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:

at a workplace, you ought to be careful with your tongue and also how you treat people. It’s fine to gossip, but it’s disrespectful

was nice enough to tell you both to leave with your pay, but not anymore. Go get

you make me repeat myself, then you’ll be thrown out of this house without your

orders in a house that isn’t theirs.

sounded from behind Jeslyn followed by the clicking sound of heels stepping

Ma’am!” The two servants greeted

patiently waited for the intruder to

The new lady gave the instruction to the two maids while looking at Jeslyn with a condescending stare.

ma’am!” The maids answered and were

take a step from

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

her chest with her eyes

before asking: “And… who might you be?” Jeslyn said, raising a brow at the

so what right do you have to lay anyone

in this house, so what right do you

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

guest?” Seeing the lady knitting her brows, Jeslyn

you are a guest.” She said after composing herself. Her brows were

“It means those people are not important, just like you.” Jeslyn turned to look at the two servants that had a confused

to know why they looked so frightened. But one thing she was determined to do was

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