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.

at your end.

shifted his gaze from his book and looked at his wife. “You wanted to hug another

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

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 wanted Jeslyn to

was in coma, he could hear words whenever she came to visit him. The days that only his master would drop by, he man

master cared about his health and was worried that his wife would keep coming

by his thoughts for a while. After not hearing their voices anymore,

down the divider and tried to focus on the road but the image of the

coming to

do. The

but Maverick

get home…” She whispered. Holding his handsome face, she asked him, “Tell me, how did your meeting go? Rex sent me

and in no time,

he kissed her neck and bit

was

“Plum-”

could speak further, he

hot section of foreplay with quiet moans coming from Jeslyn while Maverick was breathing heavily from what she

got home, he

courting death… Your mother–in–law is mentally exhausted and has been sent to a hospital,” he replied.

“You don’t look happy with your achievement.

her

come? By who?!”

“His birth mother.”

that woman gone crazy?” she raged.

tomorrow,” he replied while soothing her hair.

she blinked a few times. “What did you

I felt so too,