Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

287 Visiting her husband (2)

Upon entering one of the offices, one would think it was the CEO’s office with how luxurious it was,

but no.

Code 5 walked to the flat wall and pressed his hand to it. In no time, a scanner scanned his palm

before saying

[Welcome, Code 5…. Opening in… 5…4…3…2…1… Please step into the elevator]

The door opened and Code 5 walked into the elevator, however before Jeslyn could take a step forward, the elevator door started closing.

Code 5 pressed the open/close button and the door stopped closing.

“Why is it so stressful? Is there not a direct elevator to his office?”

“There is, but it’s only programmed for Boss alone,” he replied.

Jeslyn sighed. It’s normal for her husband to be extra careful but isn’t this over the top?

Well, she hasn’t yet seen what’s ‘over the top‘.

Code 5 pressed the Cloud icon- one of the five buttons on the elevator. Cloud icon, Dark smoke icon, Red alert icon, Abort icon, and the open/close button.

The cloud icon is undoubtedly ‘Cloud 9’s representation; where Maverick’s office is.

The Dark Smoke icon is ‘Shadow 9’s representation; the most dangerous place in the company.

the name suggests, is for

elevator if one

elevator shook a little after Jeslyn got in, before

Jeslyn thought with a frown. Wasn’t it supposed to head up as

it heading down?”

up. It’s an illusion to make your brain and body think you’re

proudly. Her husband

has them, so what’s the use of this

will mislead you, thinking you’ve arrived at the top floor but no, it only

doesn’t trust, but lets the chosen ones know everything they needed to know,

and death are controlled by Maverick as the few of them have a chip planted close to their hearts. Trying to forcefully take it off will explode the chip,

the chip as it was

rules used to be a little lax before Valen was born but after the incident that happened with Code 4, Maverick became a heartless demon and

later, the elevator suddenly stopped and a

what greeted them was a foggy passageway. Jeslyn froze.

the elevator and Code 5 stopped her from moving forward while he

goggles. “Ma’am,

Jeslyn’s mind back from the shock she was in and she took the goggles from him, looking

are these,”

detectors,” Code 5

She pointed at the foggy passageway

they be deactivated? Are you kidding me?!”

the Boss permits

surprise. “Then, what are you waiting for?! Get him to

frowned.

“If he’s in his office, he would have seen you’ve arrived and would have deactivated all the mechanisms and even would have allowed you to take his stress–free elevator. But because he didn’t do those means that he’s not in his office,” he

won’t make things easy for him if she’s not satisfied and he has no billionaires of dollars

we’re supposed to bypass the lasers to get to my husband’s office?” She asked pitifully and he nodded,

just the lasers, there are other mechanisms after this… more dangerous mechanisms.”

deep breath and took off her sunglasses before wearing the