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 too

shifted his gaze from his book and looked at his

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

drove the 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 wanted Jeslyn to see that he is fine now and also, to

only his master

about his health and was worried that his wife would keep coming to the hospital if he

a while. After not hearing their voices anymore, he glanced at the rear mirror only

and tried to focus on the road but

to his

was at a loss for what to do. The

after a while but Maverick was crazy

until we get home…” She whispered. Holding his handsome face, she asked him, “Tell

no time, he unzipped her

he kissed her neck and bit

gasped. This was going overboard!

“Plum-”

could speak further, he sealed her

quiet moans coming from Jeslyn while Maverick

enough to sustain him until they got home, he finally decided it was time to answer

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

look

gaze to her and brushed her

How come? By who?!”

“His birth mother.”

that woman gone crazy?” she raged.

he replied while soothing her

a few times. “What

she’s crazy. I felt so too, so I sent her