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. hope

his book and looked at his

seconds to register what her husband was talking about. She looked at him speechlessly for some time before she burst out into a pile of laughter.

Job from code 2, however,

his

Code 5 knew that his master cared about his health and was

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

the divider and tried to focus on the road but the

to his

loss for what to do. The dog food he

a while but Maverick was

home…” 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

over her body and in no time, he

smell good,” he kissed her neck and bit

This was going

“Plum-”

further, he

Jeslyn while Maverick was breathing heavily from

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

Your mother–in–law is mentally exhausted

and shook her head, “You don’t look happy with your achievement. You are hiding

gaze to her and brushed her messy hair

How come? By

“His birth mother.”

woman gone

tomorrow,” he replied while soothing her

she blinked a few times. “What did you do to

crazy. I felt so too, so I sent her to a