started taking small steps towards them while saying:

how you treat people. It’s fine to gossip, but it’s disrespectful when you

nice enough to tell you both to leave with your pay,

myself, then you’ll be thrown out of this house without your bags.” She smiled at the two girls who had their

orders in a house that isn’t theirs. Young lady, who do you think you are to lay off Mr. Maverick’s workers?”

the clicking sound of heels stepping on the smooth and

servants greeted with cheerful voices.

bother to turn around and patiently waited for the intruder to walk around her

are done.” The new lady gave the instruction to

ma’am!” The maids answered and were about to leave when they

dare you to take a step from

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voice sounded almost like their master’s. Sending chills down their hearts. The girls

chest with her eyes on the pretty lady

of her for a while before asking: “And… who might you be?” Jeslyn said, raising a brow at the lady.

what right do you have to lay

“You also don’t seem to know me, which means you are irrelevant in this house, so what right do you also have to stop me from sending disrespectful workers off?”

she was irrelevant, the lady narrowed her scorching gaze at Jeslyn. “Who

I’m a guest?” Seeing the lady knitting her

said after composing herself. Her brows were only knitted for a flitting moment.

turned to

so frightened. But one thing she was determined to do was to

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