Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

384 Paying his debt.

After the charity event, Jeslyn left to find her husband’s car waiting for her at the parking lot. Full of happiness, she ditched her friends and hurried to him. Before she could get closer, Code 5 got out and opened the car door for her. (

“Code 5?” She was stunned when she saw him.

The guy bowed, “At your service, Madam.”

“It’s really you!” Excited, Jeslyn almost hugged him but Code 5 was quick enough to stop her.

Inside the tinted car, Maverick, who was reading a book, closed it while looking at his wife who almost hugged another man in his presence.

A few moments later, Jeslyn entered the car only to come face to face with her husband’s dark looks. It Startled her for a moment.

“Plum?” she called, uncertain about why he looked gloomy.

“Hm.. you are done,” he said passively,

Jeslyn looked at him skeptically for a moment before she smiled. “You don’t look happy.”

Maverick ignored her and turned his gaze to code 5, “Take a few days break to heal.”

Code 5 glanced at his boss from the rear mirror before nodding, “Yes master…”

Jeslyn was dazed. She couldn’t Place fingers on why he’d suddenly give Code 5 who just returned to work after so long, off days. Whatever, that’s not her problem.

As the car drove quietly across the city, Jeslyn broke the silence.

was going on at your end. hope you weren’t given

his book and looked at his wife.

seconds to register what her husband was talking about. She looked at him speechlessly for some time

car in silence. His mind started blaming him for the decision he made. If he had known he wouldn’t have taken the Job from code 2, however, he did that because

he was in coma, he could hear words whenever she came to visit him. The days that only his master would drop by, he man would threaten to start his funeral If he didn’t wake up

mean to people, Code 5 knew that his master cared about his health and was worried that

He was carried away by his thoughts for a while. After not hearing their voices anymore, he glanced at the rear mirror only to

and tried to focus on

coming to his vision.

a loss for what to do. The dog food he was dished was way beyond

while but Maverick was crazy for more.

She whispered. Holding his handsome face, she asked him, “Tell me, how did your meeting go? Rex sent me a message and told me what was

time, he unzipped her gown

kissed her neck and bit it softly.

was going overboard!

“Plum-”

further, he

moans coming from Jeslyn while

got home,

ancestors of my Lu family are courting death… Your mother–in–law is mentally exhausted and has been

looked at his emotionless eyes and shook her head, “You don’t look happy with your achievement. You are hiding things from me,

brushed her messy

How come?

“His birth mother.”

gone

replied while soothing her hair.

few times. “What did you do

said she’s crazy. I felt so too, so I sent her to a hospital-”